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K765-1711   Missouri Pacific "Herbie" Boxcar Missouri Pacific
    $44.95 ea.    
K765-1711


In the 1950s a white chalk drawing of a man wearing a large sombrero napping beneath a palm tree began to appear on numerous train cars of various roadnames. Signed by “Herby,” the legend began that these drawings were done by a carefree hobo who left his mark on the cars he rode across the nation’s rails. The Missouri Pacific Safety Car #1 is the only boxcar to officially incorporate the artist’s design. The boxcar was actually a part of the railroad’s safety program whose slogan—Help Every Railroader Become Injury Exempt (HERBIE)—led to the altered spelling of the artist’s name.



Catalog: 2000 2nd Edition
Release Date: SOLD OUT

Boxcar Features
  •   11 1/2 inches long
  •   O Scale (1:48)
  •   Die Cast Metal Trucks
  •   All Metal Operating Couplers
  •   Separate Metal Ladders
  •   Separate Metal Grab Rails
  •   Separate Metal Brakewheel
  •   Metal Chassis with Underside Detailing
  •   Metal Door Runners
  •   Opening Doors

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