Description
Between 1929 and 1930, builders including Canadian Car & Foundry, Eastern Car Company, and National Steel Car built 7,500 50-ton steel Minibox boxcars for Canadian Pacific — a transitional design between the ARA 1923 and 1932 standards, unique to CP. They lasted in revenue freight service until 1983. Atlas's HO Master Series captures the prototype in CP's classic 'Spans the World' herald scheme, road number #241170.
Detailed with separately-applied ladders and brake hardware, Youngstown-style doors, factory AccuMate® couplers.
How to use
- Runs on any HO scale Code 83 or Code 100 track; minimum recommended radius 18".
- AccuMate couplers swap directly with Kadee #5/#148.
- Era: 1950s-1970s — CP's iconic 'Spans the World' scheme — perfect for transition-era through early Action Red CP scenes.
- Collect all three 'Spans the World' road numbers (#241170, #246134, #247374) for a varied CP boxcar set.
- Also available in CP 'Stepped' and 'Script' schemes (Atlas #20007898-#20007903) and BCOL MOW (#20007907-09).
Specifications
- Scale: HO (1:87)
- Prototype: CP Minibox 50-ton Steel Box Car (1929-1930 build)
- Railroad: Canadian Pacific (CP)
- Scheme: Spans the World
- Road Number: #241170
- Couplers: AccuMate® magnetic knuckle
- Brand: Atlas Master
- Item Number: 20007895