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50-foot Double-Door Auto Box Car
Chicago Burlington & Quincy
No. 1234 Kit -1959 Release
No. 2234 RTR -1959 Release
No. 1310 Kit -1962 Release
No. 2310 RTR -1962 Release

50-foot Double-Door Auto Box Car
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
No. 1306 -1971 Release

Athearn 50-foot Double Door
                           Auto Box Car

50-foot Double-Door Auto Box Car
Detroit & Toledo Short Line
No. 1307 -1971 Release

Athearn 50-foot Double Door Auto
                           Box Car

50-foot Double-Door Auto Box Car
Frisco
No. 1320 -1965 Release

Athearn 50-foot Double Door Auto
                           Box Car

50-foot Double-Door Auto Box Car
Great Northern
No. 1235 Kit -1959 Release
No. 2235 RTR -1959 Release
No. 1311 Kit -1962 Release
No. 2311 RTR -1962 Release

Athearn 50-foot Double Door Auto
                           Box Car

50-foot Double-Door Auto Box Car
Louisville & Nashville
No. 1321 Kit -1965 Release

50' Double-Door Auto Box Car
New York Central
No. 1316 Kit -1961 Release
No. 2316 RTR -1961 Release

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50-foot Double-Door Auto Box Car
Norfolk Southern
No. 1308 -1971 Release

Athearn Double Door Box Car

50-foot Double-Door Auto Box Car
Northern Pacific
No. 1236 Kit -1959 Release
No. 2236 RTR -1959 Release
No. 1312 Kit -1962 Release
No. 2312 RTR -1962 Release

Athearn Double Door Box Car

50-foot Double-Door Auto Box Car
Pennsylvania
No. 1238 Kit -1959 Release
No. 2238 RTR -1959 Release
No. 1314 Kit -1962 Release
No. 2314 RTR -1962 Release
 
Known variations for this model include silver doors and tuscan doors.

Athearn Box Car

Athearn Box Car Athearn Box Car

50-foot Double-Door Auto Box Car
Santa Fe
No. 1237 Kit -1959 Release -small herald ATSF #8700
No. 2237 RTR -1959 Release -small herald ATSF #8700
No. 1317 Kit -1962 Release -Large herald ATSF #8742
No. 2317 RTR -1962 Release -Large herald ATSF #8742

50-foot Double-Door Auto Box Car
Seaboard Coast Line
No. 1305 -1971 Release

Athearn 50-foot Double Door Auto
                           Box Car

50-foot Double-Door Auto Box Car
Southern
No. 1318 -1965 Release

50-foot Double-Door Auto Box Car
Southern Pacific
No. 1237 Kit -1959 Release
No. 2237 RTR -1962 Release
No. 1315 Kit -1962 Release
No. 2315 RTR -1962 Release

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50-foot Double-Door Auto Box Car
Union Pacific
No. 1319 Kit -1965 Release

50-foot Double-Door Auto Box Car
Undecorated
No. 1309 -1959 Release

Athearn's plastic 50-foot Double Door Auto Box Car arrives in 1959 with the release of the 4-Bay Offset Side Hopper, and the open and closed versions of the Pickle Car. Athearn issued a similar tooling car in its metal line that dates to the late 1940s. The 1959 group of plastic model offerings carry 1230 series numbering. The first group includes: Burlington (1234), Great Northern (1235), Northern Pacific (1236), Santa Fe (1237), Pennsylvania (1238), and Southern Pacific (1239). Replacing the leading 1 with a 2, denotes a fully assembled example from the 1959 offering. The numbering changes in the early 1960s to the 1300 series numbers. Athearn appears to introduce four new road names in 1965: Southern (1318), Union Pacific (1319), Frisco (1320), and Louisville & Nashville (1321). Athearn discontinues offering fully assembled RTR examples about the same time as the 1965 additions, therefore kit versions are the only option for these offerings at the time.

The 1972 introduction of "Steam Era" rolling stock to Athearn's line utilizes the 50-foot Double Door Box Car tooling to become the Steam Era 50-foot Double Door Box. This new collection of kits is found in the 5030 series numbering.

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1959 Athearn ad

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