Aurora Miniatures HO 317015 Transcona Shops 50' Plate F Boxcar Canadian National 2004 Version w/ Stripes CN #405915

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Aurora Miniatures HO 317015 Transcona Shops 50' Plate F Boxcar Canadian National 2004 Version w/ Stripes CN #405915

Release Date: December 2024

In 2003, Canadian National Railway Co. built a batch of 100 50’ Plate F boxcars at its own Transcona Shops in Winnipeg, MB. These boxcars are assigned to paper service and feature a 10’ wide single plug door. An additional series of 100 cars were built by Transcona Shops in 2004, in close resemblance to the 2003 version. The majority these unique boxcars still travel the rails today on manifest trains across Canada and the USA.

Series-Specific Features:

• CN 405850-405949, built in 2004 by Transcona Shops in Winnipeg, MB, Canada
• Accurate roof for late-built cars.
• Accurate carbody sides and ends which are unique to Transcona Shops-built cars.
• Accurate underbody components arrangement per prototype.
• Four-rung end ladders per prototype.
• 100-ton Barber roller bearing trucks with snubber

Series-Specific Painting and Lettering:

• Model depicts ‘as-delivered’ appearance of the prototype.
• FRA stripes applied on 2004-built cars.
• CN ‘Wet Noodle’ logo and website marking on right side of car.
• Bilingual English/French markings on doors and sides.

General Model Features:

• The first and only HO scale ready-to-run model of this Canadian 50’ boxcar!
• All-new model, meticulously designed from various prototype resources.
• Highly detailed, injection-moulded plastic body with accurate sides and ends.
• Separately applied ladders, handrails, door rods, air brake system components and piping, coupler cut levers and air hoses.
• Near-scale size draft gear box with side detailing.
• Aurora-designed roller-bearing trucks with fully replicated bolster & center plate detail, side bearings and brake beams.
• NMRA RP-25, Code 110, machined metal 36” wheelsets featuring prototypical wheel contour and axle tapering.
• Animated rotating roller-bearing caps.
• AuroraJanney scale head couplers installed.
• Precision painting and printing.
• Multiple road numbers available for each paint scheme where possible.

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