Marx Express Reefer ~ GENERAL AMERICAN EXPRESS ~ GAEX 1950 Tilt-Couplers O-27

Description: This Marx Express Reefer replica of the General American Express from 1950 is ready to go right out of the box. The green and yellow tinplate boxcar features metal tilt-fork couplers, 3/16 8-wheel trucks, and high-speed coach trucks. This O-27 gauge three-rail system model railroad item weighs only 0.5 lbs and is perfect for collectors and enthusiasts alike. Its vintage style and American railroad franchise theme make it a great addition to any transportation-themed collection. Its analog control system and 1:48 scale allow for realistic movements and playing experience. Add this unique piece to your collection today! In 1898, Max Epstein founded a Chicago-based railcar leasing firm called the Atlantic Seaboard Dispatch. One of the first companies to lease specialty cars to railroads, Epstein's operation started with only 28 used cars. In 1902, the name was changed to German-American Car Co. In 1907, when the company owned a fleet of 400 cars, it opened repair and maintenance shops in East Chicago, Indiana; it then began to manufacture new steel tank cars in addition to leasing used ones. By 1916, when the company began to sell stock to the public and changed its name to General American Tank Car Corp., it had a fleet of 2,300 cars and annual revenues of about $3 million. By the 1920s, General American had become a leading producer of tank cars, including specialty cars lined with glass or nickel for the transportation of milk, acids, and other liquids. By the early 1920s, the company's plants at East Chicago and Warren, Ohio, were turning out 10,000 new cars a year, worth about $20 million. In 1933, when it owned a fleet of nearly 50,000 cars, the company changed its name to the General American Transportation Corp. By the 1940s, when about 3,000 men worked at the East Chicago plant, General American was the nation's leading lessor of railcars. By the beginning of the 1960s, annual revenues approached $250 million. At one time, the express refrigerator car was a common component of the nation's passenger trains. These cars provided fast delivery of perishable, high value crops and goods that demanded the speediest service the railroads could deliver. Since many of the cars were equipped with collapsible ice bunker bulkheads, the cars could double in mail and express package service. The General American 40' Metal Express Refrigerator cars were among the most common cars of this type used in the US. Not only were they used by many class 1 railroads in express mail and passenger service, they were perhaps best known in the liveries of the express companies, such as American Railway Express and Railway Express Agency. See all of our listings, visit: Ika's Trains and Collectables Note #1: If not previously stated we have a smoke-free environment. We do however have cats that pop up in the listing photos. They are not included in any of the listings they may appear in. Note #2: I want you to be happy with your purchase and would appreciate you leaving positive feedback. In the event you are not, please contact me immediately before leaving feedback so we may resolve it. Thank you. Note #3: This is a Grandma & Grandpa shop. We have a 4-business day shipping window (this means that if you pay for your order on a Friday, it may not get shipped until the following Thursday). We generally do not ship on weekends or holidays. Please wait at least three business days before asking about when something is going to ship. Note #4: We do offer combine shipping for multiple items. Please place the items in your shopping cart. Then from your shopping cart, click on the request total button. This will tell us that you need an invoice. When we receive the request for invoice, we will figure out the combined shipping and send you an invoice with the corrected shipping cost. Note #5: If you want combined shipping, please purchase all your items in one order. If you purchase items in more than one order, send us a message so that we know about the additional items and box the orders together. (When items are bought in multiple orders, we do not always notice they were bought by the same person unless we are notified by the buyer.) We do refund extra shipping charges when combined shipping is requested. If we ship items separately, we do not issue a shipping refund. Note #6: If you live in Ohio, we may be willing to do a local pick up or delivery. Depending on where the pick-up or delivery is, there may be a small fee. The pick-up fee is always less than the shipping cost. Please contact us before you pay for your order so that we can correct the listing to allow for pick-up. After you have paid for the purchase, you CAN NO LONGER request local pick-up. For our international customers: YES!! we do combine shipping. You MUST purchase all of your items at the same time in one order. If you do not do this eBay will not combine your international shipping.

Price: 26 USD

Location: London, Ohio

End Time: 2025-01-23T23:21:27.000Z

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