038-00-320 50' standard box car Chessie System/WM 36008 (N Scale)

This 50' standard box car with plug door and no roofwalk is painted Enchantment Blue with Federal Safety Yellow sides, Franklin Carr's 'Ches-C' logo w/ Kabel Chessie System lettering in Enchantment Blue and runs on black Barber® roller bearing trucks. Built by Evans products for the Western Maryland Railroad in 1967, these insulated cars carried the mechanical designation "RBL" and were equipped with Evans Hydra-Cushion underframes. All insulated boxcars during the Chessie era were eligible to be painted with Federal Safety Yellow sides and Enchantment Blue ends and markings. Franklyn Carr re-designed the famous feline mascot 'Ches-C' for the new identity of the Chessie System. #36008 was serviced at Western Maryland's Elkins, WV shops in October of 1977.

Micro-Trains release - December 2005