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Club cars from the Illini Chapter of the Professional Car Society

By Bryson Sleppy | September 19, 2022

Custom-decorated HO scale Accurail cars available now

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Club cars from the Illini Chapter of the Professional Car Society

Scale: HO (1:87.1)

Price: $23.98 plus shipping (one car, $9.45; multiple cars, $10.35 to USA addresses; $22.10 for foreign orders of any size)

Era: Varies depending on car type

Manufacturer: Produced by Accurail, available from Illini Chapter PCS, 918 W. Colfax St., Palatine, IL 60067

Two black coal hoppers

Red boxcar
Club cars from the Illini Chapter of the Professional Car Society

Features:

  • Injection-molded plastic kits
  • Plastic wheelsets
  • Steel weight(s)
  • Screws for trucks and draft-gear box covers
  • Accumate couplers with modeler-installed trip pins

Release Date: Available now

Road names: Studebaker Corp. United States Railroad Administration 34-foot two-bay hopper (black with red-and-white logo in two road numbers) and Wabash 40-foot single-sheathed boxcar with New Jersey, Illinois & Indiana reporting marks (brown with “When empty return to Studebaker Corp. South Bend, Ind.” stencil in one number). Renumbering decals available upon request.

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