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Con-Cor - 0004-005102 - Trailer, 40 Foot, Box - Burlington Northern - 920529,920513,920186

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Stock Number0004-005102
BrandCon-Cor
ManufacturerHerpa
Body StyleCon-Cor Vehicle Trailer 40 Foot Piggyback
Prototype VehicleTrailer, 40 Foot, Box (Details)
Road or Company NameBurlington Northern (Details)
Reporting MarksBNZ
Road or Reporting Number920529,920513,920186
Paint Color(s)Green
Print Color(s)White
MultipackYes
Multipack Count3
Item CategoryVehicles
Model TypeTrailer
Model Subtype40 Foot
Model VarietySmoothside Box
Prototype RegionNorth America
Prototype EraNA Era IV: 2nd Gen Diesel (1958 - 1978)
Scale1/160



Specific Item Information: 3-Pack.
Model Information: First appears in the 1973 Con-Cor catalog but may have been available for retail before then. Made by Herpa. Sold in packs of 2 or 3. Smoothside or Ribbed side. It is a model of a 40 foot box trailer.
Prototype History:
40-foot trailers are still widely used as inter-rail containers. 40 foot is a good length to fit on a 50 foot TOFC flatcar as they provide some room on both ends for safety and sloppy loading. They generally come with a 96" width and are rated for 55,000 pounds. They were never as popular as 48 foot trailers because of the more limited load size. Even 48 foot trailers gave way to 53' models when the laws governing highway transportation changed.

Box vans are known as such for their rectilinear proportions. Their simple design makes them easy to manufacture and maintain.
Road Name History:
The Burlington Northern Railroad (reporting mark BN) was a United States railroad. It was a product of a March 2, 1970, merger of four major railroads - the Great Northern Railway, Northern Pacific Railway, Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad - as well as a few small jointly owned subsidiaries owned by the four.

Burlington Northern operated between 1970 and 1996.

Its historical lineage begins in the earliest days of railroading with the chartering in 1848 of the Chicago and Aurora Railroad, a direct ancestor line of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, which lends Burlington to the names of various merger-produced successors.

Burlington Northern purchased the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway on December 31, 1996 to form the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway (later renamed BNSF Railway), which was owned by the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation.*

Read more on Wikipedia.
Brand/Importer Information:
Con-Cor has been in business since 1962. Many things have changed over time as originally they were a complete manufacturing operation in the USA and at one time had upwards of 45 employees. They not only designed the models,but they also built their own molds, did injection molding, painting, printing and packaging on their models.

Currently, most of their manufacturing has been moved overseas and now they import 90% of their products as totally finished goods, or in finished components. They only do some incidental manufacturing today within the USA.

Important Note: The Con-Cor product numbering can be very confusing. Please see here in the article how to properly enter Con-Cor stock numbers in the TroveStar database.
Item created by: dracozamach on 2020-06-05 10:52:04. Last edited by dracozamach on 2020-06-16 16:43:20

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