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62' Tank Car
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85' All Purpose Flat Car
85' Piggyback Flat Car
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55' ACF Hopper
54' PS Hopper
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Pulpwood Car
40' Wood Box Car
Grain Loading Box Car
50' Flat w/2 Vans
25' Piggyback Vans
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34' Offset Side Hopper
34' Composite Side Hopper
34' Ribbed Side Hopper
Freightliner
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40' Trailers
Snow Plow
Auto Loader
200 Ton Crane
4-Door 86' Hi-Cube
8-Door 86' Hi-Cube
40' Outside Brace Hi-Cube
40' Smooth Side Hi-Cube
50' Plug Door
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1957

1200-series 40-foot Steel Box Car
1249-series Standard Cupola Caboose
1300-series Heavy Duty Flat Car
1499-series 40-foot 3-Dome Tank Car

1958

1407-series Auto Loader
1599-series 40-foot Steel Reefer

1959

1309-series 50-foot Double Door Box Car
1475-series Pickle Car
1749-series 40-foot Quad Hopper
1774-sereis 40-foot Stock Car

1960

1840-series Heavyweight R.P.O. Passenger Car
1850-series Heavyweight Coach Round Roof Passenger Car
1854-series Heavyweight Coach Clerestory Roof Passenger Car
1860-series Heavyweight Pullman Passenger Car
1870-series Heavyweight Observation Passenger Car
1880-series Heavyweight Baggage Passenger Car
1890-series Heavyweight Diner Passenger Car

1963

1194-series Snowplow

1965

1329-series 50-foot Plug Door Box Car
1624-series 50-foot Mechanical Reefer
1647-series 50-foot Gondola

1968

1285-series Bay Window Caboose
1336-series 50-foot Outside Braced Plug Door Box Car
1570-series 40-foot Single Dome Tank Car
1631-series 50-foot Outside Braced Mechanical Reefer
1900-series 55-foot ACF Center Flow Hopper

1969

1974-series 86-foot 4-Door Hi-Cube Box Car
1985-series 86-foot 8-Door Hi-Cube Box Car

1970

2090-series 40-foot Grain Loading Box Car
5230-series 40-foot Wood Box Car

1971

2000-series 85-foot Piggyback Flat Car
2015-series 85-foot All Purpose Flat Car
5300-series 54-foot Pullman Standard 3-Bay Covered Hopper
5330-series 50-foot Express Reefer

1973

5400-series 34-foot Offset Side 2-Bay Hopper
5420-series 34-foot Composite Side 2-Bay Hopper
5440-series 34-foot Ribbed Side 2-Bay Hopper

1974

5360-series Wide Vision Caboose
5470-series 57-foot Mechanical Reefer

1976

5520-series 50-foot Railbox

1979

5050-series 50-foot Single Door Box Car

2002

Ready To Roll assembled freight car line debuts with Bay Window Caboose, 54-foot Pullman-Standard Hopper, and 50-foot Railbox models.

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