Athearn Roundhouse 79101 HO 50ft Plug Door Smooth Side Box, LV
No7053

MODEL FEATURES:
Fully-assembled and ready to run out of the box
Cars feature standard or cushioned underframe per prototype.
Highly-detailed, injection-molded body
Separately applied roof walk and brake wheel
Positionable sliding doors
Painted and printed for realistic decoration
Weighted for trouble free operation
33in machined metal wheels with RP25 contours operate on all popular brands of track
Body mounted McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers
Window packaging for easy viewing plus interior plastic blister safely holds the model for convenient storage
Replacement parts available
Minimum radius: 18in

PROTOTYPE AND BACKGROUND INFO:
Pullman Standard introduced the all steel PS-1 box car in several diffent sizes including 40, 50 and 60 footlengths. Multiple door configurations and styles made these box cars very flexible. Pullman Standard had their own signature details, such as rolled non-terminating ends, and bow-tie stamped metal roofs. These were signature elements that identified the PS-1 among the other freight car builders of the time.

SPSF RAIL-O-GRAM FEATURES:
This unique car was painted by the Santa Fe, and was subsequently signed by many people in support of the SPSF merger proposal. Despite this, the merger was subsequently denied by the ICC.