Product Description
Road Name: Lignum
Road Number: 80003, 80026
Product Line: Premier
Scale: O Scale
System: 3-Rail
Features:
Intricately Detailed, Durable ABS Body
Colorful, Attractive Paint Scheme
Metal Wheels and Axles
Die-Cast 4-Wheel Trucks
Fast-Angle Wheel Sets
Needle-Point Axles
(2) Operating Die-Cast Metal Couplers
Detailed Brake Wheel
Separate Metal Handrails
Sliding Car Doors
1:48 Scale Dimensions
Unit Measures: 15 1/8” x 2 9/16” x 4 1/16”
Operates On O-31 Curves (3-Rail)
Overview:
From the dawn of railroading, the boxcar was the vehicle of choice for transporting solid goods that needed protection from the elements. And one of the biggest bottlenecks in shipping was getting the cargo in and out of a boxcar’s doors. Over the years, doors grew wider to speed things up, and other expedients were tried - like end doors on automobile cars and small “lumber doors” on the ends of Milwaukee Road boxcars. Perhaps the ultimate solution was this all-door boxcar, where the entire side consisted of four sliding doors that could be opened in pairs to provide a 25’ wide doorway. The idea for these cars was sketched on a napkin in 1962 by Flake Willis, president of the McCloud River Railroad as they sought a lumber-carrying vehicle with the protection of a boxcar and the ease of loading of a flatcar. Delivered later the same year, the all-door car proved successful enough that the McCloud River, now owned by U.S. Plywood, ordered 100 similar cars in 1967 from Thrall Car Manufacturing Co. and Southern Iron Works. “Thrall Door” cars were purchased by lumber carriers across the U.S. and Canada through the late 1960s and early 1970s and were seen on rosters for several decades, even into the 2000s.
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