HK-46a - CPR 3377 Cu Ft NSC 40' Insulated Boxcar - Modernized

3377 Cu Ft NSC 40' Insulated Boxcar

CPR Number Series: 35001-35500

The NSC 40' Insulated Boxcar with 6' doors were all-steel insulated freight cars constructed by National Steel Car between 1959 and 1960, entering service with their respective roads shortly thereafter. They were designed for temperature‑sensitive but not fully refrigerated loads such as canned goods, beverages, and other food products, using insulated construction and under‑slung charcoal heaters .

These cars had a nominal 40‑foot body length with an interior capacity of about 3377 cubic feet, reflecting the reduced volume caused by insulation compared with standard 40‑foot boxcars. In regular service they appeared widely in general merchandise and food-service trains through the 1960s and 1970s, with many examples still in use into the 1980s as CP continued to employ 40‑foot insulated/heated cars in seasonal and specialty traffic. Built new rather than rebuilt, they represent CP’s late‑1950s modernization of its insulated/food-service fleet, and are a good prototype for modeling CP insulated‑heated service in the “script” and early CP Rail eras. Initially equipped with roofwalks, these safety features were systematically removed between 1974 and 1978 following regulatory changes in North America.

NSC 40' Boxcars Features:

• Interior Height 10'6"
• NSC-3 Ends
• 6' Plug Door
• Built 1959-1960

Kit Includes:
Etched Detail Parts
One Piece 3D Printed Body (6' Door)
Underframe
3D Printed Detail Parts
Car Weight
Etched Metal Roofwalk

Recomended Decal Set: Various - check with Black Cat decals or Highball Graphics

Kaslo Shops Distributing kits come undecorated and require the modeler to supply trucks, couplers, paint and decals.