Athearn 25471 N Scale 50' FMC 5347 Boxcar Green Mountain GMRC 701 Mississippi Delta THE POLAR EXPRESS™ Christmas tree

THE POLAR EXPRESS™ Christmas tree is illuminated

SP-style snowplow pilot

Colors vary

the St Louis Museum of Transportation

Threaded holes drilled to accept Vanquish Rigid 1" LED Light Bar

Athearn 25471 N Scale 50' FMC 5347 Boxcar Green Mountain GMRC 701 Mississippi Delta THE POLAR EXPRESS™ Christmas treeAthearn 25471 N Scale 50' FMC 5347 Boxcar Green Mountain GMRC 701 It was the mid 1970s, and the incentive per diem box car boom was just beginning. New, brightly painted box cars seemed to appear overnight. Many were lettered for various short lines. FMC (Food Machinery Corporation) was a significant builder of many of these cars. The 50 outside post, non terminating end box car, became the foundation for new per diem cars built in the 1970s. The 50