Microscale HO 87-220 Western Pacific

These 50 boxcars with Barber Roller Bearing trucks were built for Rock Island in the late 1970s, and through several sales, eventually made it to the Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern fleet of boxcars. Painted black with white sills, it has a capacity of 5,250 cubic feet. Formed in 1983, the Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern is a regional freight railroad operating 300 miles of track in eastern Pennsylvania. Sometimes shortened to just Reading & Northern, the railroad primarily transports coal, but also operates a fleet of general service freight cars to service various industries along the way.