DELAWARE & HUDSON

POSTWAR AAR 40’ BOX CARS

The Delaware & Hudson Railroad purchased 25 all steel 40’ box cars from American Car & Foundry in 1946. These cars were built to the AAR standard design of the era, using 4/4 Improved Dreadnaught ends with truncated top ribs and rectangular panel roofs.

This kit is available in 4 versions, as the cars received four styles of lettering. Refer to the list below to determine what version is appropriate for your modeling era.

The kit contains a pair of polyurethane resin ends, polyurethane running boards, a Pacific Rail Shops undecorated shell with detail parts and trucks, CDS dry transfer lettering, car data with expanded instructions, and a few other bits and pieces required to build an accurate model of this prototype.

This box car is also available as an unboxed conversion kit (see 500 series below,) for which the modeler must supply a PRS 10’6” IH AAR box car kit. Polyurethane resin ends, polyurethane running boards, CDS dry transfer lettering, car data with expanded instructions, and a few other bits and pieces are included.

See also the Postwar AAR Box Car Research Page.

Kit Description Price

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D&H-001 AAR 10’6” IH steel boxcar, 4/4 Improved Dreadnaught ends, Murphy $50.00

rectangular panel roof, Youngstown door, Gypsum running boards, small

herald with script- 1946 until late 50’s, 8 rung ladders

D&H-002 AAR 10’6” IH steel boxcar, 4/4 Improved Dreadnaught ends, Murphy $50.00

rectangular panel roof, Youngstown door, Gypsum running boards, small

herald with road name- 1956 until mid 60’s, 8 rung ladders

D&H-003 AAR 10’6” IH steel boxcar, 4/4 Improved Dreadnaught ends, Murphy $50.00

rectangular panel roof, Youngstown door, Gypsum running boards, large

herald with road name- 1956 until late 70’s, 8 rung ladders

D&H-004 AAR 10’6” IH steel boxcar, 4/4 Improved Dreadnaught ends, Murphy $50.00

rectangular panel roof, Youngstown door, Gypsum running boards, Bridge

Line herald- 1964 until early 80’s, 8 rung ladders

D&H-501 AAR 10’6” IH steel boxcar, 4/4 Improved Dreadnaught ends, Murphy $15.00

rectangular panel roof, Youngstown door, Gypsum running boards, small Conversion

herald with script- 1946 until late 50’s, 8 rung ladders

D&H-502 AAR 10’6” IH steel boxcar, 4/4 Improved Dreadnaught ends, Murphy $15.00

rectangular panel roof, Youngstown door, Gypsum running boards, small Conversion

herald with road name- 1956 until mid 60’s, 8 rung ladders

D&H-503 AAR 10’6” IH steel boxcar, 4/4 Improved Dreadnaught ends, Murphy $15.00

rectangular panel roof, Youngstown door, Gypsum running boards, small Conversion

herald with road name- 1956 until late 70’s, 8 rung ladders

D&H-504 AAR 10’6” IH steel boxcar, 4/4 Improved Dreadnaught ends, Murphy $15.00

rectangular panel roof, Youngstown door, Gypsum running boards, Bridge Conversion

Line herald- 1964 until early 80’s, 8 rung ladders

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