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Extra Data for Mini-Kit 6.01
Illinois Central 40-foot, steel-sheathed automobile box car

This mini-kit includes resin parts to transform an HO scale Intermountain 10-ft, 6-inch interior height AAR box car to follow Illinois Centrail automobile prototypes in the 160000-160999 number series. Any car kit in the Intermountain 408xx series should work.

Model and photo by Jerry Hamsmith

In 1937, the IC added 1000 cars from Pullman-Standard (166000-166499) and American Car & Foundry (166500-166999).

Model and photo by Ed Rethwsich

These automobile cars had a 40-ft, 6-in Interior Length, a 9-ft, 2-in Interior Width, and an initial 10-ft, 5-in Interior Height.

 

The cars were equipped with staggered, double 6-ft wide Youngstown corrugated steel doors providing a 12-ft, 6-in clear door opening. Additional hardware included Hutchins rigid riveted raised panel roofs, two-panel 5/5 Dreadnaught corrugated steel ends, Universal XL hand brakes, and AAR Scullin 40-ton trucks.

Model and photo by Ed Rethwsich

The resin parts and decals in this mini-kit can be applied to a plastic Intermountain 40-foot AAR box car.

These mini-kits include the following:

  • Resin detail parts
  • Plano ladders
  • Custom decals covering renumbering into the 36500 and 39000 number series

The modeler will need to supply the plastic Intermountain box car; stirrups; assorted wire sizes and grabs; and all other parts to create a finished model.

Resin Car Works would like to thank the following rail historians and modelers for their high quality work. Without their efforts, these kits would not have been produced.

Tom Madden - for his castings work
Jerry Hamsmith - decal art creation, kit instructions and model photos

The kit instructions can be downloaded through the link below. Right click on the link and save the PDF file to your hard drive.

Mini-kit 6.01 Instructions (2.5 MB)