Micro Trains ~ N Scale ~ 50’ Box Car ~ Penn Central #153539 ~18100230

Micro Trains ~ N Scale~ 50’ Box Car , Penn Central – Rd# 153539 ~18100230

Built-in October 1959 for the Pennsylvania Railroad, this 50’ Class X53a boxcar with Barber Roller Bearing trucks featured insulation along the floor. It was rebuilt in the early 1970s and repainted into Penn Central green. Penn Central was formed through the merger of Pennsylvania Railroad and New York Central and operated until 1976 when it was rolled into Conrail Corporation.