Train Stuff Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) Steel-sheathed, Door-and-a-half, Automobile Box Cars

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

Train Stuff

Manufacturer ID:

24926

Prototype Info

Style:

steel-sheathed, door-and-a-half, automobile

Year/Era:

1926

Length:

40'

Height:

9'10"

Volume:

3278cuft

Road Name:

Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)

Class:

X28

Notes:

The Pennsy used these to transport automobiles. Nearly all 5,000 X28 box cars were converted back to single, 6-foot door cars by 1935, and re-classified as X28a.

Model Info

Gauge:

Introduced:

1984

Product Type:

resin, wood, and metal kit

Finish:

unpainted

Wheels:

not included

Couplers:

not included

Decals:

included

Supplemental Part:

Des Plaines Hobbies Decal

Supplemental Part:

Des Plaines Hobbies Decal

Jim Kindraka added details, and painted and lettered his for a later version of the PRR X28. For the decals, Jim used the correct CDS S-311 set and supplemented them with X31/X33 decals from Des Plaines Hobbies. The model, as shown in this photo, still needed to have Dullcote applied as well as some weathering.

The original kit parts.