Moloco HO Scale: General American 50' RBL - MILW 'Repaint'
Sill 1 • 10'6" Offset Door • Narrow Rods
Large LRD MS. 1-72 Repaint: Numbers 2977
V1 repaint MS. 5-79: Numbers 2960, 2969
V2 repaint MS. 5-79: Numbers 2960, 2969
In 1962 General American Corp. started to build their most popular insulated boxcar designs, a refinement of their proven 1950s design. One of the major developments for the car design and unique to General America was its all welded body construction, where only the roof was bolted on after insulation. These CADILLACs of the boxcar market were insulated, had 20-inch cushioned underframes, and a variety of load restraining devices per customer specifications.
Road Number Specific Features:
2977 'LRD Repaint 1/72': From our current research this is a one off car, a repainted car from 1972 with the large LRD on the door, but all-freight car red
2979 '5-79 Repaint': Another one off car, with a FIRST EVER small section of the roofwalk at the B end.
Design features
- Overhanging Stanray roof with Kadee roofwalk
- Perfect to prototype Stanray R3-4 welded ends, with GA style ladders and crossover platforms
- Car sides welded, with GA style ladders, fitted with specific to prototype door stops, door gussets and sill design
- Prototype correct handbrake specific to customer orders
- General American cushioned frame and floor configurations depending on prototype with Moloco's cushioned draft gear coupler boxes
- Appropriate cushioning devices, Hydra-Cushion or Keystone
- Appropriate to prototype trucks
- Rubber airhoses (MOLOCO)
