SSW Cotton Belt

68,95 € inkl. 19% MwSt.DE

23122-08
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After World War II, Southern Pacific and subsidiary railroads SSW and T&NO embarked on an aggressive program to upgrade their aging 40-foot box car fleet to move lumber, paper, and other products. While other railroads were buying “modernized” boxcars, such as the infamous welded “PS-1s”, SP and its subsidiaries purchased a massive fleet of more than 19,000 new boxcars. These cars were different: they were riveted, and had 10’0” inside height instead of 10’6” inside height. While SP and subsidiaries initially ordered cars with 6-foot door openings, they settled on larger 7-foot door openings, built by Pullman-Standard, for the majority of the fleet. No layout is complete without these unique postwar 7-foot door boxcars, including railroads far from SP lines. While groups of these cars were rebuilt, repainted and restenciled over the years, examples remained in their as-built appearance (although repainted) through the 1970s.

These prototypes operated all over the USA, Canada, and Mexico from their origins in the early 1950s until the late 1970s.

True scale and true to life miniature model for adult collectors.
Not suitable for children under 14 years.

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