Maine Central 40' Single Door Box Car #8217

Maine Central

Roadnumber 8217

These 40’ standard box cars with single doors are green with yellow door and lettering and run on
Bettendorf trucks. Built in 1951 as part of an order of 250 cars, these cars were serviced and repainted
into the green and yellow scheme in 1963. Maine Central was chartered in 1856 and by 1981 it had
more than 1,000 miles of track. It continued to operate until 1981 when it was absorbed by what is
now Pan Am Railways.