Athearn HO 2061 50' Youngstown Plug Door Box Car, Milwaukee #3027/3041/3054 (3)

PROTOTYPE AND BACKGROUND INFO:

Insulated box cars were first used in the early 1950 ’s. Many of these were 50 feet long with plug doors that opened on tracks. These doors formed a tight seal when slid back into place. These box cars kept cargo within a few degrees of the original temperature over several days. The insulated cars were popular with shippers with cargo that needed protection from extreme cold or heat, such as canned foods and other perishables.

MODEL FEATURES:

Separately-applied brake wheel and ladders
70-ton roller bearing trucks
33 ” machined metal wheels with RP25 contours
Weighted for optimum performance
Body-mounted McHenry ® operating scale knuckle couplers

Highly-detailed, injection-molded body
Painted and printed for realistic decoration
All models are representative of prototypical paint schemes
Minimum radius: 18 ”