Description
Pre-order — delivery date to be announced by Rapido. A 25% deposit is charged when you order; the balance is due when the item arrives and is ready to ship.
The Rapido 1131003 is a 6-pack of HO scale Trenton Works 5277 cu.ft. boxcars in the CN Faded scheme, faded paint — car numbers #414023, #414100, #414176, #414306, #414369, #414399.
Trenton Works built 500 of these 100-ton, Plate C boxcars for CN's paper service — the largest fleet of Plate C cars built after 1980 — with vertical exterior posts, six squared-off end ribs and an extra-wide door for paper loads. When the cars moved to wet-pulp service in the late 1990s, CN added eight rectangular vents along the sides to stop the interiors rotting; most had them by the early 2000s.
- Designed from original car drawings and field measurements
- Optional, separately applied vents for pulp-service cars
- Metal grab irons and cut lever; separate door posts and door latches
- Detailed underbody brake piping
- 70-ton Barber S-2 trucks with profiled metal wheels; semi-scale metal knuckle couplers
- Suggested minimum radius 18"