River Raisin Models Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) Steel-sheathed Rounded-roof, Double-door, Automobile Box Cars

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

River Raisin Models

Manufacturer ID:

OMI-1661

Factory:

Ajin Precision, Korea

Prototype Info

Style:

steel-sheathed rounded-roof, double-door, automobile

Length:

50'

Road Name:

Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)

Class:

X33a

Notes:

The ends of these cars were doors, so that these could be loaded by driving automobiles into the line of X33a box cars parked in a loading dock. The Detroit Toledo & Ironton railroad also used this box car design, copied from the PRR's, and sold some of them to the Northern Pacific after WWII.

Model Info

Gauge:

Introduced:

1996

Qty Made:

87 (painted, not lettered); 35 (unpainted)

Product Type:

brass

Finish:

painted not lettered | unpainted

Wheels:

scale

Couplers:

scale

Decals:

not included

Online Article:

Bill Lane's X32a Kitbash, and Other Photos

Supplemental Part:

Des Plaines Hobbies Decal

Notes:

These models were not lettered, because there are a number of different lettering schemes that could be applied to these PRR cars.

Bill Lane's model lettered for the PRR X33a class in the post-1954 shadow-keystone scheme.

Bob Werre's model lettered for the earlier circle-keystone scheme.

Also lettered for the earlier circle-keystone scheme, and the model has been weathered.

Bill Lane created this PRR X32a car by taking one of the River Raisin Models X33a, chopping off the ends, and replacing them with fixed ends, all made out of brass. Bill wanted to model the X32a as there were way more of those cars owned by the PRR than the X33a. Bill documented the process in an article in the NASG Dispatch from February 1998 on page 18.