4600-4800 Bx-11/12/13 40' SS_BOX CAR, AT&SF ATSF 4701 BX-12 SS_BOX CAR SANTA FE Price: $31.00 Shipping: $0.00 Part Number: 4701 Qty: ERAS: 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s MODELS: cars as built 1930 and running into the 1970's. ROADS: AT&SF ATSF The Bx-11 class was the first single sheathed design installed by Santa Fe. 2,000 cars were ordered in 1929 from 4 builders. The design was actually the 1924 ARA standard with a raised height. The spotters` detail for this class is the straight grab irons placed above the attaching bolts. The design was successful enough to warrant reorders for 3,500 cars in 1930. Differing only in the grab irons (drop grabs under the attaching bolts) they were classed Bx-12. Both classes had radial roofs. Most of the cars were rebuilt with raised peaked roofs in the 1940`s but a few ran as built into the 1970`s. About 3,200 Bx-12`s received raised roofs, some lasting to 1975 in revenue service and into the 1980`s in MOW. Kits 4700/01 model the original version while kit 4751 models the distinctive raised roof. WESTERFIELD 53 RIVER LANE CROSSVILLE, TN 38555 Telephone: 931-484-7233 Fax: 931-484-7233 E-Mail: westerfield@charter.net