USRA DOUBLE SHEATHED WOOD BOX CARS
Lots of detail molded in the castings! Will take several evenings to put kit
together. These are urethane kits; not painted, no lettering included. See CDS
dry transfer list in this catalog for appropriate lettering.
Now you can run these popular freight cars on your S pike, and have them
ready to go in just a couple of evenings. No hard construction involved or
tricky techniques to conquer! Other scales have had these cars for many years,
and now they are here for S gaugers! As with our other kits, these are a
limited run. Order today! Price: $29.95. Less trucks and couplers. Great
addition to the USRA cars by S Helper Service! Andrews scale or hi-rail
wheelsets add $14.00
Used by numerous railroads (56 total) across the country, these USRA
standardized freight cars could be seen from late 1918 through the 1950's.
Roads that had them include, among others, the GTW, GN, KCS, M&St.L, MP,
NYC, St.LSF, Pere Marquette, North Western Pacific, SP&S, Toledo & Ohio
Central, Wabash, AT&SF, ACL, B&M, Charleston & Western Carolina,
C&NW, CB&Q, Rl, Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha,
CCC&St.L, DL&W, DT&I, and EJ&E! Plenty of roads for you to
model! A total of 24,500 40-ft. double sheathed box cars roamed the rails.