Athearn 17542 N Scale 50' FMC Double Door Boxcar Chessie System C&O 486243 Bangor & Aroostook paint required

paint required

Kadee HO Scale 523 33" Diameter Wheelset-Freight (Ribbed)

Three Window (Right) side wall

Ascender with Pro-Line Cab Body

Athearn 17542 N Scale 50' FMC Double Door Boxcar Chessie System C&O 486243 Bangor & Aroostook paint requiredAthearn 17542 N Scale 50' FMC Double Door Boxcar Chessie System C&O 486243 It was the mid 1970s, and the incentive per diem box car boom was just beginning. New, brightly painted box cars seemed to appear overnight. Many were lettered for various short lines. FMC (Food Machinery Corporation) was a significant builder of many of these cars. The 50 outside post, non terminating end box car, became the foundation for new per diem cars built in the 1970s.