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51' Plug Door Box Car
Boston & Maine
No. 5450 -1969 Release
51' Plug Door Box Car
Canadian Pacific
No. 6252 -1968 Release
No. 5443 -1969 Release
51' Plug Door Box Car
CP Rail
No. 5455 -1971 Release
51' Plug Door Box Car
Central of Georgia
No. 6251 -1968 Release
No. 5442 -1969 Release
51' Plug Door Box Car
Chesapeake & Ohio
No. 6254 -1968 Release
No. 5445 -1969 Release
51' Plug Door Box Car
Hydro-Cushion (SP)
No. 6253 -1968 Release
No. 5444 -1969 Release
51' Plug Door Box Car
Illinois Central
No. 5448 -1969 Release
51' Plug Door Box Car
Penn Central
No. 5447 -1969 Release
51' Plug Door Box Car
Pennsylvania
No. 6250 -1968 Release
No. 5441 -1969 Release
51' Plug Door Box Car
Reading
No. 5449 -1969 Release
51' Plug Door Box Car
Santa Fe
No. 6255 -1968 Release
No. 5446 -1969 Release
Bachmann's original stock number series for this car was 6250-6255. The 1968 catalog includes
six roadnames (Pennsy, Central of Georgia, Canadian Pacific, Hydro-Cushion SP, C&O, and Santa Fe). The retail in '68 is listed
as $2.00 and the car is described as, "50' Plug Door Box." The catalog includes an illustration of an Athearn HO-scale 50'
Plug Door Box in Pennsylvania dress.
Model Railroader reviewed the Bachmann N-scale 50' Plug Door in the October 1969 issue. The review noted the car was close
to dimensions of a Pullman-Standard PS-1 50-foot, 50-ton Plug Door. The review did not the car appeared to be too wide.
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