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40´ AAR Boxcar

| May 31, 2018

40' AAR Boxcar

This is a brand new release and represents the standard 1937 AAR 40´ Box Car. It is offered with Murphy raised panel roof, both Youngstown and Superior doors and the most common 4-5 Dreadnaught ends. AZL also offer the correct choice of wooden and etched steel running boards. This enables AZL to offer a very prototypical Box Car.

Some small notes on freight cars in general. Trucks used to be bolted together and that was outlawed by A.R.A. / A.A.R. for good reasons. A maintenance nightmare since they could come apart. Replaced by solid frame trucks they also saw a change as A.A.R. made roller bearings mandatory in the early 1950s.

Other developmental changes effected the running boards. They were probably all wooden to start with. Wood was more slippery than steel, so wood was banned in 1944. In the 1950s running boards and side ladders were outlawed as well. That is why the 1930´s Box Cars lived long with updates through their operational lives. By 1970 these Box Cars could not be found on Class 1 railroads any longer.

 

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40´ AAR Boxcar:

AZL #Road NameRoad Number
904300-1ATSF136270
904301-1Atlantic Coast Line20344
904302-1Chesapeake & Ohio10999
904303-1Canadian National471490
904304-1Canadian Pacific221657
904305-1Erie78238
904306-1Kansas City Southern14128
904307-1Louisville & Nashville90243
904308-1New Haven21078
904309-1Northern Pacific15259
904310-1NKP15423
904311-1New York Central157239
904312-1Southern10590
904313-1Southern Pacific32803
904314-1Union Pacific183247
904315-1Western Pacific20136
904370-1 (2-Pack)ATSF136101, 136122
904371-1Atlantic Coast Line20187, 20190
904372-1 (2-Pack)Chesapeake & Ohio10834, 10997
904373-1 (2-Pack)Canadian National471003, 471349
904374-1 (2-Pack)Canadian Pacific221235, 221269
904375-1 (2-Pack)Erie78104, 78105
904376-1 (2-Pack)Kansas City Southern14024, 14097
904377-1 (2-Pack)Louisville & Nashville90004, 90015
904378-1 (2-Pack)New Haven21036, 21057
904379-1 (2-Pack)Northern Pacific15007, 15112
904380-1 (2-Pack)NKP15338, 15412
904381-1 (2-Pack)New York Central157206, 157231
904382-1 (2-Pack)Southern10402, 10407
904383-1 (2-Pack)Southern Pacific32807, 32812
904384-1 (2-Pack)Union Pacific182935, 182936
904385-1 (2-Pack)Western Pacific20009, 20018
905414-1Western Pacific20359
914300-1 (4-Pack)ATSF136100, 136121, 136244, 136269
914301-1Atlantic Coast Line20185, 20186, 20332, 20341
914302-1 (4-Pack)Chesapeake & Ohio10750, 10776, 10833, 10998
914303-1 (4-Pack)Canadian National471001, 471344, 471365, 471482
914304-1 (4-Pack)Canadian Pacific221233, 221234, 221268, 221656
914305-1 (4-Pack)Erie78101, 78102, 78103, 78236
914306-1 (4-Pack)Kansas City Southern14023, 14027, 14096, 14122
914307-1 (4-Pack)Louisville & Nashville90002, 90007, 90233, 90240
914308-1 (4-Pack)New Haven21033, 21034, 21056, 21077
914309-1 (4-Pack)Northern Pacific15000, 15001, 15236, 15255
914310-1 (4-Pack)NKP15333, 15334, 15414, 15416
914311-1 (4-Pack)New York Central157200, 157202, 157204, 157237
914312-1 (4-Pack)Southern10400, 10401, 10533, 10582
914313-1 (4-Pack)Southern Pacific32800, 32801, 32953, 32999
914314-1 (4-Pack)Union Pacific182933, 182944, 183228, 183245
914315-1 (4-Pack)Western Pacific20004, 20017, 20047, 20134
915414-1Western Pacific20360, 20377

Category: Freight