Walthers HO 40-foot double-sheathed boxcar
Scale: HO (1:87.1)
Price: $34.98
Manufacturer: Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 5601 W. Florist Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53218; 414-527-0770; walthers.com
Walthers HO 40-foot double-sheathed boxcar features:
- 5-5-5 Murphy steel ends
- 33” turned-metal wheels on plastic axles
- Detailed AB brake gear
- Andrews trucks
- Based on later rebuilds and upgrades of older, wood boxcars
- Body-mounted Proto-Max metal couplers
- Detailed one-piece body simulates double-sheathed construction
- Fish-belly underframe
- Flat steel roof
- Screw-mounted plastic draft-gear box covers
- Simulated wood running board with fastener detail, laterals, and molded grab irons
- Vertical handbrake staff
Release date: Available now
Road names: Northern Pacific; Delaware, Lackawanna & Western; Florida East Coast; New York Central; Northwestern Pacific; Rock Island; St. Louis-San Francisco (Frisco); and St. Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt). Four road numbers per paint scheme.
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