Description
Odds are, you do not have a model like this on your railroad empire.
For Sale: For the entry level 2 rail S Scale Model Railroader, Conductor Railway Hobbies is putting Modeling back into Model Railroading with this Northern Pacific 60′ LCL Box Car Kit.
The All Nation Line is releasing The Northern Pacific 1920s era LCL Box Car, a re-engineered version of the original kit. The NP Car was unique due to the fact that the railroad was experimenting with a 60′ car. Right around the 1910 – 1920 period freight cars were starting to be built using steel. Previous to that time construction was of wood and cast iron. Stock cars were a good example of this transition for obvious reasons such as longer service life, less upkeep and heavier loads. While longer wood passenger coaches had truss rods, the only thing that makes this car look a little different is the fact that it looks like a stretched 40′ box car. I say if you are going to build anything at all for your layout or collection, make it the unusual or unique piece. It seems at no time in the railroad industry was there a lack of innovation. That can be known by researching the patents to understand how better equipment evolved over time. And a driving force as can be noted in the history of the Northern Pacific Railroad was the need to meet their competition and drive the best value for their customers by trying new ideas and building upon prior successes.
Inspired by a kit that was put out many years ago by Red Ball, according to the documentation, the original kit was designed by Merle Rice of Wabash Valley Lines, Inc. With the Internet making it easier to research prototype railroad equipment, with CAD and 3D Printing, we hope to have improved upon such a unique model so that the beginner model builder can be successful and develop their skills. Most of the parts in this kit are replicated from the original wood kit and is the basic body. Most detail parts, trucks, couplers and decals are not included with this kit. One photo shows the original wood car sides that were silk screen printed for NP for reference only and are not included in this kit. We have preserved the original kit for future reference. We are leaving it to the modeler to source detail parts in a way to innovate on this basic body kit. The NP Box Car was painted in box car red. Kit assembly instructions are located on our website with the original kit instructions included in the kit box for your reference. Note – these instructions and the model was originally designed for O Scale; however, this specific model is scaled down to S Scale. Should you prefer O Scale it can be purchased at the following link: All Nation Line Northern Pacific 60′ LCL O Scale Box Car Body Kit PN#2K
The photos show the basic shell only of the S Scale compared to the original wood kit compared to the O Scale on the bottom.
Parts List:
3 Roof Sections (now in smooth form)
2 Floor Sections
6 Side Panels
2 Ends
2 Side Panels for Doors
4 Doors
2 Roofwalks
2 Bolsters
2 Coupler Mount End Plates
8 Corner Posts
8 Channels
4 Various Sizes of Lumber (22 Pieces in total)
(Brake Cylinders are NOT included in this S Scale Kit)
Parts printed with ABS filament (various colors) sold as is straight off the Prusa Printer built plate, all sales final no returns. When you complete the construction of the kit, you will have a very high end functional piece on your model railroad layout.
Made in the USA.
