Between 1964 and 1966, the Pennsylvania Railroad built a large fleet of new multiple-purpose boxcars. Constructed as class “X58,” PRR rapidly produced 2,565 cars. PRR also produced another 100 X58 cars for Lehigh Valley. PRR outfitted the interiors of some cars with “loader” appliances and/or insulation which resulted in PRR designating each X58 as one of 4 sub-classes: X58, X58A, X58B, and X58C. Being highly-useful boxcars, X58 boxcars were rampant nationwide roamers during their service life. These cars appeared in a variety of Pennsylania Railroad, Penn Central, Conrail and even Norfolk Southern schemes over their service life.

CR “1978 X58A Repaint” harkens to the Conrail “large can opener” days, representing a typical 1978 era repaint. This stunning red scheme has all of the appropriate stenciling to represent a 1978 car including stacked COTS stencils and a U-1 wheel stencil. Typical of most Conrail “shopped” X58s this one retains the high brakewheel and ladders at the B end, with cut down ladders at the A end of the car. Like its prototype, this scheme includes a hydra-cushion underframe.

Features:

• Dimensionally-correct exterior post box car with trademark 1960s design features, produced from actual PRR blueprints and from photos and measurements taken from a real X58 at the Danbury Rail Museum in Danbury CT
  
• Different roof, brake appliance, and side/end ladder variations correct for era/paint scheme of each paint scheme
  
• Two different underframe variations, hydra-cushion and keystone
  
• Separate door rods and door roller detail
  
• “See-through” running board and crossover platform
  
• Full “lacy” AB brake detail and train air line
  
• Highly correct “true to life” colors
  
• “Hyper-Accurate” lettering including exact fonts and lettering placement
  
• Durable wire grab irons and “trombone-style” coupler lift bars
  
• Separate air hoses
  
• “Near-scale” extended draft gear box with beautifully-rendered side “key” detail
  
• Kadee “scale-head” couplers
  
• CNC-machined 33” wheels in ASF 70-ton roller bearing trucks, matching PRR practice
  
• Replacement 33” semi-scale wheels are available separately from Tangent
  
• Recommended age 14 years and older