FMC 5503 Boxcar St Maries River Railroad 52053

St. Maries River RR 52053: FMC 52' Double-Door Boxcar, A Piece of Rail History

Get ready to unleash your inner legend with this… thing! Seriously, we're not even sure what it is exactly, but it's got that certain something, you know? Maybe it's a portal to another dimension, maybe it's a super-powered paperweight, or maybe it's just really, really cool. All we know is, holding this bad boy makes you feel… well, it makes you feel like you could take on the world, or at least that annoying neighbor who always borrows your lawnmower. Snatch it up before it vanishes into the ether, because honestly, we're not sure where it came from, or where it's going. You in?

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Box cars in the past fifty years have generally fallen into one of five distinct frame lengths, 40-, 50-, 52-, 60-, and 86-foot. The least common of these is the 52-foot box cars. Although not as numerous as its shorter and longer companions, the 52-foot non-insulated box designs have provided an important role in the lumber industry.

The car is essentially a “stretched” 5277 with one foot added outside the bolsters giving the car its distinctive overhang. It is equipped with double sliding doors and a cushioned underframe. Southern Pacific was the sole original operator of this design and ordered 700 of these unique-looking boxcars split between Southern Pacific (525 cars), Amador Central (75 cars), and the Longview, Portland & Northern (100 cars).