Athearn Roundhouse No.8093
HO 50ft FMC 5283 Double Door Box, MD&W

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 50ft outside post, non-terminating end box car, became the foundation for new per diem cars built in the 1970s. The 50ft 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.

MODEL FEATURES:
New paint schemes and road numbers
Positionable sliding double doors
Highly-detailed, injection-molded body
Separately applied brake wheel
Machined metal wheels
Weighted for trouble free operation
Wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track
Body mounted McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers
Minimum radius: 18in