Atlas 20007769 HO Scale 40' 1932 ARA Boxcar Maine Central MEC 14237 Vehicle Make_Western Star The axle is prototypically dished

The axle is prototypically dished

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Roping eyes integral to the bolster plates

and after debuting in North Africa they were deployed on the new Italian and Western Fronts from 1943 and 1944 respectively

and their units would rival the SP/SSW fleet in terms of “hard to miss” visually

Atlas 20007769 HO Scale 40' 1932 ARA Boxcar Maine Central MEC 14237 Vehicle Make_Western Star The axle is prototypically dishedAtlas 20007769 HO Scale 40' 1932 ARA Boxcar Maine Central MEC 14237 A goal of the American Railway Association (ARA) in the early 1920s was to produce an all steel box car that could be recognized as a standard by the member railroads. Although the original design presented in 1923 produced in excess of 60,000 cars, it wasn't until a new design was presented in 1932 that the member railroads gave their approval. After extensively testing five