Chicago & Eastern Illinois Road Number C&EI 3

This one of a kind yellow-orange 40' standard boxcar with single Superior door, blue "Speed Service" logo and lettering runs on black Allied full cushion trucks. In September 1945, the C&EI purchased 5, 40'-6" IL express box cars from PSCMCO. Numbered 1-5 and equipped Ajax power hand brakes, each car carried a different slogan and ran with their passenger service to and from Chicago through Illinois and Indiana: "Route of the Dixie Limited," "Route of the Dixie Flyers," "Route of the Dixie Flagler," "Chicago St. Louis Southwest," & "Chicago Evansville Southeast."

Micro-Trains release date May 2005
Micro-Trains trucks and couplers