Introduction

Exactrail Platinum EP80403-3 HO Scale Berwick 7580 Appliance Boxcar Family Lines L&N 410185

It may look like its built for carrying auto parts, but these large 70-ton, 60′ high-cube boxcars are for moving appliances. Initially the kind that paired nicely with dark walnut veneer cabinets, orange formica and freshly raked shag carpet. The cars were built and delivered between 1976 & 1977 by the Berwick Forge and Fabricating Corporation in the former AC&F Berwick, Pennsylvania plant.

Initially delivered to the Louisville & Nashville, Rock Island and Missouri Pacific railroads, many of these cars found themselves wearing multiple different paint schemes during their lifetime. Many of the L&N cars would be painted into Seaboard and later CSX colors, but many never were and lived on in their former glory. The former Rock Island cars found themselves on the Southern and were given what was called the Europa paint scheme. The few MP cars that have lasted up to today on the Union Pacific can still be seen roaming the rails in their as-delivered paint.

Built by the Berwick Forge and Fabricating Corporation between 1976 and 1977, the large 7580 cubic foot boxcar has served the appliance industry for decades. The ExactRail Platinum HO Scale Berwick 7580 Boxcar features accurate prototype details like a narrow-style draft box with shank wedges striker castings, fully decorated with nuts and bolts; a separately applied brake wheel; etched Apex coupler crossover platforms; see through lower door tracks; and wire drop style grab irons on the car sides. The boxcar also rides atop highly-detailed 70-ton ASF Ride Control trucks.

FEATURES:

• New roadname
• Era: 1976 to 1980s
• Series 410160 to 410199; built 9/76 to 10/76
• Road numbers 410166, 410173, 410185 and 410198
• Fully-assembled
• Multiple road numbers
• Separately applied brake wheel
• Separately applied etched Apex coupler crossover platforms
• Separately applied, see through lower door tracks
• Wire drop style grab irons on the car sides
• Narrow-style draft box, featuring: shank wedges, striker castings, and full nut and bolt detail
• Kadee #156 Long Shank Whisker Couplers
• Highly detailed ASF Ride Control 70-ton trucks
• 33 machined metal wheels with .110 wide wheel tread
• Operates on Code 70, 83, and 100 rail
• Weighted to Industry standards for reliable operation
• Packaging safely stores the model
• Minimum radius: 22

NOTE: Road number may vary from picture shown.