Athearn 72243 HO 40ft Express Box Car Union Pacific #9179

MODEL FEATURES:

• Double Youngstown doors
• Separately applied brake wheel and roof walk
• Screw-mounted express-type trucks
• Appropriate trucks with 33” machined metal wheels with RP25 contours
• Weighted for optimum performance
• Body-mounted McHenry® operating scale knuckle couplers
• Highly-detailed, injection-molded body
• Painted and printed for realistic decoration
• Minimum radius: 18”

PROTOTYPE AND BACKGROUND INFO:

During the heyday of passenger service, mail & express traffic was a viable part of the railroad business. These 40’ double door boxcars, equipped with high-speed trucks, represent prototype cars assigned to this service. They are decorated to match our recent release of 60’ arch roof passenger cars.