{"product_id":"homeshops-rapido-tgn520854-ho-scale-pc-f-50-double-door-box-car-texas-great-northern-520854","title":"Homeshops \/Rapido TGN520854 HO Scale PC\u0026F 50' Double Door Box Car Texas \u0026 Great Northern #520854","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote: Pictures are sometimes representations, exact road numbers may not be shown.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv align=\"justify\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv align=\"justify\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv align=\"justify\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"shopify-section-product-template\" class=\"shopify-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-template__container page-width\" id=\"ProductSection-product-template\" data-section-id=\"product-template\" data-section-type=\"product\" data-enable-history-state=\"true\" data-ajax-enabled=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid product-single product-single--medium-media\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid__item medium-up--one-half\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-single__description rte\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eA Limited Edition Rapido Trains PC\u0026amp;F 5258 50' Double Door Box Car painted for freelance model railroad Texas and Great Northern!  Road Number Variant: TGN 520711.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Texas and Great Northern is a component of Home Shops' owner Christopher Palmieri's freelance Meridian Speedway.  This railroad serves parts of Texas and the Deep South that are rich in timber with booming lumber and paper business.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis beautiful car is painted in the gorgeous \"Tedder Green\" that is also used on the railroad's locomotives.  Four numbers from the series TGN 520500-TGN 520999 are in this offering.  This fleet represents cars that would ship paper and lumber products from Boise Southern in De Ridder. LA to destinations all across North America.  Featuring extremely crisp stenciling, the assignment to the De Ridder facility and reverse routing instructions vis Silsbee, TX add character to these cars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs the demand grew in the 70s for larger capacity boxcars, along with the need to replace aging 40’ cars, this series of 50’ double door boxes was produced by PC\u0026amp;F between 1972 and 1975.  These boxcars are 50’-7” in length with a capacity of either 5258 cu ft for standard cars, or 5119 cu ft for those equipped for DF (Damage Free) Loading. All B-70 boxcars feature Hydra-Cushion underframes and were delivered with either Youngstown or Superior doors.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe PC\u0026amp;F 5258 is an amazing car for freelance application!  Many freelance model railroads handle paper products at one end of the journey from origin to destination.  This car type also could plausibly have been used in general merchandise service hauling any of a wide variety of commodities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Rapido Trains HO scale T\u0026amp;GN PC\u0026amp;F 5258 boxcar features:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeparately applied metal grab irons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScale sized draft gear with a detailed Hydra-Cushion underframe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull underbody brake rigging\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMultiple door styles as appropriate for each fleet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoad number specific number patches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeparately applied coupler cut levers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSuperior double sliding doors (Three Forklift Grooves)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeparate door tracks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFactory-installed Rapido semi-scale knuckle couplers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNewly tooled 70 ton trucks with turned metal 33” wheels\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Homeshops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54233646694675,"sku":"TGN520854","price":54.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/9283\/4323\/files\/Homeshopstgn.png?v=1780405508","url":"https:\/\/southeasthobbies.com\/products\/homeshops-rapido-tgn520854-ho-scale-pc-f-50-double-door-box-car-texas-great-northern-520854","provider":"SoutheastHobbies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}