HO 50' PC&F Boxcar with 8' Plug Door (ATHG68989)

This HO-scale 50-foot PC&F boxcar with an eight-foot plug door is a highly detailed model designed for realistic freight operations on an HO layout. Representing a 1960s insulated boxcar built by Pacific Car & Foundry, it captures how real equipment protected temperature-sensitive loads, such as canned goods, with the distinctive plug-door configuration faithfully reproduced.

The model features full underframe detail—including an air brake reservoir, control valve, and brake cylinder plumbing—along with separately applied wire grab irons, etched roofwalk, and detailed platforms. It rides on machined metal wheels with RP25 contours and trucks with animated bearing caps, and uses body-mounted McHenry scale double-shelf knuckle couplers for reliable operation on standard HO track. Weighted for steady running and finished with accurate paint and printing, it is designed for layouts with an 18-inch minimum radius (22 inches recommended) to accommodate tight curves and longer trains.