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50-foot Plug Door Box Car
American Refrigerator Transit
No. 1362 -1971 Release ART #2345
No. 1362 -1995 Release ART #2354

50-foot Plug Door Box Car
Canadian Pacific 
No. 1328 -1971 Release CP #81039

Athearn 50-foot Plug Door
                           Box Car

50-foot Plug Door Box Car
Green Bay & Western 
No. 1361 -1971 Release GBW #2046
No. 1361 -1995 Release GBW #2048

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50-foot Plug Door Box Car
Illinois Central
No. 1322 -1971 Release IC #11003
No. 1322 -1994 Release IC #11023

Athearn 50-foot Plug Door
                           Box Car

Athearn 50-foot Plug Door
                           Box Car

50-foot Plug Door Box Car
Maine Central
No. 1333 -1965 Release MEC #9720
No. 1333 -1995 Release MEC #10048

Athearn 50-foot Plug Door
                           Box Car

50-foot Plug Door Box Car
Milwaukee
No. 1330 -1965 Release MILW #2636
No. 1330 -1995 Release MILW #2632

50-foot Plug Door Box Car
Missouri-Kansas-Texas
No. 1324 -1971 Release MKT #1789
No. 1324 -1995 Release MKT #1787

50-foot Plug Door Box Car
Missouri Pacific
No. 1331 -1965 Release MP #98076

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50-foot Plug Door Box Car
Pearl Brewing Co.
No. 1332 -1965 Release MKGX #120

Athearn 50-foot Plug Door Box Car

50-foot Plug Door Box Car
Pennsylvania
No. 1334 -1965 Release PRR #27294

50-foot Plug Door Box Car
Penn Central 
No. 1327 -1978 Release PC #142770
No. 1327 -1995 Release PC #142772

50-foot Plug Door Box Car
Rock Island 
No. 1326 -1971 Release RI #35062
No. 1326 -1996 Release RI #35065

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50-foot Plug Door Box Car
Santa Fe 
No. 1325 -1971 Release ATSF #5642
No. 1325 -1995 Release ATSF #5643

50-foot Plug Door Box Car
Soo Line
No. 1335 -1965 Release SOO #177850
No. 1335 -1995 Release SOO #177878

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50-foot Plug Door Box Car
Western Pacific 
No. 1323 -1971 Release WP #56898
No. 1323 -1996 Release WP #37026 "Western Way" slogan
No. 1323 -1997 Release WP #56895

50-foot Plug Door Box Car
Undecorated 
No. 1329 -1971 Release

The 50-foot Plug Door Box Car arrives in mid-1965 to the Athearn HO-scale line. The model joins the Athearn catalog at the same time the 50-foot Mechanical Reefer is introduced. The first road names for the 50-foot Plug Door Box Car include: Milwaukee Road, Missouri Pacific, Pearl Brewing, Maine Central, Pennsylvania, Soo Line, plus Undecorated.

Athearn September 1965 ad

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