Athearn 25467 N Scale 50' FMC 5347 Boxcar Railbox "Small Logo" RBOX 1046 FasTrack - Curve The UP's Department of Research

The UP's Department of Research and Mechanical Standards had designed the locomotive for a specific task: to pull a 3600-ton train unassisted over the Wasatch Mountains in Utah

and operate jackhammers

stock and drag wheels

Three sets of front and rear sway bars:

CNW “Original Gray 1976” is the classic original gray scheme from 1976

Athearn 25467 N Scale 50' FMC 5347 Boxcar Railbox "Small Logo" RBOX 1046 FasTrack - Curve The UP's Department of ResearchAthearn 25467 N Scale 50' FMC 5347 Boxcar Railbox "Small Logo" RBOX 1046 It was the mid 1970s, and the incentive per diem box car boom was just beginning. New, brightly painted box cars seemed to appear overnight. Many were lettered for various short lines. FMC (Food Machinery Corporation) was a significant builder of many of these cars. The 50 outside post, non terminating end box car, became the foundation for new per diem cars built in the 1970s.