{"id":6659106144408,"title":"Atlas O 3008718 - Express BoxCar \"Railway Express\" (2-Rail)","handle":"atlas-o-3008718-express-box-car-railway-express-2-rail","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoad Name: Railway Express (CRDX)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoad Number: 8257; 8263; 8277; 8290\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduct Line: Atlas O\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSystem: 2-Rail\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScale: O Scale\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEstimated Release: 3rd Quarter 2020\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFour road numbers are available per road name.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeatures:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDie- cast floor with under frame details\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLighted Interior - Troop Sleeper; Troop Kitchen and Troop Hospital Cars\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDetailed die-cast allied full cushion trucks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFlush fitting window glazing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRubber diaphragms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMinimum diameter curve: O-45 (3-rail)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMinimum curve: 36” radius\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eOverview:\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring the Second World War, the task of moving large numbers of troops and materiel across the country to ports\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eof embarkation fell to the US railroads. 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It is estimated that nearly 44 million troops traveled by train between\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDecember of 1941 and June of 1945 alone, and the available passenger car fleets were unable to keep up with this\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esudden increase. The Pullman Company, together with American Car and Foundry, utilized the design of a standard\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e50’6” boxcar to produce 2400 troop sleepers, 440 troop kitchen cars, and 60 hospital\/kitchen cars to meet this\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edemand. Following the war (and the use of these cars to return troops home), in 1947 the majority of these cars\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewere sold to the railroads, who converted them into baggage \/ mail cars, box cars, MOW bunk \/ kitchen cars and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eeven cabooses. 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