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Athearn HO 50' FMC 5347 Box RBOX #1010 ATH18692 HO Rolling Stock

Horizon Hobby (229355)

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Price:

$39.99

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Estimated delivery Thu, Jun 5 - Mon, Jun 9

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New

MODEL FEATURES Newly tooled bodies with road specific doors Separately applied grab irons end ladders and brake wheel Photo etched cross-over platform Weighted for optimum performance 33” machined metal wheels with RP25 contours Body-mounted McHenry® operating scale knuckle couplers Painted and printed for realistic decoration Minimum radius 18” PROTOTYPE HISTORY 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. FMC Food Machinery Corporation 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.