Description
The CP 'Stepped' herald — the iconic stepped-block lettering scheme — was applied to thousands of CP boxcars from the late 1940s through the mid-1960s. The base car is the CP Minibox: 7,500 50-ton steel boxcars built 1929-1930 by Canadian Car & Foundry, Eastern Car, and National Steel Car as a transitional design between ARA 1923 and 1932 standards. Atlas's HO Master Series captures the prototype in the Stepped scheme with road number #242857.
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: late 1940s-1960s — perfect for steam-to-diesel transition CP scenes.
- Collect all three Stepped-scheme road numbers (#242857, #244397, #243306) for a varied consist.
- Pair with CP 'Spans the World' (#20007895-97) and 'Script' (#20007901-03) variants for a full multi-era CP boxcar fleet.
Specifications
- Scale: HO (1:87)
- Prototype: CP Minibox 50-ton Steel Box Car
- Railroad: Canadian Pacific (CP)
- Scheme: Stepped
- Road Number: #242857
- Couplers: AccuMate® magnetic knuckle
- Brand: Atlas Master
- Item Number: 20007898