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Alton & Southern
No.5241-H
Baltimore & Ohio Time Saver
No.5241-L
Bangor & Aroostock
No.5241-D
Boston & Maine
No.5241-G
No.5233
The red boxed Boston & Maine example was AHM stock number 5241-G; the blue boxed model carried
stock number 5233. Both appear to share the same tooling and same lettering.
Burlington Northern
No.5241-I
Chattahooche Valley
No.5241-K
Chesapeake & Ohio
No.5241-M
AHM paint scheme appears based on the C&O's mid-'50s experimental "Cameo" paint jobs.
Denver & Rio Grande
No.5241-B
Denver & Rio Grande (Cookie Box)
(No.5241-15)
Denver & Rio Grande
(No.5298-E)
Evergreen
No.5241-J
Florida East Coast
No.5241-E
Great Northern
No.5241-C
Great Northern
(No.5232)
Green Bay & Western
No.5241-F
AHM's description for this car's roadname is "Green Bay Route," which is the slogan and not the name
of the railroad.
Western Maryland
AHM's 5241 stock number series of 40ft. sliding door box cars was a product
of Taiwan. The tooling appears to resemble that found in the 1970s Lionel-HO line and also favors the Bachmann tooling
of the late '70s.
The trucks are held to the underframe of the car with a plug. The
coupler housing is a large box design, again similar to some Lionel-HO and Bachmann examples of the 1970s. The origin
mark is located on the center beam of the underframe and reads AHM and TAIWAN. The car featured separate doors, roofwalk,
and brakewheel.
AHM catalog a dozen roadnames in the 5241 series set. The retail price was $2.49 for this car.
The same or very similar tooling is also found in the AHM line for its 12000 series 40ft. sliding door box cars sold beginning
in the early 1980s. I have also found examples sharing what appears to be this same tooling in a prior release for what
seems to be the early 1970s.
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