Exactrail Platinum EP80554 HO Scale PC&F 7633 Appliance Boxcar Missouri Pacific MP/TP
Pacific Car & Foundry built a total of 41 of these 70-ton cars for the Missouri Pacific system in April 1975. Numbers 269014 thru 269039 were delivered with MP reporting marks while cars 269040 thru 269054 were lettered for the Texas Pacific. Due to internal Air-Pak load dividers, the cubic foot capacity was listed as 7320 cubic feet. PC&F later delivered a similar looking car that had one fewer panel on each side of the door, end cushioning and were rated at 100 tons. The later cars were also delivered with the "screaming eagle" herald. While Union Pacific has repainted many of these cars, some can still be seen on the rails today.
In the 1970s, 60' high-cube appliance boxcars came onto the scene from multiple freight car manufacturers. Often confused as auto parts boxcars because of the similar size and appearance. Pacific Car & Foundry began delivering the 7633 cubic foot boxcars in early 1975 to the Milwaukee Road, Western Pacific and the Missouri Pacific system. Many cars were delivered with Air-Pak bulkheads. The 7633's were rated at 70-tons and were delivered with Barber S-2 trucks. PC&F offered a similar looking 100-ton version that featured one fewer panel on each side of the door. Railroads such as Missouri Pacific and Norfolk and Western received these.
Even though all railroads that purchased these cars were western or midwestern roads, they spent much of their time in points east. Many of the Milwaukee Road cars had return stencils for the Penn Central and the MP & WP cars were purchased for use at various General Electric facilities.
FEATURES:
- Era: 1975 to Today
- Precision micro-tooled
- Fully assembled (with exception to the kit)
- Multiple Road Numbers
- Designed, engineered and tooled in the United States!
- Extraordinarily accurate artwork
- ExactRail’s 70-Ton Barber S-2 Trucks
- CNC-machined 33" metal wheel sets
- Kadee #156 couplers
- Fully detailed body mounted draft box
- Numerous hand-applied details, including: separately applied air hoses and grab irons!
- Separately applied door tracks and door bars!
- Wire coupler cut levers
- Drop down brake rigging, bell crank, brake appliances and brake rods