Athearn HO Scale 40ft Modern Box Car - Pennsylvania Railroad

Athearn HO Scale Ready To Run 40' Modern Box Car - Pennsylvania Railroad #24253

Product Features

Fully assembled and ready for your layout
Weighted for optimum performance
Razor sharp painting and printing
Machined RP25 profile 33" metal wheels
McHenry scale knuckle spring couplers installed

Product Description

== Key Features == / / * Fully assembled and ready for your layout / * Weighted for optimum performance / * Razor sharp painting and printing / * Machined RP25 profile 33" metal wheels / * McHenry scale knuckle spring couplers installed / / == Specs == / / * COUPLER STYLE:McHenry Scale Knuckle / * ERA:1950 - 1980 / * Minimum Age Recommendation:14 years / * Is Assembly Required:No

Boxcars can carry most kinds of freight. Originally they were hand-loaded, but in more recent years mechanical assistance such as forklifts have been used to load and empty them faster. Their generalized design is still slower to load and unload than specialized designs of car, and this partially explains the decline in boxcar numbers since World War II. The other cause for this decline is the container. A container can be easily transshipped and is amenable to intermodal transportation, transportable by ships, trucks or trains, and can be delivered door-to-door. In many respects a container is a boxcar without the wheels and underframe.

Even loose loads such as coal, grain and ore can be carried in a boxcar, with boards over the side door openings, at later times grain transport used metal reinforced cardboard which was nailed over the door and could be punctured by a grain auger for unloading. This was more common in earlier days; it was susceptible to losing much loading during the journey, and damaged the boxcar. It was also impossible to mechanically load and unload. Grain can also be transported in boxcars designed specifically for that purpose; specialized equipment and procedures are required to load and unload the cars.

Livestock can be transported in a boxcar (which was standard practice in the U.S. until the mid-1880s), but there is insufficient ventilation in warm weather. Specially-built or converted stock cars are preferable. Insulated boxcars are used for certain types of perishable loads that do not require the precise temperature control provided by a refrigerator car. Circuses used boxcars to transport their workers, supplies, and animals to get from town to town.

Historically automobiles were carried in boxcars, but during the 1960s specially built autoracks took over; these carried more cars in the same space and were easier to load and unload. The automotive parts business, however, has always been a big user of the boxcar, and larger capacity "high cube" cars evolved in the 1960s to meet the auto parts industry's needs. Special boxcars carry newsprint paper and other damage-sensitive cargo.

While not holding the dominant position in the world of railborne freight that they had before World War II, the boxcar still exists and is used in great numbers around the world.

Other HO Scale Box Cars: Athearn HO Scale 50ft Sieco Box Car - BNSF / Athearn HO Scale 60' Berwick Hi-Cube Box Car - Western Pacific / Intermountain Railway Company 40ft Box Car - Burlington Northern / Athearn 50ft Ice Reefer Box Car - Santa Fe (Scout) / Athearn HO Scale 50ft Combo Door Box Car - Union Pacific

Athearn HO Scale 50ft Sieco Box Car - BNSF

Athearn HO Scale Ready To Run 50' SIECO Box Car - BNSF #723611

Product Features

Fully assembled and ready for your layout
Completely detailed full cusion underframe
Separately applied wire grab irons and etched end platforms
Ready To Roll 70-Ton trucks
Machined RP25 profile metal wheels

Product Description

Features / / * Fully assembled and ready for your layout / * Completely detailed full cusion underframe / * Separately applied wire grab irons and etched end platforms / * Ready To Roll 70-Ton trucks / * Machined RP25 profile metal wheels / * McHenry scale knuckle spring couplers installed / / Specifications / / PROTOTYPE MANUFACTURER: Southern Iron & Equipment Co / COUPLER STYLE: McHenry Scale Knuckle / ERA: 1970 - 2000 / Minimum Age Recommendation: 14 years / Is Assembly Required: No

Boxcars can carry most kinds of freight. Originally they were hand-loaded, but in more recent years mechanical assistance such as forklifts have been used to load and empty them faster. Their generalized design is still slower to load and unload than specialized designs of car, and this partially explains the decline in boxcar numbers since World War II. The other cause for this decline is the container. A container can be easily transshipped and is amenable to intermodal transportation, transportable by ships, trucks or trains, and can be delivered door-to-door. In many respects a container is a boxcar without the wheels and underframe.

Even loose loads such as coal, grain and ore can be carried in a boxcar, with boards over the side door openings, at later times grain transport used metal reinforced cardboard which was nailed over the door and could be punctured by a grain auger for unloading. This was more common in earlier days; it was susceptible to losing much loading during the journey, and damaged the boxcar. It was also impossible to mechanically load and unload. Grain can also be transported in boxcars designed specifically for that purpose; specialized equipment and procedures are required to load and unload the cars.

Livestock can be transported in a boxcar (which was standard practice in the U.S. until the mid-1880s), but there is insufficient ventilation in warm weather. Specially-built or converted stock cars are preferable. Insulated boxcars are used for certain types of perishable loads that do not require the precise temperature control provided by a refrigerator car. Circuses used boxcars to transport their workers, supplies, and animals to get from town to town.

Historically automobiles were carried in boxcars, but during the 1960s specially built autoracks took over; these carried more cars in the same space and were easier to load and unload. The automotive parts business, however, has always been a big user of the boxcar, and larger capacity "high cube" cars evolved in the 1960s to meet the auto parts industry's needs. Special boxcars carry newsprint paper and other damage-sensitive cargo.

While not holding the dominant position in the world of railborne freight that they had before World War II, the boxcar still exists and is used in great numbers around the world.

Other HO Scale BNSF Items: Athearn HO Scale Iron Horse Express Electric Train Set - BNSF / Athearn HO Scale SD60M Locomotive - Burlington Northern Santa Fe / Athearn HO Scale SD60M Locomotive - Burlington Northern / BNSF

Other HO Scale Box Cars: Athearn HO Scale 60' Berwick Hi-Cube Box Car - Western Pacific / Intermountain Railway Company 40ft Box Car - Burlington Northern / Athearn 50ft Ice Reefer Box Car - Santa Fe (Scout) / Athearn HO Scale 50ft Combo Door Box Car - Union Pacific

Athearn HO Scale 60' Berwick Hi-Cube Box Car - Western Pacific

Athearn HO Scale Ready To Run 60' Berwick Hi-Cube Box Car - Western Pacific #3769

Product Features

Fully assembled and ready for your layout
Separately applied wire grab irons and etched end platforms
Ready To Roll sideframes
Razor sharp painting and printing
Machined RP25 profile metal wheels

Product Description

Features / / * Fully assembled and ready for your layout / * Separately applied wire grab irons and etched end platforms / * Ready To Roll sideframes / * Razor sharp painting and printing / * Machined RP25 profile metal wheels / * McHenry scale knuckle spring couplers installed / / Specifications / / PROTOTYPE MANUFACTURER: Berwick / COUPLER STYLE: McHenry Scale Knuckle / ERA: 1970 - 2000 / Minimum Age Recommendation: 14 years / Is Assembly Required: No

Boxcars can carry most kinds of freight. Originally they were hand-loaded, but in more recent years mechanical assistance such as forklifts have been used to load and empty them faster. Their generalized design is still slower to load and unload than specialized designs of car, and this partially explains the decline in boxcar numbers since World War II. The other cause for this decline is the container. A container can be easily transshipped and is amenable to intermodal transportation, transportable by ships, trucks or trains, and can be delivered door-to-door. In many respects a container is a boxcar without the wheels and underframe.

Even loose loads such as coal, grain and ore can be carried in a boxcar, with boards over the side door openings, at later times grain transport used metal reinforced cardboard which was nailed over the door and could be punctured by a grain auger for unloading. This was more common in earlier days; it was susceptible to losing much loading during the journey, and damaged the boxcar. It was also impossible to mechanically load and unload. Grain can also be transported in boxcars designed specifically for that purpose; specialized equipment and procedures are required to load and unload the cars.

Livestock can be transported in a boxcar (which was standard practice in the U.S. until the mid-1880s), but there is insufficient ventilation in warm weather. Specially-built or converted stock cars are preferable. Insulated boxcars are used for certain types of perishable loads that do not require the precise temperature control provided by a refrigerator car. Circuses used boxcars to transport their workers, supplies, and animals to get from town to town.

Historically automobiles were carried in boxcars, but during the 1960s specially built autoracks took over; these carried more cars in the same space and were easier to load and unload. The automotive parts business, however, has always been a big user of the boxcar, and larger capacity "high cube" cars evolved in the 1960s to meet the auto parts industry's needs. Special boxcars carry newsprint paper and other damage-sensitive cargo.

While not holding the dominant position in the world of railborne freight that they had before World War II, the boxcar still exists and is used in great numbers around the world.

In recent years "hicube" — "high cubic capacity" — boxcars have become more common in the USA. These are higher than regular boxcars and can only run on routes with increased clearance (see loading gauge and structure gauge). The excess height section of the car end is often marked with a white band so as to be easily visible if wrongly assigned to a restricted gauge line.

Other HO Scale Western Pacific Box Cars: Trainline HO Scale 50ft Plug Door Box Car - Western Pacific

Other HO Scale Western Pacific Items: MTH HO Scale 4-8-4 GS-6 Locomotive - Western Pacific

Other HO Scale Box Cars: Intermountain Railway Company 40ft Box Car - Burlington Northern / Athearn 50ft Ice Reefer Box Car - Santa Fe (Scout) / Athearn HO Scale 50ft Combo Door Box Car - Union Pacific

Intermountain Railway Company 40ft Box Car - Burlington Northern

Intermountain Railway Company HO Scale Ready To Run 40' 12 Panel Box Car - Burlington Northern

Product Description

HO RTR 40' 12 Panel Box, BN

Boxcars can carry most kinds of freight. Originally they were hand-loaded, but in more recent years mechanical assistance such as forklifts have been used to load and empty them faster. Their generalized design is still slower to load and unload than specialized designs of car, and this partially explains the decline in boxcar numbers since World War II. The other cause for this decline is the container. A container can be easily transshipped and is amenable to intermodal transportation, transportable by ships, trucks or trains, and can be delivered door-to-door. In many respects a container is a boxcar without the wheels and underframe.

Even loose loads such as coal, grain and ore can be carried in a boxcar, with boards over the side door openings, at later times grain transport used metal reinforced cardboard which was nailed over the door and could be punctured by a grain auger for unloading. This was more common in earlier days; it was susceptible to losing much loading during the journey, and damaged the boxcar. It was also impossible to mechanically load and unload. Grain can also be transported in boxcars designed specifically for that purpose; specialized equipment and procedures are required to load and unload the cars.

Livestock can be transported in a boxcar (which was standard practice in the U.S. until the mid-1880s), but there is insufficient ventilation in warm weather. Specially-built or converted stock cars are preferable. Insulated boxcars are used for certain types of perishable loads that do not require the precise temperature control provided by a refrigerator car. Circuses used boxcars to transport their workers, supplies, and animals to get from town to town.

Historically automobiles were carried in boxcars, but during the 1960s specially built autoracks took over; these carried more cars in the same space and were easier to load and unload. The automotive parts business, however, has always been a big user of the boxcar, and larger capacity "high cube" cars evolved in the 1960s to meet the auto parts industry's needs. Special boxcars carry newsprint paper and other damage-sensitive cargo.

While not holding the dominant position in the world of railborne freight that they had before World War II, the boxcar still exists and is used in great numbers around the world.

See Other HO Scale Burlington Northern Items: Athearn HO Scale Cupola Caboose - Burlington Northern / Athearn HO Scale F7A Diesel Locomotive - Burlington Northern / Trainline EMD GP9M HO Scale Locomotive - Burlington Northern / Athearn HO Scale SD60M Locomotive - Burlington Northern / BNSF / Athearn HO Scale SD60M Locomotive - Burlington Northern Santa Fe

See Other HO Scale Box Cars: Athearn 50ft Ice Reefer Box Car - Santa Fe (Scout) / Trainline HO Scale 50ft Plug Door Box Car - Western Pacific / Athearn HO Scale 50ft Combo Door Box Car - Union Pacific

Athearn 50ft Ice Reefer Box Car - Santa Fe (Scout)

Athearn HO Scale Ready To Run 50' Ice Reefer Box Car, Santa Fe / The Scout #37299

Product Features

Fully assembled and ready to operate
Newly tooled National B-1 trucks
Includes molded and wire form grab irons, stirrup steps and recessed ladders
Positionable Santa Fe-style reversed ice hatches with etched hatch stops
Separately applied door latch bars

Product Description

HO RTR 50' Ice Reefer SF/The Scout #37299

A refrigerator (or "reefer") is a refrigerated boxcar (US) or van (UIC), a piece of railroad rolling stock designed to carry perishable freight at specific temperatures. Refrigerator cars differ from simple insulated boxcars and ventilated boxcars (commonly used for transporting fruit), neither of which are fitted with cooling apparatus. Reefers can be ice-cooled, come equipped with any one of a variety of mechanical refrigeration systems, or utilize carbon dioxide (either as dry ice, or in liquid form) as a cooling agent. Milk cars (and other types of "express" reefers) may or may not include a cooling system, but are equipped with high-speed trucks and other modifications that allow them to travel with passenger trains.

Reefer applications can be divided into five broad groups: 1) dairy and poultry producers require refrigeration and special interior racks; 2) fruit and vegetable reefers tend to see seasonal use, and are generally used for long-distance shipping (for some shipments, only ventilation is necessary to remove the heat created by the ripening process); 3) manufactured foods (such as canned goods and candy) as well as beer and wine do not require refrigeration, but do need the protection of an insulated car; 4) meat reefers come equipped with specialized beef rails for handling sides of meat, and brine-tank refrigeration to provide lower temperatures (most of these units are either owned or leased by meat packing firms); and 5) fish and seafoods are transported, packed in wooden or foam polystyrene box with crushed ice, and ice bunkers are not used generally.

See Also: Trainline HO Scale 50ft Plug Door Box Car - Western Pacific / Athearn HO Scale 50ft Combo Door Box Car - Union Pacific

Trainline HO Scale 50ft Plug Door Box Car - Western Pacific

Trainline HO Scale 50' Plug-Door Box Car - Western Pacific

Product Features

Fully assembled, ready to run
Free-rolling wheels and strong metal axles
Body-mounted working knuckle couplers
Finished in authentic paint schemes

From the Manufacturer

You can move all kinds of freight down the line aboard Trainline freight cars. Finished in authentic paint schemes, these detailed models are ready to run, with free-rolling wheels, strong metal axles and body-mounted couplers.

Quality construction and features

See Also: MTH HO Scale 4-8-4 GS-6 Locomotive - Western Pacific

Athearn HO Scale 50ft Combo Door Box Car - Union Pacific

Athearn HO Scale Ready To Run 50' Combo Door Box Car, Union Pacific / Map

Product Description
HO RTR 50' Combo Door Box UP/Map #166498