Athearn 24587 N FMC Combination Door Box Car Railbox - Late #50113

MODEL FEATURES: • Screw-mounted, Roller bearing style trucks • Weighted for optimum performance • Scale profile brake wheel • Minimum radius: 9 ¾” • Accurately painted and printed for prototypical realism • Highly-detailed, injection-molded body • Body-mounted, McHenry® operating scale knuckle couplers • Fully assembled and ready for your layout • Machined metal wheels operates on Code 55 and 80 rail PROTOTYPE SPECIFIC INFORMATION 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. The 50’ FMC cars also varied in door configuration and style to better suit each customer. These cars can still be seen today in the modern railroading scene.