The PRR didn't have any 40' box cars with Viking roofs. The road numbers chosen by MTH are also incorrect for a PRR freight car. As of the January 1953 Official Railway Equipment Register PRR freight car numbers ranged from a low of 25501 to a high of 947983 (all 5 or 6 digit numbers).
The AtlasO X29's were offered with several door and end variations reflecting early through late production cars. They also modified the tooling to build several Railway Express Service versions. Express service details include door steps, extra side and end grabs, steam lines, and marker light corner brackets. Nick Seaman of Middle Division is a PRR subject matter expert and did an outstanding job in collaborating with Atlas to create their X29 box cars and H21 hoppers. If one is looking for another accurate model of a postwar PRR box car, the AtlasO Trainman model of the X43c is a good choice. The body on that car was developed initially for Atlas by Roco around 1972 based on PRR blueprints furnished by the late Ted Stepek. The AtlasO USRA outside braced 40' box car is also a nice representation of a PRR X26 - a few of which lasted into the 1950's.
Ed Rappe
