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Micro-Trains - 182 00 120 - Boxcar, 50 Foot, X41 - Conrail - 173334

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Stock Number182 00 120
Secondary Stock Number182 00 050
Original Retail Price$26.70
BrandMicro-Trains
ManufacturerMicro-Trains Line
Body StyleMicro-Trains 182 Boxcar 50 Foot PS Double Door
Image Provider's WebsiteLink
Prototype VehicleBoxcar, 50 Foot, X41 (Details)
Road or Company NameConrail (Details)
Reporting MarksCR
Road or Reporting Number173334
Paint Color(s)Boxcar Red
Print Color(s)White
Paint SchemeCan Opener Logo
Coupler TypeMT Magne-Matic Knuckle
Coupler MountTruck-Mount
Wheel TypeInjection Molded Plastic
Wheel ProfileStandard
Announcement Date2018-06-01
Release Date2020-03-01
Item CategoryRolling Stock (Freight)
Model TypeBoxcar
Model Subtype50 Foot
Model VarietyDouble Door, Short Ladders, No Roofwalk
Prototype RegionNorth America
Prototype EraNA Era III: Transition (1939 - 1957)
Scale1/160



Specific Item Information: This 50’ standard box car with 8’ double sliding door no roofwalk and short ladders is mineral brown with white lettering and runs on Roller Bearing trucks. Built for New York Central in June 1957 for auto parts service, this double-sliding door boxcar later had its ladders cut down and roofwalk removed. Serviced in the mid-1970s and repainted for Conrail, it continued in revenue service into the 1980s.
Model Information: Micro-Trains first introduced this body style in July of 2017. It models a series of boxcars built by Pullman-Standard in the 1950s that feature two 8 foot sliding doors, short ladders and no roofwalk.

In 2019, Micro-trains tweaked this model. Newer releases have a lowered underframe and feature body-mount couplers.
Prototype History:
While the 40-foot boxcar was a standard design, and it did come in different setups depending on the type of freight being transported, it was not large enough for efficient mass commodity transportation. The 50-foot boxcar made its first appearance in the 1930s and steadily grew in popularity over the years, which further improved redundancies by allowing for even more space within a given car. Today, the 50-footer remains the common boxcar size. After the second world war ended, and steel became once again readily available, steel became the go-to choice for construction of boxcars. Pullman Standard and ACF were some of the most prolific builders of these cars.

Pennsylvania built a series of steel double sliding door 50 foot boxcars in the mid 1940s. They used A.S.F. ride control trucks. Thousands were built in different configurations. Some survived the Penn Central and Conrail reorganizations.
Road Name History:
The Consolidated Rail Corporation, commonly known as Conrail (reporting mark CR), was the primary Class I railroad in the Northeast U.S. between 1976 and 1999. Conrail is a portmanteau of "consolidated" and "rail" from the name of the company.

The U.S. federal government created Conrail to take over the potentially profitable lines of multiple bankrupt carriers, including the Penn Central Transportation Company and Erie Lackawanna Railway. With the benefit of industry-wide regulatory requirements being reduced (via the 4R Act and the Staggers Act), Conrail began to turn a profit in the 1980s and was turned over to private investors in 1987. The two remaining Class I railroads in the East, CSX Transportation and the Norfolk Southern Railway (NS), agreed in 1997 to split the system approximately equally, returning rail freight competition to the Northeast by essentially undoing the 1968 merger of the Pennsylvania Railroad and New York Central Railroad that created Penn Central. Following Surface Transportation Board approval, CSX and NS took control in August 1998, and on June 1, 1999, began operating their portions of Conrail.
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: CMK on 2020-02-28 08:27:57. Last edited by gdm on 2020-06-09 07:31:14

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