Athearn HO Scale 50' FMC 5277 Combo Door Box Car CNA 'Ex-Railbox' #553754 - ATH-2129

Athearn HO Scale 50' FMC 5277 Boxcar

Add a distinctive piece of North American freight-car history to your layout with the Athearn HO Scale 50' FMC 5277 Boxcar. Designed with detailed construction, accurate decoration and dependable ready-to-run performance, this model is an excellent choice for expanding an HO scale freight car fleet or building prototype-inspired freight trains.

FMC 5277 Prototype History

During the mid-1970s incentive per diem boxcar boom, brightly painted freight cars belonging to railroads and leasing fleets became increasingly common across North America. FMC (Food Machinery Corporation) was an important builder during this period, with its 50-foot outside-post, non-terminating-end boxcar design forming the basis for numerous cars constructed during the 1970s.

FMC produced these cars with different door arrangements and configurations to meet customer requirements. Their long service lives also make the FMC 5277 suitable for model railroaders representing several decades of freight operations.

Athearn HO Scale Model Features

• Highly detailed injection-molded body
• Prototype-inspired 50-foot FMC 5277 boxcar design
• Multiple class body configurations where appropriate
• Separately applied wire grab irons
• Etched end platforms
• Body-mounted McHenry® operating scale knuckle couplers
• Machined metal wheels with RP25 contours
• Accurately applied paint and lettering
• Weighted for dependable operation
• Fully assembled and ready for your HO scale layout
• 18-inch minimum radius

Built for HO Scale Freight Operations

With its outside-post construction and recognizable 50-foot profile, the FMC 5277 adds visual variety to manifest freights, general merchandise trains, industrial switching operations and interchange traffic. Multiple road numbers can also be combined to create a more realistic freight-car fleet without unnecessarily duplicating identical car numbers.

Body-mounted McHenry® operating scale knuckle couplers and machined metal RP25-contour wheels provide dependable operation, while separately applied wire grab irons and etched end platforms add the finer details sought by HO scale model railroaders.

Expand Your Athearn Freight Car Fleet

Shop the complete Athearn HO Scale 50' FMC 5277 Boxcar collection to find additional road names, paint schemes and road numbers for your freight-car roster.

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