40' Standard Boxcar Double Doors -- Burlington Northern #198963 (Cascade Green)

These ready-to-run cars feature prepainted and lettered , injection-molded styrene bodies. Models include free-rolling Delrin(R) trucks with contoured axles, truck-mounted Magne-Matic couplers and diecast metal underframes. Cars also include thin-profile roofwalks, foot stirrups, brake wheels and working sliding doors. The prototype of this 40' standard box car was built in May 1955 and serviced in August 1972 in Topeka, Kansas. It is painted for Ft. Worth, Texas headquartered, Burlington Northern. With the mechanical designation XM, this general service box car was especially suited for hauling cargo requiring protection from the weather. The prototype has a 110,000 lb capacity and is equipped with Bettendorf trucks.