Description
Add authentic equipment to operations from the 1960s to 1980s with
WalthersMainline 40' Association of American Railroads (AAR) 40' Modernized
1948 Boxcars. Built by the thousands after WWII, most had lots of life left in
them when new safety standards were adopted in the mid-1960s to eliminate most
freight car running boards. Many roads opted for inexpensive upgrades to bring
the cars into compliance, installing short ladders on the A end, while
retaining the longer ladder, high brake wheel and a single roof-mounted grab
iron on the B end. Running into the 1980s in regular service, some were later
reassigned to maintenance-of-way work. Features of these HO models include:
Fits 1960s to 1980s operations
Based on cars rebuilt to comply with
updated safety standards featuring:
No running board or mounts on roof
Tall ladders at B (brake wheel) end
Short ladders at A end
Limited edition - one time run of these
roadnumbers
Improved Dreadnaught 4-4 end with
rectangular top rib
Diagonal panel roof
6' Youngstown doors
10-panel riveted sides
10'6" Interior height
Ajax hand brake wheel
Bettendorf Wheels and Fittings
Correct 33" turned-metal wheelsets
Proto MAX(TM) metal knuckle couplers