The Freight Yard - 2165B - Boxcar, 53 Foot, Evans Double Plug Door - Fox River Valley - 13113

Prototype History: This 53' boxcar was manufactured in the 1960s and '70s by Evans Company and was used primarily to haul produce, wood and paper products, and canned goods. This railcar is an insulated RBL (Railcar, Passenger Service, Insulated) featuring a 16 foot opening and double plug doors.

Road Name History: The FRVR was launched in 1988 as a spin-off from Chicago & North Western, running from a suburb of Milwaukee, Wisconsin north through Fond du Lac, Oshkosh and Appleton to Green Bay. There was also a branch from Green Bay to a point just south of Manitowoc and a short intersecting line between New London and Kaukauna which crossed the main at Appleton. Total length was 214 miles putting it between Bessemer & Lake Erie and Lehigh & New England in relative length. They had a fleet of 28 first and second generation EMD and Alco diesels. The FRVR was owned by Itel Corporation who also owned the connecting Green Bay & Western. The two lines shared a management team for a while. Both GB&W and FRVR were acquired by Wisconsin Central in 1993.

Brand/Importer Information: The Freight Yard was a hobby shop that did custom decoration and special runs of other manufacturers' N Scale products. It sold its custom products under several brands or collections: Premiere Editions, by The Freight Yard and Dreams Design.
It was located in Anaheim, California and then moved to 2006 in Phoenix, Arizona.
Established in the late 1980s, it stopped business under this name by the end of the 2000s.
The Freight Yard was owned and operated by Darren J. Cohen. Darren is now operating North Valley Trains.
The Freight Yard / Premiere Editions runs are usually available in series of two to twelve different numbers (suffixed A to M, with I not used).
The first two digits of the stock number correspond to the release year (9x being 199x, and 2x being 200x).