Technically I guess they are 1937 AAR standard, but they were built to the 1940 10'6" standard height. Rock Island never had any of the 10'0" cars. Just thought I'd mention that before Shawn rushes out and buys the wrong kit...
Shawn's too busy buying mill gons and flatcars to rush out and buy much of anything else right now. Besides, we don't need no stinking express boxcars on our railroad ;-) .
Technically I guess they are 1937 AAR standard, but they were built to the 1940 10'6" standard height. Rock Island never had any of the 10'0" cars. Just thought I'd mention that before Shawn rushes out and buys the wrong kit...
RI 20000-20049, 50 1937 AAR 40 ft boxcars built in 1941 equipped for Express service, painted Pullman green with gold lettering, with the "Route of the Rockets" slogan and red-background herald.
Ben Hom
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