Well for Santa Fe Sunday today, I have two Santa Fe boxcars, as interpreted by two giants in the toy train marketplace, Lionel and Marx. Both of these are from their more modest lines and their date of manufacture is some 26 years apart, although the Marx car was made for a considerable period.
Here is the Marx 3286 Santa Fe box car, first manufactured in June of 1956 (IAW the marking on the car) but this car stayed in production for Marx for many years. 8 wheeled on tinplate trucks with 2 automatic couplers. Like the Lionel car the door does not open. This would have been from Marx's "middle weight" line of plastic body cars.
The Lionel 7902 0-27 boxcar. These cars are sometimes referred to as "plug door" boxcars by collectors, which they are not, in fact this one imitates a double door boxcar. It was built by Lionel in January 1982 and was offered from 1982-1985. Fully plastic car including the frame and trucks and only has an operating coupler on one end.
Hope you are enjoying your weekend and have a great upcoming week
Don
