All About Aurora Postage Stamp Trains
4868: 50' Double Door Boxcars
Prototype Information
By the late 1940s, 50-foot
boxcars were beginning to replace 40-footers as railroads sought to move more goods with fewer cars. As was the case with their smaller
brothers, Pullman Standard cars came with a variety of doors, and the ones on
Roco's model have excessively-deep relief, not to mention the fact that
Youngstown doors (right) were far more prevalent. Be that as it may, it's probably safe to say that almost every railroad had some of these,
although they're too old for the Penn Central.
Model Information
Catalog Numbers/Road Names
- 4868 Frisco
- 4868 St. Clair
- 4868/225 Penn Central
- 4868/270 Burlington — red and white body variations
Product Photos
Packaging
Plastic Box Inserts
Note the spelling on the last insert.
