Athearn HO Scale 18681 50' FMC 5327 Boxcar Minnesota Dakota & Western MDW 8082 Shock Fluid AK-025 Fuel Stains

AK-025 Fuel Stains

Lightened metal clamping 12mm wheel hexes are now standard

With many racks built in the 60s and 70s nearing the end of their operational lives

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Athearn HO Scale 18681 50' FMC 5327 Boxcar Minnesota Dakota & Western MDW 8082 Shock Fluid AK-025 Fuel StainsAthearn HO 18681 50' FMC 5327 Boxcar Minnesota Dakota & Western MDW 8082 It was the mid 1970s, and the incentive per diem box car boom was just beginning. New, brightly painted box cars seemed to appear overnight. Many were lettered for various short lines. FMC (Food Machinery Corporation) was a significant builder of many of these cars. The 50 outside post, non terminating end box car, became the foundation for new per diem cars built in the 1970s.