25001 ATSF Topeka built Fe-34 50' XM Double Plug 15-6 Door, Del. 1964
In 1964 the Santa Fe Topeka Shops started to build one of their most successful general purpose boxcar designs. They chose the very versatile double plug design to fill the duties of the XM fifty-foot fleet. Being the standard 50' boxcar for Santa Fe in the sixties and seventies. Between Fe-33 and -42 classes 2050 cars were manufactured up to 1969. The main feature the Fe-34 class carried was Lading Band Anchors and a mix of wooden and Nailable Steel Floors. All had the famous Super SHOCK CONTROL cushioned underframe. The design adherence to the Plate B clearance standard translated to unlimited service to all rail lines in the USA, Canada and Mexico.
ATSF 48739, 48748, 48754, 48757 Del. 4-64
ATSF 48772, 48775 Del. 2-64
48754 = ATSF AGENT SILSBEE, TEXAS
48772 = WHEN EMPTY RETURN REVERSE TO AGENT
DESIGN FEATURES
- Differing lettering placements for individual car numbers and assignment stencils
- Accurately applied roofwalks in US Gypsum style or not with cut down ladders to match era specific schemes
- Car number specific handbrakes, Ajax, Ellcon-National, Equipco, Klasing or Universal
- Cushioning device Keystone DA-20B - Super SHOCK CONTROL
- Extra extended etched roofwalk specifically designed at the Topeka Shops
- Finely detailed etchings for cross-over and brake platforms and cut-levers
- Wire parts for ALL brake rods, air pipes, and stirrups in specific ATSF styles
- First and most accurate coupler draft key details on the draft gear coupler boxes
- Durable rubber air hoses and metal corner stirrups
- 70t Ride-Control trucks with metal wheels and axles
- Highly detailed Stanray 4-4 ends uniquely used by the Topeka Shops
- ATSF style ladders on sides and ends
- Researched accurate lettering, from the smallest stencils to differing left and right sides
- Kadee ”Scale” Whisker couplers
