Athearn HO 2344 - Roundhouse - 36' Old Time Box Car "Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe" #24521

Announced Date: October 2024 Released Date: March 2026 Individually Boxed: N/A Road Name: Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Road Number: 24521 Product Line: Roundhouse Scale: HO Scale Catalog: Athearns October 2024 Announcement MODEL FEATURES: • Archbar trucks • 33” machined metal wheels with RP25 contours • Separately applied brake wheel • Weighted for optimum performance • Body-mounted McHenry® operating scale knuckle couplers • Highly detailed, injection-molded body • Painted and printed for realistic decoration • Minimum radius: 18”   PROTOTYPE AND BACKGROUND INFO: Railroad boxcars are perhaps not only the best-recognized pieces of equipment ever put into service but also one of the most identifiable symbols of the industry itself. During the early years of the industry, freight was hauled on simple flatcars or early gondolas. In Upstate New York, the burgeoning Mohawk & Hudson Railroad, the first chartered system in the United States which later became part of the