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40' Double Door (12’ wide) Box

GN Car Series:
3500-3999


 Model Manufacturer and Description (HO Scale only):

Accurail 40' Double Door Box

Red Caboose ACF single door boxcar

Modeling Notes:

Accurail - Straighten bottom side sill. *Roof line should be recessed as on prototype. However, once the model is painted, decaled, weathered – looks good to me (after the models were weathered I could not tell the difference between the model and a prototype photo).

Red Caboose ACF single door boxcar - Make recessed roof by adding .020 styrene strip at top of ends before gluing on roof.

Add second 6’ door. Straighten side sills and add door guides for new door.

Prototype Paint Color:

Vermillion Red
Big Sky Blue
Glacier Green

Recommended Decals:


Vermillion Red – Champ BRH-333
Glacier Green - Microscale 87-926 or Champ BRH-72

Big Sky Blue - Microscale 87-268 or Champ 385


Page Reference:

Book 1, Page 58

GN Photo Archive, Vol 1, page 55

Hickcox, Page 46

GNRHS Reference Sheet 66

Revised 8/6/01

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