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Atlas - 1781-2 - Boxcar, 53 Foot, Evans Double Plug Door - Virginia Central - 5220

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Brand/ImporterAtlas (Details)
Stock Number1781-2
Original Retail Price$17.95
Body StyleAtlas Boxcar 53 Foot Evans Double Plug Door
Prototype VehicleBoxcar, 53 Foot, Evans Double Plug Door (Details)
Road/Company NameVirginia Central (Details)
Road Letters/Reporting MarkVC
Road/Reporting Number5220
Paint Color(s)Green with Aluminum Roof
Print Color(s)White
Coupler TypeAccuMate Magnetic Knuckle
Wheel-Set Type/ConstructionChemically Blackened Metal
Wheel ProfileRP25
Release Date2004-09-01
Item CategoryRolling Stock (Freight)
Model TypeBoxcar
Model Subtype53 Foot
Model VarietyEvans Double Plug Door
Prototype Year(s) of Production1970's



Body Style Information: Features: 70-ton roller-bearing trucks; Blackened metal wheels; Two-piece underframe; Separate brake cylinder; Air reservoir; End platforms; AccuMate® couplers.
Prototype Information:
This 53' boxcar was manufactured in the 1960s and '70s by Evans Company and was used primarily to haul produce, wood and paper products, and canned goods. This railcar is an insulated RBL (Railcar, Passenger Service, Insulated) featuring a 16 foot opening and double plug doors.
Road/Company Information:
The VC was established in 1926 as part of the reorganization of the Potomac Fredericksburg & Piedmont, a 38 mile 3’ gauge line between Fredericksburg and Orange, Virginia. As part of the reorganization, the line was standard gauged. Just 11 years later, all but one mile of line on the Fredericksburg end was abandoned. Operations ended in 1983 when a trestle on the line was condemned. With no money to repair it, the VC was officially abandoned the following year.
Brand/Importer Information:
In 1924 Stephan Schaffan, Sr. founded the Atlas Tool Company in Newark, New Jersey. In 1933 his son, Stephan Schaffan, Jr., came to work for his father at the age of sixteen. Steve Jr. built model airplanes as a hobby and frequented a local hobby shop. Being an enterprising young man, he would often ask the owner if there was anything he could do to earn some extra spending money. Tired of listening to his requests, the hobby-store owner threw some model railroad track parts his way and said, "Here, see if you can improve on this".

Atlas has made a ton of wonderful products throughout the years and we often get questions one whether we have run a certain road name on a particular model. It should be noted that Atlas locomotives and rolling stock are greatly appreciated for their superior operating and running characteristics. Atlas products are also well known for their outstanding collectability not only due to their superior prototypical workmanship, details and decoration, but because there are relatively so few of them made. Each and every production run has been carefully built to market demand, meaning almost every piece in any given run is sold out by Atlas on arrival or shortly thereafter, thus creating a built in collectors market.
Item created by: gdm on 2019-12-17 10:08:28. Last edited by gdm on 2020-05-07 00:00:00

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