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Con-Cor - 1975 XMAS - Boxcar, 40 Foot, USRA Double Sheathed Wood - Merry Christmas - 1975

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N Scale - Con-Cor - 1975 XMAS - Boxcar, 40 Foot, USRA Double Sheathed Wood - Merry Christmas - 1975
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Stock Number1975 XMAS
Original Retail Price$4.00
BrandCon-Cor
ManufacturerCon-Cor
Body StyleCon-Cor Boxcar 40 Foot Wood
Prototype VehicleBoxcar, 40 Foot, USRA Double Sheathed Wood (Details)
Road or Company NameMerry Christmas (Details)
Reporting MarksCRIS
Road or Reporting Number1975
Paint Color(s)White with red ends & roof
Print Color(s)Red and Green
Additional Markings/SloganMerry Christmas
Coupler TypeRapido Hook
Coupler MountTruck-Mount
Wheel TypeNickel-Silver Plated Metal
Wheel ProfileStandard
Series NameChristmas Car
Release Date1975-01-01
Item CategoryRolling Stock (Freight)
Model TypeBoxcar
Model Subtype40 Foot
Model VarietyWood Sheathed
Prototype RegionNorth America
Prototype EraNA Era II: Late Steam (1901 - 1938)
Scale1/160



Series Information: Several manufacturers have a tradition of releasing an annual Christmas car.
- Con-Cor has been making an annual ā€œNā€ Christmas Collectors Car since 1975.
- Bev-Bel has been making Christmas and Holiday cars at least since 1978 (until their end of business).
Model Information: Con-Cor marketed these as 'Wood Boxcars' but they have a lot of reefer-like attributes.
Prototype History:
Double-sheathed means the cars carried wood sheathing both inside and out. The structure that this sheathing is applied over steel framing. The USRA double-sheathed design boxcar had a steel underframe with a monster heavy deep-fishbelly steel center sill. The interior carried horizontal sheathing and the exterior carried vertical sheathing. These are described as steel UNDERFRAME. (but not usually called "steel framed").
Road Name History:
Well, it is not really a company, but there are a ton of model railroad cars which sport Christmas as the Railroad.

Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed most commonly on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. A feast central to the Christian liturgical year, it is prepared for by the season of Advent or the Nativity Fast and initiates the season of Christmastide, which historically in the West lasts twelve days and culminates on Twelfth Night; in some traditions, Christmastide includes an Octave. The traditional Christmas narrative, the Nativity of Jesus, delineated in the New Testament says that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, in accordance with messianic prophecies; when Joseph and Mary arrived in the city, the inn had no room and so they were offered a stable where the Christ Child was soon born, with angels proclaiming this news to shepherds who then disseminated the message furthermore. Christmas Day is a public holiday in many of the world's nations, is celebrated religiously by the vast majority of Christians, as well as culturally by a number of non-Christian people, and is an integral part of the holiday season, while some Christian groups reject the celebration. In several countries, celebrating Christmas Eve on December 24 has the main focus rather than December 25, with gift-giving and sharing a traditional meal with the family.
Brand/Importer Information:
Con-Cor has been in business since 1962. Many things have changed over time as originally they were a complete manufacturing operation in the USA and at one time had upwards of 45 employees. They not only designed the models,but they also built their own molds, did injection molding, painting, printing and packaging on their models.

Currently, most of their manufacturing has been moved overseas and now they import 90% of their products as totally finished goods, or in finished components. They only do some incidental manufacturing today within the USA.

Important Note: The Con-Cor product numbering can be very confusing. Please see here in the article how to properly enter Con-Cor stock numbers in the TroveStar database.
Item created by: CNW400 on 2018-11-28 09:20:27. Last edited by gdm on 2020-12-22 08:53:44

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