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40-foot Trailers
Bud of California
No. 5164

Athearn 40-foot Trailer

40-foot Trailers
Chesapeake & Ohio
No. 5162 -1969 Release

40-foot Trailers
Clipper Carloading
No. 5175

40-foot Trailers
Cotton Belt
No. 5165

40-foot Trailers
DC Trucking 
No. 5166

40-foot Trailers
Denver & Rio Grande Western
No. 5156

Over the years, Athearn produced its Rio Grande trailers in two variations.  One version included red lettering and the other featured black lettering.

40-foot Trailers
Fruit Growers Express
No. 5152

40-foot Trailers
Illinois Central 
No. 5153

Athearn 40-foot Trailer

40-foot Trailers
Louisville & Nashville
No. 5161 -1969 Release

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40-foot Trailers
The Milwaukee Road
No. 5167

40-foot Trailers
Norfolk & Western
No. 5154

Athearn 40-foot Trailer

Athearn 40-foot Trailer

40-foot Trailers
Northern Pacific
No. 5163 -1969 Release

The illustration for this Northern Pacific example shows the slots and holes in the underframe of Athearn's 40-foot trailer.  For reefer models, these openings in the floor secured the fuel tank and refrigeration unit.

40-foot Trailers
Pacific Fruit Express
No. 5169

40-foot Trailers
Penn Central
No. 5155

40-foot Trailers
Rock Island
No. 5168

40-foot Trailers
Santa Fe
No. 5157

40-foot Trailers
Santa Fe (new style) 
No. 5170

40-foot Trailers
Seaboard
No. 5171

40-foot Trailers
Seaboard Coast Line
No. 5158

40-foot Trailers
Sea Land
No. 5172

40-foot Trailers
Southern Railway 
No. 5159

40-foot Trailers
Southern Pacific 
No. 5160

40-foot Trailers
Union Pacific
No. 5173

40-foot Trailers
Western Pacific
No. 5174

40-foot Trailers
Undecorated
No. 5151

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