MTH Electric Trains 30-71159 O Pittsburgh & Lake Erie RailKing Box Car #35740

Box Car - Pittsburgh & Lake Erie

Car No. 35740

Roadname: Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
Product Item Number:
30-71159
Catalog: FL 2023 All Scales
Product Line: RailKing
Scale: O Gauge
Delivery Status:
Delivered: FEB. 2024
This product is compatible with all O Gauge 3-Rail track systems including those systems offered by Atlas and Gargraves and Lionel and Ross Custom Switches.

The 40’ steel box car so familiar to model railroaders was a product of the 1930s. Wood box cars, which were built into the World War I era, and early steel cars were largely non-standardized, with details varying from railroad to railroad. The move toward standardization began with American Railway Association (ARA) designs of 1923 and 1932. It culminated in the 1937 AAR boxcar, which was adopted by railroads from coast to coast and built in the tens of thousands. (The AAR (American Association of Railroads) was and still is the successor to the ARA.)

While the original paint schemes were usually drab variations on standard box car red, new schemes in the 1950s and later brought color back to the American freight train. Our models replicate many of the most fondly remembered paint schemes seen on these cars.

High quality, traditionally sized RailKing Freight Cars provide detailed bodies and colorful paint schemes for the O Gauge railroader. MTH makes an enormous variety of RailKing Freight Cars, including many different car types and roadnames. No matter what era or part of the country you are modeling, RailKing is sure to have something for you.

Features:
Intricately Detailed Durable ABS Body
Metal Wheels and Axles
Die-Cast 4-Wheel Trucks
Operating Die-Cast Metal Couplers
Colorful, Attractive Paint Schemes
Decorative Brake Wheels
Fast-Angle Wheel Sets
Needle-Point Axles
Sliding Car Doors
Unit Measures: 11 5/8" x 2 1/2" x 3 3/8"
Operates On O-27 Curves

Note: Pictures may be of another Road Number.