MOL-3305304 MOLOCO 33053 BM Repaint AX 3-79 (2nd run), FGE 50′ RBL Plt B 7+7R 10-2 Ctr Door

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MOL-330530433053-04MOLOCO HO Scale33053 BM Repaint AX 3-79 (2nd run), FGE 50′ RBL Plt B 7+7R 10-2 Ctr DoorBM 154In 1963 Fruit Growers Express at their Alexandria, VA plant started to build a standard car design for the RBL market. Specifically a centered 10-foot wide door opening was central to the insulated boxcar design (specific door opening ranged from 10-1 to 10-2). This popular configuration spread across the most reporting marks of all the FGE catalogued items. FGE purchased their underframes already pre-assembled by fabricators Berwick in PA they were shipped to the Alexandria plant to be rivet assembled. The entire boxcar was riveted together from the bottom up, in the 7+7 R pattern. These were insulated (foamed-in-place), had proven 20-inch cushioned underframe, Keystone, Hydra-Cushion and Freight-Saver. Many types and configurations and combinations of loaders wereused as per customer specifications.B&M leased these cars for beer service, assigned to Budweiser.Design features faithfully rendered in the assembled carOverhanging Stanray roof with CORRECT Morton Roofwalk andcrossover platformsPerfect to prototype Stanray T3-4 welded ends, with separate roofwalk end bracketCar sides FGE signature rivetted, with FGE style ladders, with specific prototype door stops, door gussets and sill designAccurate Moloco’s cushioned draft gear coupler boxesSpecific cushioning devices and associated underframe layout and details dependent on roadnameMOLOCO Ride-Control 70t Roller Bearing trucksRubber airhoses the first in the industry by Moloco