Athearn Roundhouse RND-1359, HO 50ft FMC 5283 Double Door Box Car, Milwaukee Road #156019

MODEL FEATURES:

• Positionable sliding double doors


• Body-mounted McHenry® operating scale knuckle couplers


• Weighted for optimum performance


• Highly-detailed, injection-molded body


• Separately applied brake wheel


• Machined wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track


• Fully-assembled and ready to run


• Painted and printed for realistic decoration


• Minimum radius: 18”

PROTOTYPE AND BACKGROUND INFO:

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, nonterminating 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 models can still be seen today in the modern railroading scene.