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NSC 6400 Gondola
OFOX

Item Number Road Number Stock Status
ATHG78602 20149
ATHG78603 20188

Starting in the late 2010s, National Steel Car began construction of these giant 6,000 cu ft capacity gondolas. These exquisite Athearn Genesis models capture all the details and variations of their prototypes. Our state-of-the-art tooling replicates the detailed bodies and massive dimensions of the prototypes. Separate details include full brake rigging, grab irons and etched crossover platforms. Add the definitive NSC 6000 gondolas to your modern roster with these all-new Athearn Genesis cars.

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NSC 6400 Gondola
AIMX (2-pack)

Item Number Road Number Stock Status
ATHG76709 14111, 14166

Thrall was a recognizable freight car manufacturing company in the 1960s to 1980s. Their designs still carry on today. The company focused on building specialized freight cars including high side gondolas, and rotary-dump gondolas for coal. In the 1980s, Thrall acquired five competing railcar manufacturers and became the largest such manufacturer of these cars in the United States.   ..... /continued below

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NSC 6400 Gondola
OFOX (2-pack)

Item Number Road Number Stock Status
ATHG76721 1801, 1850

Thrall was a recognizable freight car manufacturing company in the 1960s to 1980s. Their designs still carry on today. The company focused on building specialized freight cars including high side gondolas, and rotary-dump gondolas for coal. In the 1980s, Thrall acquired five competing railcar manufacturers and became the largest such manufacturer of these cars in the United States.   ..... /continued below

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Athearn GENESIS | HO (1:87) | freight cars

NSC 6400 Gondola
AIMX

Item Number Road Number Stock Status
ATHG76707 14010
ATHG76708 14057

Thrall was a recognizable freight car manufacturing company in the 1960s to 1980s. Their designs still carry on today. The company focused on building specialized freight cars including high side gondolas, and rotary-dump gondolas for coal. In the 1980s, Thrall acquired five competing railcar manufacturers and became the largest such manufacturer of these cars in the United States.   ..... /continued below

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Athearn GENESIS | HO (1:87) | freight cars

NSC 6400 Gondola
OFOX

Item Number Road Number Stock Status
ATHG76719 1777
ATHG76720 1801

Thrall was a recognizable freight car manufacturing company in the 1960s to 1980s. Their designs still carry on today. The company focused on building specialized freight cars including high side gondolas, and rotary-dump gondolas for coal. In the 1980s, Thrall acquired five competing railcar manufacturers and became the largest such manufacturer of these cars in the United States.   ..... /continued below

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Athearn Roundhouse HO
50' Plug Door Smooth Side Box
CP Rail

Pullman Standard introduced the all steel PS-1 box car in several diffent sizes including 40’, 50’ and 60’ lengths. Multiple door configurations and styles made these box cars very flexible. Pullman Standard had their own signature details, such as rolled non-terminating ends, and bow-tie stamped metal roofs. These were signature elements that identified the PS-1 among the other freight car builders of the time.

Item Number Road Number Stock Status
RND1134 CP 80022 Sold Out
RND1135 CP 80858 Sold Out
RND1136 CP 80937
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Athearn Roundhouse | HO scale 1:87 | Freight Cars

Wide Vision Caboose
Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), CP

Item Number Road Number Stock Status
RND1357 # 420952
RND1358 # 420983 Sold Out
RND1359 # 420987 Sold Out

Perhaps one of the most recognizable icons of American railroading, the caboose completed the train. Cabooses provide shelter for crew at the end of a train, who were long required for switching and shunting, and to keep a lookout for load shifting, damage to equipment and cargo, and overheating axles. In the extended-vision or wide-vision caboose, the sides of the cupola project beyond the side of the car body. ..../ continue

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30,000-Gallon Ethanol Tank
ADMX

Item Number Road Number Stock Status
ATH29916 # 307020

Modern ethanol tank cars have a 30,000-gallon capacity. Most tank cars are owned by railcar leasing companies. Many are leased to the ethanol producing companies and carry their company logos. Fuel dealers, small refineries and other industries receive single cars and small blocks of cars that are mixed into freight trains. Large gasoline refineries may receive 100-car unit trains several times per week.

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30,000-Gallon Ethanol Tank
CTCX

Item Number Road Number Stock Status
ATH29932 # 301127 Sold Out

Modern ethanol tank cars have a 30,000-gallon capacity. Most tank cars are owned by railcar leasing companies. Many are leased to the ethanol producing companies and carry their company logos. Fuel dealers, small refineries and other industries receive single cars and small blocks of cars that are mixed into freight trains. Large gasoline refineries may receive 100-car unit trains several times per week.

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40' Express Box
Canadian Pacific Railway, CPR

Item Number Road Number Stock Status
72252 # 4902
72253 # 4904
72254 # 4908

During the heyday of passenger service, mail & express traffic was a viable part of the railroad business. These 40’ double door boxcars, equipped with high-speed trucks, represent prototype cars assigned to this service. They are decorated to match our recent release of 60’ arch roof passenger cars.

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50' FMC Combo Door Box
Burlington Northern, BN

Item Number Road Number Stock Status
ATH26737 # 316210 Sold Out
ATH26738 # 316216
ATH26739 # 315221 Sold Out

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 cars can still be seen today in the modern railroading scene.

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60' Bulkhead Flat
CP Rail, CPI

Item Number Road Number Stock Status
ATH17069 # 316399
ATH17070 # 316410
ATH17071 # 316419

Specialized load handling equipment has long been used to secure loads in railroad freight service. One of the most common forms used on flatcars is the addition of bulkheads to the ends of the car. Bulkhead ends not only make it easy to load pulpwood, but also keep regular items like lumber, building materials and pipe loads from shifting in transit.

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60' Bulkhead Flat
CP Rail, CPI (3-pack)

Item Number Road Number Stock Status
ATH17072 3-pack

Specialized load handling equipment has long been used to secure loads in railroad freight service. One of the most common forms used on flatcars is the addition of bulkheads to the ends of the car. Bulkhead ends not only make it easy to load pulpwood, but also keep regular items like lumber, building materials and pipe loads from shifting in transit.

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60' Bulkhead Flat
PGE (Pacific Great Eastern), PGER

Item Number Road Number Stock Status
ATH17077 # 16002
ATH17078 # 16021
ATH17079 # 16099

Specialized load handling equipment has long been used to secure loads in railroad freight service. One of the most common forms used on flatcars is the addition of bulkheads to the ends of the car. Bulkhead ends not only make it easy to load pulpwood, but also keep regular items like lumber, building materials and pipe loads from shifting in transit.

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60' Bulkhead Flat
TTX, TTPX

Item Number Road Number Stock Status
ATH17081 # 804168
ATH17082 # 804438
ATH17083 # 805267

Specialized load handling equipment has long been used to secure loads in railroad freight service. One of the most common forms used on flatcars is the addition of bulkheads to the ends of the car. Bulkhead ends not only make it easy to load pulpwood, but also keep regular items like lumber, building materials and pipe loads from shifting in transit.

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60' Bulkhead Flat
TTX, TTPX (3-pack)

Item Number Road Number Stock Status
ATH17084 3-pack

Specialized load handling equipment has long been used to secure loads in railroad freight service. One of the most common forms used on flatcars is the addition of bulkheads to the ends of the car. Bulkhead ends not only make it easy to load pulpwood, but also keep regular items like lumber, building materials and pipe loads from shifting in transit.

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60' Gunderson Box
BNSF

Item Number Road Number Stock Status
ATH75318 # 761111
ATH75319 # 760717
ATH75320 # 760231

The modern 100 ton, high-cube, 60’ boxcar has become ubiquitous in the modern rail scene. These cars are designed to carry a myriad of loads, from auto parts to forest products. These boxcars are a fixture to any modern freight train.

The RTR model depicts accurately a Gunderson built boxcar. Many paint schemes from the extremely similar Trenton/Greenbrier built cars are also offered as close “stand-in” type models.

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60' Gunderson Box
Canadian Pacific Railway, CPR, CP

Item Number Road Number Stock Status
ATH75315 # 218212 Sold Out
ATH75316 # 218277
ATH75317 # 218344

The modern 100 ton, high-cube, 60’ boxcar has become ubiquitous in the modern rail scene. These cars are designed to carry a myriad of loads, from auto parts to forest products. These boxcars are a fixture to any modern freight train.

The RTR model depicts accurately a Gunderson built boxcar. Many paint schemes from the extremely similar Trenton/Greenbrier built cars are also offered as close “stand-in” type models.

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60' Gunderson Box
TBOX/TTX/Patched

Item Number Road Number Stock Status
ATH75297 # 889287 Sold Out
ATH75298 # 889298 Sold Out
ATH75299 # 889363

The modern 100 ton, high-cube, 60’ boxcar has become ubiquitous in the modern rail scene. These cars are designed to carry a myriad of loads, from auto parts to forest products. These boxcars are a fixture to any modern freight train.

The RTR model depicts accurately a Gunderson built boxcar. Many paint schemes from the extremely similar Trenton/Greenbrier built cars are also offered as close “stand-in” type models.

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60' Gunderson Box
TTX TBOX /Railcar Pooling Experts

Item Number Road Number Stock Status
ATH75327 # 660177
ATH75328 # 670001
ATH75329 # 670017
ATH75330 # 666853

The modern 100 ton, high-cube, 60’ boxcar has become ubiquitous in the modern rail scene. These cars are designed to carry a myriad of loads, from auto parts to forest products. These boxcars are a fixture to any modern freight train.

The RTR model depicts accurately a Gunderson built boxcar. Many paint schemes from the extremely similar Trenton/Greenbrier built cars are also offered as close “stand-in” type models.

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60' Gunderson Box
UP /Union Pacific

Item Number Road Number Stock Status
ATH75312 # 700040
ATH75313 # 700064
ATH75314 # 700197

The modern 100 ton, high-cube, 60’ boxcar has become ubiquitous in the modern rail scene. These cars are designed to carry a myriad of loads, from auto parts to forest products. These boxcars are a fixture to any modern freight train.

The RTR model depicts accurately a Gunderson built boxcar. Many paint schemes from the extremely similar Trenton/Greenbrier built cars are also offered as close “stand-in” type models.

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FMC 5327 12' Plug Door Box
CPR, CP

Item Number Road Number Stock Status
ATH18676 # 224197
ATH18677 # 224220
ATH18678 # 224234

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.

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Maxi I Well Cars, DTTX - 5 unit set

Item Number Road Number Stock Status
ATH98924 # 73146
ATH98925 # 73149

One of the greatest innovations in intermodal transportation came in the late 1970s with the development of the double stack container car by ACF Industries and Southern Pacific Railroad. From that point onward the container was king and the railroads and car builders searched for more efficient methods of transporting containers. In a revolutionary step from the early stack car designs, Gunderson introduced their Maxi-Stack 5-unit articulated well car in 1988.

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Maxi I Well Cars, SFLC - MAERSK - 5 unit set

Item Number Road Number Stock Status
ATH98921 # 254338
ATH98922 # 254350
ATH98923 # 254354

One of the greatest innovations in intermodal transportation came in the late 1970s with the development of the double stack container car by ACF Industries and Southern Pacific Railroad. From that point onward the container was king and the railroads and car builders searched for more efficient methods of transporting containers. In a revolutionary step from the early stack car designs, Gunderson introduced their Maxi-Stack 5-unit articulated well car in 1988.

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PS4740 Covered Hopper
KCS

Item Number Road Number Stock Status
22264 # 303082
22265 # 303111 Sold Out

Pullman-Standard dominated the covered hopper car market beginning in the 1950s. In 1967 the 4740 cubic foot capacity covered hoppers were the successor to the earlier 4427 cubic foot design. PS responded to increasing demand for efficiency by the railroads and shippers alike, carrying more per trip then the earlier covered hoppers. Designed to carry bulk commodities, such as grain, these cars roamed the rails of North America for decades, attesting to their utilitarian functionality. This car type can still be seen today in service.

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Thrall High Side Gondola with Load
CP Rail, CP

Item Number Road Number Stock Status
ATH7671 3-pack
ATH7672 3-pack
ATH7673 3-pack

Thrall was a recognizable freight car manufacturing company in the 1960s to 1980s. Their designs still carry on today. The company focused on building specialized freight cars including high side gondolas, and rotary-dump gondolas for coal. In the 1980s, Thrall acquired five competing railcar manufacturers and became the largest such manufacturer of these cars in the United States.   ..... /continued below

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BNSF Railway TTGX #696240 (orange, silver; Wedge Logo)
Walthers Part # 150- 20005658

In 2013, Greenbrier Companies introduced their new design of 89’ auto rack, the Multi-Max™. The new design allows for changing configurations from a Bi-Level to a Tri-Level (and back) without adding or removing decks. The racks are fully compatible with existing 89’ auto racks. To this date, most of the racks have been built on Greenbrier Companies’ own specially designed 89’ flat cars. These cars are commonly seen in cuts of other similar autorack cars or a solid unit train of autorack cars. Currently, almost 10,000 cars (with racks) are running on North American rails.

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Canadian National GTW TTX #695799 (yellow, silver, white; Red TTX Logo)
Walthers Part # 150- 20005661

In 2013, Greenbrier Companies introduced their new design of 89’ auto rack, the Multi-Max™. The new design allows for changing configurations from a Bi-Level to a Tri-Level (and back) without adding or removing decks. The racks are fully compatible with existing 89’ auto racks. To this date, most of the racks have been built on Greenbrier Companies’ own specially designed 89’ flat cars. These cars are commonly seen in cuts of other similar autorack cars or a solid unit train of autorack cars. Currently, almost 10,000 cars (with racks) are running on North American rails.

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Canadian National GTW TTX #695832 (yellow, silver, white; Red TTX Logo)
Walthers Part # 150- 20005662

In 2013, Greenbrier Companies introduced their new design of 89’ auto rack, the Multi-Max™. The new design allows for changing configurations from a Bi-Level to a Tri-Level (and back) without adding or removing decks. The racks are fully compatible with existing 89’ auto racks. To this date, most of the racks have been built on Greenbrier Companies’ own specially designed 89’ flat cars. These cars are commonly seen in cuts of other similar autorack cars or a solid unit train of autorack cars. Currently, almost 10,000 cars (with racks) are running on North American rails.

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Canadian National GTW TTX #695858 (yellow, silver, white; Red TTX Logo)
Walthers Part # 150- 20005663

In 2013, Greenbrier Companies introduced their new design of 89’ auto rack, the Multi-Max™. The new design allows for changing configurations from a Bi-Level to a Tri-Level (and back) without adding or removing decks. The racks are fully compatible with existing 89’ auto racks. To this date, most of the racks have been built on Greenbrier Companies’ own specially designed 89’ flat cars. These cars are commonly seen in cuts of other similar autorack cars or a solid unit train of autorack cars. Currently, almost 10,000 cars (with racks) are running on North American rails.

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Canadian Pacific SOO #519003 (white, silver, red)
Walthers Part # 150-20005665

In 2013, Greenbrier Companies introduced their new design of 89’ auto rack, the Multi-Max™. The new design allows for changing configurations from a Bi-Level to a Tri-Level (and back) without adding or removing decks. The racks are fully compatible with existing 89’ auto racks. To this date, most of the racks have been built on Greenbrier Companies’ own specially designed 89’ flat cars. These cars are commonly seen in cuts of other similar autorack cars or a solid unit train of autorack cars. Currently, almost 10,000 cars (with racks) are running on North American rails.