MTH 30-71160 - Box Car "Santa Fe" #19783

Product Description

Announced Date:

March 2023

Released Date:

Feb 2024

Individually Boxed:

No - 2 to a case

Road Name: Santa Fe

Road Number: 19783

Product Line: RailKing

Scale: O Scale

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

Overview:

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.