*2900 USRA 40' STEEL_BOX CAR, NYC } M.C. CCC&StL B&A P&E NOR *2901 USRA STL BOX CAR NEW YORK CENTRAL Price: $33.00 Shipping: $0.00 Part Number: 2901 Qty: ERAS: 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s MODELS: USRA design as adapted by NYC, run 1923-mid 1960's. ROADS: NYC STEEL_BOX The United States Railway Administration confiscated the railroads in December 1917. It produced standard freight car designs to ease the freight car shortage. The steel box car design was never built but NYC used the design throughout the 1920`s as their basic design. 21,000 cars were built for NYC and subsidiaries between 1922-28 with evolving design changes built in. 4,900 cars with plate Creco doors were lettered for NYC when delivered in 1923-25. An additional 1,500 with corrugated doors were delivered in 1926. Renumbered in the late 1930's, they ran into the mid-1960's. Our kit contains two sets of doors and decal for both NYC Lines and System so that both designs can be modeled throughout their lives. One piece car body casting. Model and photo by Alan Welch Decal 2901 - Price C WESTERFIELD 53 RIVER LANE CROSSVILLE, TN 38555 Telephone: 931-484-7233 Fax: 931-484-7233 E-Mail: westerfield@charter.net