Athearn HO Scale Trains: Penguin Ginger Ale 50' NAC Box Cars

Vintage Athearn Penguin Boxcar HO Scale Train Collectible

Unleash your inner wanderer with this handcrafted marvel a whisper of adventure woven into every stitch. Imagine sun-drenched days and starlit nights wrapped in its comforting embrace—it’s more than just a product it’s a vibe a story waiting to be lived.

$19.00 $37.99

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MODEL FEATURES:

Three road numbers
Applied metal grab irons and etched end platforms
Pullman Standard or Superior plug doors
Pullman Standard or Stanray (Superior) roof (to match prototype)
Ready-To-Roll 70 ton trucks
Machined 33” metal wheels with RP25 contours
Body mounted McHenry® operating scale knuckle couplers
Weighted for optimum performance
Minimum radius: 18”

PROTOTYPE AND BACKGROUND INFO:

The 1960s was a period of development that would set the course of railroading as we see it today. The North American Car Corporation designed and built a 50’ outside post, insulated, plug door box car which proved to be a vision of developments to come. Several railroads rostered this car with most of them either purchased by or leased to private shippers. The NACC cars were frequently decorated in complex, colorful paint schemes. When the NACC cars were built, general leasing, billboard paint schemes and modern freight handling techniques were still at least a decade in the future.