GREAT NORTHERN " AUTO BOX " 50ft WOOD SHEATH DOUBLE DOOR

Description: ROUNDHOUSE HO Scale Ready-To-Run 50 foot WOOD SHEATH DOUBLE DOORAUTO BOXCAR 50' WOOD SHEATH DOUBLE DOOORAUTO BOXCAR (Ready to Run) -- Great Northern Out-Of-ProductionDISCONTINUED By the Manufacturer Each model features a highly detailed one-piece body with including hatches, ladders and roofwalks. Metal WheelsKnuckle CouplersBrake Wheel An autorack, also known as an auto carrier (also car transporter outside the US), is a specialized piece of railroad rolling stock used to transport automobiles and light trucks. Autoracks are used to transport new vehicles from factories to automotive distributors, and to transport passengers' vehicles in car shuttles and motorail services, such as Amtrak's Auto Train route. HistoryIn the early 20th century, when automobiles were still new technology, their production levels were low enough that they could be shipped in sufficient quantities in boxcars. Two to four automobiles would usually fit into one boxcar. But as the automobile industry grew in size, railroads found that they needed to modify the boxcars for more efficient loading. Some modifications included longer boxcars, larger sliding double side doors located near one end of the boxcar, or doors located on the boxcar ends. These modifications helped, but the demand for new automobiles outpaced the railroads' abilities to build and modify boxcars in which to ship them. In 1923, the Grand Trunk Western Railroad experimented with modifying a group of 61-foot-long (18.59 m) wood-frame flat cars to increase their capacity by adding collapsible frames to allow for double-deck operation. The concept was not perfected and therefore failed to gain acceptance. In the 1940s and 1950s, some railroads experimented with automobile-loading assemblies that would lift one or more automobiles above others within a boxcar. The success of these assemblies was limited due to their special use and specific size; it proved uneconomical to maintain a fleet of these assemblies that could only be loaded into boxcars from the ends of the cars.This was the early forerunner of the modern Auto Carrier. Car Features:Accurately scaled from engineering drawingsScaled Dimensions & Rivet DetailComplete End, Roof & Underbody DetailingSide Door Hand RailsLaddersCorrect Trucks with RP-25 Metal Wheels Crisp detailed, realistic lettering, matched to prototype photographs Realistic satin paint finish, great for weatheringStandard Draft gear box Detailed engineering plastic truck sideframes Low-friction, nonmagnetic, needlepoint axles No lubrication required Machined-Metal Wheels Magneticaly operated, body mounted couplers Added Weight for optimum tracking Detailed truck side frames SHIPPING:We do combine shipping on multiple purchases. If you do a Buy It Now the transaction requires immediate payment for each item separately. What you need to do is put it in the shopping cart and then when you go to checkout it will recalculate the shipping and combine the items for you. If you pay first I am unable to make any adjustment because ebay has then taken its fees on the shipping as well. If you have a concern message me and I can work something out for you. THIS IS AN ASSEMBLED Item The item is NEW in the original box from old stock PERSONAL INVENTORY: Many of these unique items are from my personal inventory which was accumulated over the years. They are hard to part with but due to downsizing in retirement they too are looking for a good home which can appreciate and enjoy them. STORE INVENTORY: Having discontinued my Hobby Store and left frigid “Minne-Snow-Da” I have relocated and retired to the warmer part of the country, Down to Sunny TEXAS. I will be Liquidating the remaining stock. I will be listing items over the next year or so clearing them out. Please see the photos we take actual photos of each item Most of these items are New in the box removed only to take photos of them.

Price: 49.89 USD

Location: Van, Texas

End Time: 2024-11-21T12:54:58.000Z

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