Description

Between 1954 and 1956, Canadian National took delivery of 2900 40′ boxcars from orders split between National Steel Car (NSC) in Hamilton Ontario, and Eastern Car Company (ECC) in Trenton Nova Scotia. The orders specified 10’6” interior height and 6’ doors, built to the AAR standard but with the unique National Steel Car end known as the NSC3.   

Both builders supplied Youngstown doors that differed from their American-built cousins in the way the three panels were joined. The Canadian style door had rivets in the valley of the corrugations, where as the American version used a raised panel area to accommodate the rivet joints.

The as-delivered herald stencilled onto these cars was CN’s green maple leaf design. Cars built in March and April of 1954 received the earlier version with the “Serves All Canada” box tilted over the maple leaf. The remainder of the cars were painted with the updated horizontal “Serves All Canada” box over the maple leaf. In later years they would be repainted in the Noodle lettering scheme.

The kit includes resin ends, correct doors, slack adjuster and tack boards. Also included are etched details, 8 rung ladders with attached sill steps and Black Cat Decals.  Included in the kit are both the horizontal and tilted Green Leaf emblems along with a full set of instructions featuring prototype and constructions photos.  The NSC3 ends were modelled in CAD and masters 3D printed, using measurements and templates from an actual NSC3 end boxcar, at the West Coast Railway Museum.

Kit Instructions – MK100 – CN 10’6″AAR BOXCAR WITH NSC3 ENDS

Modeller must supply an Intermountain 10’6″ 40′ Boxcar with 6′ wide door and either a PS-1 roof or Diagonal Panel Roof.