This highly detailed model is based on the 40' wood refrigerator cars built by Pullman for the Northern Refrigerator Car Co. in 1930. With its rooftop ice hatches, USRA-style fish belly underframe and vertical brake shaft, it is representative of the thousands of similar cars that were built during the "Billboard" era of American railroads. Available in 2-rail as well as 3-rail, these ready-to-run reefers have state-of-the-art detailing and construction. (Roof-top ice hatches open just like on the real car) Features Include: - Highly detailed ABS body - Separately-applied ladders, grab irons and stirrups - Die-cast metal stirrups - Separately-applied door hinges, handles and latches - Opening doors - Separately-applied opening roof hatches, hinges and latches - Die-cast underframe - Separately applied brake system and vertical brake shaft - Separately-applied coupler lift bars - 40-ton Bettendorf-style, die-cast sprung trucks with metal wheels - Die-cast articulated couplers (3-Rail) - Minimum diameter curve: O-31 (3-Rail) - Minimum radius curve: 24" (2-Rail) 2-rail versions feature body-mounted scale knuckle couplers and scale 33" wheelsets. Two road numbers are available per road name.