CHICAGO BURLINGTON & QUINCY

POSTWAR AAR 40’ BOX CARS

The Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Railroad built 255 all steel 40’ box cars at their Havelock, NE shops in 1945. An additional 500 cars were built in 1946, and 2,000 more were constructed in 1947. These cars were built to the AAR standard design of the era, using 4/4 Improved Dreadnaught ends with truncated top ribs and rectangular panel roofs. The first two groups had early Youngstown doors installed, while the last group had Improved Youngstown doors.

This kit is available in 3 versions, as the cars came with two different door designs and two different truck designs. Refer to the list below to determine what version is appropriate for your modeling era.

The kit contains a pair of polyurethane resin ends, polyurethane or styrene doors as appropriate to the series, a Pacific Rail Shops undecorated shell with detail parts and trucks, PRS 8 rung ladders, CDS dry transfer lettering, car data with expanded instructions, and a few other bits and pieces required to build an accurate model of this prototype.

This box car is also available as an unboxed conversion kit (see 500 series below,) for which the modeler must supply a PRS 10’6” IH AAR box car kit. Polyurethane resin ends, PRS 8 rung ladders, CDS dry transfer lettering, car data with expanded instructions, and a few other bits and pieces are included; some versions include polyurethane doors as well.

See also the Postwar AAR Box Car Research Page.

Kit Description Price

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CBQ-001 AAR 10’6” IH steel boxcar, 4/4 Improved Dreadnaught ends, Murphy $64.00

rectangular panel roof, Youngstown door, “Everywhere West” script - 1945

until early 80’s, AAR trucks, 8 rung ladders

CBQ-002 AAR 10’6” IH steel boxcar, 4/4 Improved Dreadnaught ends, Murphy $64.00

rectangular panel roof, Youngstown door, “Everywhere West”

script - 1946 until early 80’s, ASF A-3 trucks, 8 rung ladders

CBQ-003 AAR 10’6” IH steel boxcar, 4/4 Improved Dreadnaught ends, Murphy $66.00

rectangular panel roof, Improved Youngstown door, “Everywhere West”

script - 1947 until early 80’s, AAR trucks, 8 rung ladders

CBQ-501 AAR 10’6” IH steel boxcar, 4/4 Improved Dreadnaught ends, Murphy $17.00

rectangular panel roof, Youngstown door, “Everywhere West” script - 1945 Conversion

until early 80’s, AAR or ASF A-3 trucks, 8 rung ladders

CBQ-503 AAR 10’6” IH steel boxcar, 4/4 Improved Dreadnaught ends, Murphy $23.00

rectangular panel roof, Improved Youngstown door, “Everywhere West” Conversion

script - 1947 until early 80’s, AAR trucks, 8 rung ladders

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