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Micro-Trains - 025 00 920 - Boxcar, 50 Foot, FMC, 5077 - Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay - 7035

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N Scale - Micro-Trains - 025 00 920 - Boxcar, 50 Foot, FMC, 5077 - Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay - 7035
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Stock Number025 00 920
Secondary Stock Number025 00 920
BrandMicro-Trains
ManufacturerMicro-Trains Line
Body StyleMicro-Trains 025 Boxcar 50 Foot FMC 5077
Image Provider's WebsiteLink
Prototype VehicleBoxcar, 50 Foot, FMC, 5077 (Details)
Road or Company NameAtlanta & St. Andrews Bay (Details)
Reporting MarksASAB
Road or Reporting Number7035
Paint Color(s)Red/Orange with Black Lettering
Coupler TypeMT Magne-Matic Knuckle
Wheel TypeInjection Molded Plastic
Wheel ProfileSmall Flange (Low Profile)
Series NamePer Diem
Series Release/Issue Number5
Release Date2016-06-01
Item CategoryRolling Stock (Freight)
Model TypeBoxcar
Model Subtype50 Foot
Model VarietyFMC 5077
Prototype RegionNorth America
Prototype EraNA Era IV: 2nd Gen Diesel (1958 - 1978)
Scale1/160
Track GaugeN standard



Model Information: This model was first produced by Kadee in February of 1981. It is a model of a 50 Foot Steel Rib-Side Single Sliding Door Boxcar. Specifically, this Micro-Trains body style models the FMC 50' 5077 Single Sliding Door prototype. It is also used by Micro-Trains to model Pullman Standard 50' boxcars. Hence on some releases, this car is labeled as a Pullman Standard and in other cases it is labeled as an FMC boxcar, and it also is frequently labeled as a '50' Rib Side Box Car[sic]' with no mention of prototype whatsoever. It appears to be closest to the FMC 5077 boxcar prototype (from the 1970s) in any event. These models can appear with any one of multiple different sliding door types. The doors for this model are operating ones (cool!).
Prototype History:
In the 1970's with the growth of the Per Diem business model, FMC produced a series of 50 foot box cars in different configurations. The single-sliding-door configuration is one of the best known and used widely by many different railroads. These cars were produced using the Gunderson metal works which FMC had acquired in 1965. In late 1975, FMC began producing a 5,077-cubic-foot Plate B box car for IPD and Railbox service. FMC's 5077s have seven panels to either side of the 10-foot door, an X-panel roof, and non-terminating ends that are slightly different from those used on FMC's earlier cars. Note how the sidesill is notched all the way back to the bolsters, a key feature of FMC's mature design.

The main difference between the 5077 cu. ft cars built by FMC vs the 5277-5347 cu. ft cars built by the same manufacturers is the overall height of the car, the smaller 5077 cars were Plate B while the larger 5277-5347 cars were Plate C. Over 4,300 cars were produced from 1975-1979 by FMC's Portland, Oregon plant. The cars were delivered in numerous colorful shortline paint schemes, as well as the nationwide car pool fleet of Railbox. Many secondhand cars were later seen in Class 1 railroads and large leasing company fleets under additional shortline reporting marks.
Road Name History:
The Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay was completed in 1908 between Panama City, Florida (on the Bay) and Dothan, Alabama 89 miles to the north. At first, they made their way hauling forest products but saw a place for themselves in making Panama City into a major port. United Fruit Company agreed, bought the railroad and made plans to make Panama City their primary port for bananas. A&StAB picked up "The Bay Line" nickname during this period. In 1931, United Fruit gave up on these plans and sold the A&StAB to International Paper. In 1994, they officially changed their name to “Bay Line Railroad" and their reporting marks changed from ASAB to BAYL. In 2005, the Bay Line was sold to the Genesee & Wyoming shortline group. In recent years, the BAYL has been extended on the Dothan end east to Hilton, Georgia (where they connect with G&W sister roads Hilton & Albany and Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad) and north to Grimes and Abbeville, Alabama. This was the original Abbeville Southern Railway but it had been part of Atlantic Coast Line for decades. The segment between Dothan and Grimes is over CSX trackage rights.

The Atlanta and St. Andrews Bay Railroad (reporting mark ASAB), also known as the Bay Line, was a Class I railroad which operated in Alabama and Florida. The company was founded in 1906 and opened its mainline between Dothan, Alabama and Panama City, Florida in 1908. Later reclassified as a short-line railroad, its assets were acquired by the Bay Line Railroad in 1994.

As with many railroads in the region, the A&SAB began in the minds of timber investors and land developers seeking to access the agricultural resources of the Florida Panhandle and South Alabama. Chief among them was A. B. Steele, who created the railroad to build south out of Dothan towards the Gulf Coast. The company incorporated on February 14, 1906 and opened its 82-mile (132 km) line between Dothan and Panama City on July 15, 1908. Panama City was incorporated the following year at the terminus of the line. Plans were soon made to extend the railroad north to Atlanta, however financial difficulties and pressure from the Central of Georgia railroad put an end to any plans for extension. Read more on Wikipedia.

Brand/Importer Information: Micro-Trains is the brand name used by both Kadee Quality Products and Micro-Trains Line. For a history of the relationship between the brand and the two companies, please consult our Micro-Trains Collector's Guide.
Manufacturer Information:
Micro-Trains Line split off from Kadee Quality Products in 1990. Kadee Quality Products originally got involved in N-Scale by producing a scaled-down version of their successful HO Magne-Matic knuckle coupler system. This coupler was superior to the ubiquitous 'Rapido' style coupler due to two primary factors: superior realistic appearance and the ability to automatically uncouple when stopped over a magnet embedded in a section of track. The success of these couplers in N-Scale quickly translated to the production of trucks, wheels and in 1972 a release of ready-to-run box cars.

Micro-Trains Line Co. split off from Kadee in 1990 to form a completely independent company. For this reason, products from this company can appear with labels from both enterprises. Due to the nature of production idiosyncrasies and various random factors, the rolling stock from Micro-Trains can have all sorts of interesting variations in both their packaging as well as the products themselves. When acquiring an MTL product it is very important to understand these important production variations that can greatly enhance (or decrease) the value of your purchase.

Please consult our Micro-Trains Collector's Guide
Item created by: gdm on 2016-05-31 14:45:43. Last edited by gdm on 2020-06-03 17:23:41

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