HO Ventilated Box Car Kit Available Again

The Central of Georgia Railway Historical Society, Inc., is pleased to announce that our HO scale ventilated boxcar kit is available again. The kit was originally produced in 2005 and updated and re-released in 2009. The model is produced exclusively for the Society by Smoky Mountain Model Works.

The kit is based on two nearly identical groups of 40-ton steel underframe ventilated boxcars built for the CofGa by Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co.: CG 56000-5650 (built in 1925) and CG 56501-58500 (built in 1926).

The kits feature a highly detailed one-piece urethane resin body with separate underframe and details, including both solid and ventilated doors, and open and closed end ventilators. Decals produced by Rail Graphics (using artwork provided by the Society) are included for post-1932 lettering. Detailed instructions are provided on mini-CD.

This re-run only includes kits with the Murphy”Pivoted All Steel Flexible” car roof which was applied to CofGa ventilated boxcars as replacements beginning in the mid 1930s. The kits also include a revised and updated underframe, based on new information located during the production of the Society’s HO scale pulpwood car kit. (Note that the photos shown on this page are of an earlier run with the as-delivered Murphy XLA roof.)

Note that trucks, couplers, and wheelsets are not included.

The kits sell for $46.95 and are available at our online store (click here) and at any of the train shows we attend

Please order soon as quantities are limited!