50' PS-1 Boxcar w/Youngstown Door - 3-Rail - Ready to Run - Premier(R) -- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Boxcar Red; "The Route of El Capitan" Slogan)

Pullman had been making freight cars for more than half a century when it hit a home run with the PS-1 boxcar. Introduced in 1947, it set the standard for post-WWII American freight cars. What made the PS-1 a landmark was its welded construction - an area in which Pullman- Standard led the industry. In addition to lighter weight, welding offered superior strength and better resistance to weather and corrosion than contemporary riveted cars. Like the EMD diesels that became ubiquitous on American railroads, the PS-1 was part of the postwar shift away from customized, railroad- specific locos and cars toward standardized designs produced in large quantities on efficient assembly lines. Model features include intricately detailed ABS body, metal wheels and axles, sliding car doors, detailed brake wheel, operating die cast metal couplers and separately added ladders, grab irons and corner steps.