Roundhouse 1358 HO Scale 50' FMC 5283 DBL Door Boxcar Cotton Belt SSW 67599 Roadname_F&CC 7mm) Lexan

7mm) Lexan

Bowser 41091 HO Scale N8 Caboose with Antenna Pennsylvania PRR 478034

ScaleTrains Rivet 33621 HO Scale GE ES44AC Lehigh Valley NS 8104

58" (91mm)

In the era

Roundhouse 1358 HO Scale 50' FMC 5283 DBL Door Boxcar Cotton Belt SSW 67599 Roadname_F&CC 7mm) LexanRoundhouse 1358 HO Scale 50' FMC 5283 DBL Door Boxcar Cotton Belt SSW 67599 It was the mid 1970s, and the incentive per diem box car boom was just beginning. New, brightly painted box cars seemed to appear overnight. Many were lettered for various short lines. FMC (Food Machinery Corporation) was a significant builder of many of these cars. The 50 outside post, nonterminating end box car, became the foundation for new per diem cars built in the 1970s.