50’ PS 5277 Box Car, Illinois Central Gulf (Canadian National)

MODEL FEATURES:

• Single 10’ Pullman Standard door
• Separately applied grab irons, end ladders, and brake wheel
• Photo-etch coupler cross-over platform
• Fully-assembled and ready to run out of the box
• Painted and printed for realistic decoration
• Weighted for trouble free operation
• Machined metal wheels and RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track
• Body mounted McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers
• Window packaging for easy viewing plus interior plastic blister safely holds the model for convenient storage
• Replacement parts available

PRIMED FOR GRIME MODELS FEATURE:

• Duplicated look and feel of “In Service “equipment; “Tattered and Torn” just like the real thing
• Faded base colors matched to the prototype
• Patches applied and shaped per road number matching each corresponding side to the prototype
• Perfect starting point for adding grime and rust

PROTOTYPE AND BACKGROUND INFO:

It was the mid 1970s, and the incentive per diem box car boom was just beginning. New, brightly painted box cars seemed to appear overnight. Many were lettered for various short lines. Pullman Standard (PS) was a significant builder of many of these cars. The 50’ outside post, non-terminating end box car, became the foundation for new per diem cars built in the 1970s. The 50’ PS cars also varied in door configuration and style to better suit each customer. These models can still be seen today in the modern railroading scene.