Introduction

Athearn Genesis G75907 HO Scale 60′ Auto Parts Boxcar Louisville & Nashville L&N 105510

During the 1960’s, Ford Motor Company, Pullman Standard and Santa Fe pooled their resources to develop a standard boxcar to meet the transportation needs of automobile manufacturers in the United States. Delivered in 1965, the Pullman Standard auto parts boxcar is the most prolific example of this type of freight car. It ultimately changed the face of automobile manufacturing and rail transportation.

FEATURES:

• Accurately painted and printed for prototypical realism
• Highly-detailed, injection-molded body
• Fully detailed full cushion underframe
• Full underframe detail: air brake reservoir, control valve,
• Separately applied door closure rods, side ladders, metal grab irons and brake cylinder with plumbing and brake rod details
• Etched metal end platforms
• 100-Ton roller bearing trucks with operating bearing caps
• Coupler lift bars, trainline hoses, brake hoses, and hardware
• Machined metal wheels
• Weighted for trouble free operation
• Multiple road numbers
• Minimum radius: 22″