Athearn 18676 - HO 12Ft FMC 5327 Plug Door Box - Canadian Pacific #224197

HO 12Ft FMC 5327 Plug Door Box - Canadian Pacific #224197 All new tooling with accurate dimensions Photo-etched cross-over platform Separately applied grab irons, end ladders and brake wheel 33in machined metal wheels with RP25 contours Weighted for optimum performance Body-mounted McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers Highly-detailed, injection-molded body Painted and printed for realistic decoration All models are representative of prototypical paint schemes Minimum radius: 18in PRIMED FOR GRIME MODELS FEATURE Duplicated look and feel of ?In Service? equipment Faded base colors matched to the prototype Perfect starting point for adding grime and rust PROTOTYPE AND BACKGROUND INFO: It was the mid 1970s, and the incentive per diem box car boom was just beginning. New, brightly painted box cars seemed to appear overnight. Many were lettered for various short lines. FMC (Food Machinery Corporation) was a significant builder of many of these cars. The 50? outside post, non-terminating end box car, became the foundation for new per diem cars built in the 1970s. The 50? FMC cars also varied in door configuration and style to better suit each customer. These models can still be seen today in the modern railroading scene.