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Con-Cor - 0001-5551 - Boxcar, 60 Foot, Greenville, Auto Parts - Santa Fe - 12-pack

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N Scale - Con-Cor - 0001-5551 - Boxcar, 60 Foot, Greenville, Auto Parts - Santa Fe - 12-pack 6 out of the 12. Scheme 1 (left) - Scheme 2 (right)
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Stock Number0001-5551
BrandCon-Cor
ManufacturerCon-Cor
Body StyleCon-Cor Boxcar 60 Foot Double Door
Prototype VehicleBoxcar, 60 Foot, Greenville, Auto Parts (Details)
Road or Company NameSanta Fe (Details)
Reporting MarksATSF
Road or Reporting Number12-pack
Paint Color(s)Red / Boxcar Red
Print Color(s)White
Coupler TypeRapido Hook
Coupler MountTruck-Mount
Wheel TypeNickel-Silver Plated Metal
Wheel ProfileDeep Flange
MultipackYes
Multipack Count12
Multipack ID Number0001-5551
Item CategoryRolling Stock (Freight)
Model TypeBoxcar
Model Subtype60 Foot
Model VarietyGreenville Double Door
Prototype RegionNorth America
Prototype EraNA Era IV: 2nd Gen Diesel (1958 - 1978)
Years Produced1960s
Scale1/160



Specific Item Information: 12-pack set with cars in different paint schemes.
Road numbers:
- Scheme 1: 37731, 37733, 37736, 37738, 37741, 37742. - Scheme 2: 37805, 37806, 37811, 37813, 37818, 37820.
Prototype History:
In the early 1960s, the auto industry, looking for better and more efficient ways of shipping parts to assembly plants, worked with railroads and car builders to develop specialized freight cars. The primary requirement was the ability to handle a variety of different parts without the use of custom-built interior fixtures and racks. The 60 foot cars were for higher density items such as engines, transmissions and castings. Their big brothers, the 86 footers handled lower-density automotive components such as stamped parts.

Greenville built several of these cars for the New York Central and other North-Eastern railroads.
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.

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: klausnahr on 2020-10-04 14:47:24. Last edited by Alain LM on 2020-10-05 03:14:11

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