Third Batch of 86' Auto Parts Boxcars.
Having featured the 80s and 90s in the first batch, and the 70s and 80s in the second group, this time we are harking back to the 60s with a trio of "as built" paint schemes. The third batch is due before Christmas of 2008, and we will continue to take orders through October 15. Projected MSRP: $24.95 for single cars, $49.90 for 2-packs.
Here is the Third Batch...
86051 Chicago & North Western double door single car; 86052 Chicago & North Western 2-pack.
C&NW had a significant fleet of auto parts cars. In later years, many were also used to haul breakfast cereal!
86061 Chesapeake & Ohio double door single car. 86062 C&O 2-pack.
Although largely associated with coal, C&O had a large network of lines in Michigan acquired with the Pere Marquette Railway in the 1940s.
87031 Missouri Pacific (KOG) quad door single car.
MoPac assigned this group of cars to their subsidiary Kansas Oklahoma & Gulf, resulting in the KOG reporting marks.
Products bearing Union Pacific, Rio Grande, Chicago & North Western and Missouri Pacific marks are made under trademark license from Union Pacific Railroad Company.
Chesapeake & Ohio to be produced under trademark license from CSX Corp.