This HO kit from Accurail features American Car & Foundry 50'-6" boxcar no. 55273 (era: Dec. 1987+). The boxcar is painted blue with white doors and stenciled "Paper Loading Only. When Empty Return to Agent WSOR Troy, Wis."
The model uses Accurail’s 5600-series tooling. The car has a plastic body with a factory-installed brake wheel and has molded ladders, crossover platforms, and stirrup steps. Modeler-installed doors (two each 10-foot plug and Youngstown) are included.
A separate underbody features molded floor boards, center sills, crossmembers, body bolsters, kingpins, and draft-gear boxes. The air reservoir, brake cylinder, control valve, and draft-gear box covers are included on a separate sprue.
The roller-bearing trucks, Delrin engineering plastic wheelsets, Accumate couplers, modeler-installed trip pins, and four 2-56 x 3/16” screws are contained in a plastic bag. An unpainted steel weight, which is mounted to the top of the underbody, is also included. Illustrated instructions show how the car is assembled.
The car, made in the United States of America, is offered in one road number.
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