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History: No other freight cars looked
quite like these round roof cars. They were visible in freight yards all
over America in the 1935-1960 era. These cars were first called "funiture
cars", but soon found use in the automobile industry. The cars were
equipped with Evans auto loader racks. The car started to disappear in the
mid 1950's. A drastic drop in the early 1960's left cars that were still
in service to be sold off or in most cases scrapped. Second owners kept
them in service well into the 1970's. They under went many changes, such
as. closing off the second door or removing it completely.
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the Pennsylvania Railroad rolling stock lettering is as follows: |
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January, 1930 |
Circle Keystone Lettering
was applied. |
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June, 1954 |
Shadow Keystone lettering
was applied. |
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July, 1956 |
Plain Keystone (black car)
was applied. |
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Early 1960's |
PRR Initials started. |
Kit Includes: injection molded plastic
body, roof walk, brake wheel, X2f coupler, one piece molded coil semi-elliptic
spring trucks and 33' chilled wheels with RP-25 flanged on brass axles.
Ordering: You can order any quantity. Different
road numbers are available indicated by the following keys in the "Description":
we have 3 road numbers available if the first letter is a plus sign [+]
and we have 12 road numbers if the first letter is an asterisk [*]
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Listing of Available Models and Associated Car Numbers: The list
below identifies the cars and roadnames that are currently available. Underlined
part numbers have pictures available for you to see on-line by clicking on part
number. Please note that each production run of a roadname uses a new series
of car numbers. We do not re-use a previous numbering series for any subsequent
production run. Thus, we only can fill orders for the most current production
run and associated numbering series. Please refer to our list of X32 50 Foot Round Roof Box Car (Double Door) car numbers that have be used and the current numbers which are available.
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