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InterMountain - NSC INT 09-02 - Boxcar, 50 Foot, AAR Double Door - Santa Fe - 10345

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Commissioned ByGeorge Hollwedel
Production TypeSpecial Run
Stock NumberNSC INT 09-02
Secondary Stock NumberPNS0034b
Original Retail Price$21.95
BrandInterMountain
ManufacturerInterMountain Railway
Body StyleInterMountain Boxcar 50 Foot AAR 1937 Double Door
Prototype VehicleBoxcar, 50 Foot, AAR Double Door (Details)
Road or Company NameSanta Fe (Details)
Reporting MarksATSF
Road or Reporting Number10345
Paint Color(s)Brown
Print Color(s)White
Paint SchemeEl Capitan
Coupler TypeIntermountain Magnetic Knuckle
Coupler MountTruck-Mount
Wheel TypeInjection Molded Plastic
Wheel ProfileSmall Flange (Low Profile)
Multipack ID NumberPNS0034
Announcement Date2009-01-01
Release Date2009-08-01
Item CategoryRolling Stock (Freight)
Model TypeBoxcar
Model Subtype50 Foot
Model VarietyAAR 1937 Double Door
Prototype RegionNorth America
Prototype EraNA Era IV: 2nd Gen Diesel (1958 - 1978)
Years Produced1938 - 1960
Scale1/160
Track GaugeN standard



Specific Item Information: N Scale Collector Item. Commissioned by George Hollwedel. ATSF FE-24 ElC+SuCh
Model Information: This model was originally produced in kit form only. Later releases featured assembled (RTR) models. This model features operating sliding doors.
Prototype History:
Beginning in 1932, under the auspices of the American Railway Association (merged into the AAR in 1934), the organization’s “Committee on Car Construction” set the standard for the 40-foot steel boxcar, which would undergo a series of refinements over the next 15 years or so, and on which thousands of the ubiquitous house cars would be built.

Introduced in late 1938, the modified plans included an extended interior height of 10 feet 6 inches with a new Dreadnaught end that displayed a 5/5 rib pattern, as compared to the original 1937 AAR design with its 10-foot interior height and 4/5 Dreadnaught end. The extra height gave railroads operating west of Chicago some extra cargo volume, especially handy for the grain hauling roads during harvest season, for example.
Road Name History:
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (reporting mark ATSF), often abbreviated as Santa Fe or AT&SF, was one of the larger railroads in the United States. Chartered in February 1859, the railroad reached the Kansas-Colorado border in 1873 and Pueblo, Colorado, in 1876. To create a demand for its services, the railroad set up real estate offices and sold farm land from the land grants that it was awarded by Congress. Despite the name, its main line never served Santa Fe, New Mexico, as the terrain was too difficult; the town ultimately was reached by a branch line from Lamy.

The Santa Fe was a pioneer in intermodal freight transport, an enterprise that (at one time or another) included a tugboat fleet and an airline (the short-lived Santa Fe Skyway). Its bus line extended passenger transportation to areas not accessible by rail, and ferryboats on the San Francisco Bay allowed travelers to complete their westward journeys to the Pacific Ocean. The ATSF was the subject of a popular song, Harry Warren & Johnny Mercer's "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe", written for the film, The Harvey Girls (1946).

The railroad officially ceased operations on December 31, 1996, when it merged with the Burlington Northern Railroad to form the Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway.

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Brand/Importer Information:
InterMountain was founded in 1985 by Fred Brummet. They got started in the model railroad business by producing O-Scale model kits. They got started in the N Scale business almost a decade later when in 1994 they introduced the 40-23 reefer car in kit form. Later, in 1998, they started producing RTR (Ready-to-Run) models. By the early 2000s, InterMountain phased out kit production in favor of the RTR models.

The InterMountain Railway company is located at 1224 Boston Ave in Longmont, CO. They are a manufacturer of HO, N and Z scale model trains. They have produced kits as well as RTR (Ready-To-Run) models. Their N Scale products include locomotives as well as rolling stock. Their rolling stock lineup includes Boxcars, Hoppers, Tank Cars, Reefers, Gondolas, Stock Cars and Flatcars.

Their locomotive releases have primarily been diesel units, with the one major exception being their series of AC-12 Cab Forward steam locos. Their diesel lineup includes F3's, F7's, F9's, SD40's, SD45's and FT units. They are known for quality and detail. They also release their rolling stock in larger varieties of road numbers than most of the other manufacturers.
Commissioner Information: Prototype N Scale Models, by George Hollwedel
2108 Buffalo Tundra Dr, Austin, TX 78754-5960
512-796-6883
proto.nscale@yahoo.com
Item created by: gdm on 2016-08-31 11:13:34. Last edited by gdm on 2021-02-16 09:11:44

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