Atlas O Trainman® 50' Single-Sheathed Box Car

With the increase of automobile production in the 1920s, the railroads looked to larger box cars for the transportation of the vehicles. Using the then common single-sheathed wood construction with outside steel bracing, the 50’ double-door automobile car was born. Railroads quickly found these cars to be multi-purpose and many ended up in lumber and hide service.

These cars also were quite long-lived for a wooden car with some still in service until the early 1970s.

 

Features:

  • True scale size and details
  • Unique radial roof body design
  • Fishbelly underframe
  • Weighted underframe
  • Scale dimensions and accurate details
  • Accurate painting and lettering
  • Metal couplers and sprung die-cast Bettendorf trucks
  • Separately-applied roof walk, ladders and brakewheel
  • Either corrugated steel or wood doors as appropriate by road
  • 2-rail cars have scale wheels and body-mounted couplers
  • 3-rail trucks pre-drilled for Adjust-A-Coupler® system (sold separately)
  • Minimum diameter curve: O-36 (3-Rail)
  • Minimum radius curve: 36" (2-Rail)

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3-Rail Item# Road Name 2-Rail Item#
May 2014
3-RAIL MSRP: $59.95 2-RAIL MSRP: $64.95
Atlas O Trainman® 50' Single-Sheathed Box Car
2001500 Undecorated 2001550
2001515 Northern Pacific 2001565
2001516 Rock Island 2001566
2001517 Santa Fe 2001567
2001518 Western Pacific 2001568
3rd Run - November 2011
Atlas O Trainman® 50' Single-Sheathed Box Car
2001500 Undecorated 2001550
New Paint Schemes!
2001510 Great Northern 2001560
2001511 Illinois Central 2001561
2001512 Milwaukee Road 2001562
2001513 Missouri Pacific 2001563
Limited Edition!
2001514 Texas South-Eastern 2001564
 2nd Run - May 2010  
Atlas O Trainman® 50' Single-Sheathed Box Car - New Paint Schemes!
2001500 Undecorated 2001550
2001505 Burlington 2001555
2001506 Northern Pacific 2001556
2001507 Santa Fe 2001557
2001508 Texas & Pacific 2001558
 1st Run - June 2009  
Atlas O Trainman® 50' Single-Sheathed Box Car
2001500 Undecorated 2001550
2001501 Burlington 2001551
2001502 Great Northern 2001552
2001503 Rock Island 2001553
2001504 Western Pacific 2001554
Two Road Numbers are available per Road Name.
Products bearing Western Pacific and Missouri Pacific marks are made under trademark license from Union Pacific Railroad Company.