Item#190401 and 190411

2 different road numbers available

All cars are ready to run with see through etched brakewheel

Brittania Pewter Body produced by GHQ

all are equipped with Atlas free rolling trucks and MTL Compatible Accumate ® couplers

In 1943, the War Production Board allocated 300 of these flat cars to Nothern Pacific. The cars, built by American Car and Foundry, had a 50 ton capacity and were the AAR standard 53Õ6" in length. During the war, certain design variations were implemented to save on steel. The so called "War Emergency" variation of the AAR flat car consisted of the use of wood floor stringers instead of steel. Since the stringers in question are sandwiched between the frame and the wood deck, it is virtually impossible to tell a War Emergency flat from a post-war flat by just looking at it. Northern Pacific had an especially large fleet of flats due to their sizable lumber business (if you coupled all their general service flats together, it would have made a train 18 miles long!) Many cars in this series were later fitted with bulkheads. All NP flats were painted black with white lettering until the year before the BN merger. This release features 2 road numbers in the black paint scheme. This car has a cast Brittania Pewter body from GHQ and includes an etched brass brakewheel and staff. As with all of our flat car releases, the NP cars come in two road numbers and are a limited numbered run (in this case, just 350 cars of each road number produced.)