PROTOTYPE AND BACKGROUND INFO:The 1960s was a period of development that would set the course ofrailroading as we see it today. The North American Car Corporationdesigned and built a 50’ outside post, insulated, plug door box carwhich proved to be a vision of developments to come. Several railroadsrostered this car with most of them either purchased by or leased toprivate shippers. The NACC cars were frequently decorated in complex,colorful paint schemes. When the NACC cars were built, general leasing,billboard paint schemes and modern freight handling techniques were stillat least a decade in the future.
MODEL FEATURES:• Etched metal stirrup steps• Detailed, molded underframe• Pullman Standard or Superior plug doors• Pullman Standard or Stanray (Superior) roof (to match prototype)• N-scale 70 ton trucks• Machined 33” metal wheels• Body mounted McHenry® operating scale knuckle couplers• Weighted for optimum performance• Minimum radius: 9 ¾”
