Description
HO-scale 50-foot Youngstown insulated plug-door box car is a finely detailed model designed for realistic freight operations on HO layouts. Recreating mid-century insulated service, it features plug doors that slide to seal the car, preserving temperature-sensitive loads during transit and delivering authentic operation in a prototypical setting.
Equipped with separately applied brake wheel and ladders, 70-ton roller bearing trucks, 33-inch machined metal wheels with RP25 contours, and a weighted body for optimum performance, the car also uses body-mounted McHenry operating scale knuckle couplers for reliable, prototypical coupling with other equipment. The injection-molded body is highly detailed, painted and printed for realistic decoration, and offered in representative prototype paint schemes; minimum radius is 18 inches, ensuring smooth operation on most HO layouts. In prototype terms, insulated boxcars of this typeâ€â€about 50 feet longâ€â€were common in the 1950s and were used to seal cargo from temperature extremes, protecting perishables such as canned foods during transit.
