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Hi all,

Here's an InterMountain Railway Co. O-scale kit I picked up at a hobby shop a few years ago.  Lettered for Bruce Chubb's Sunset Railway and Navigation Co., a large HO-scale railroad that got a fair amount of press back in the 70's and 80's, if memory serves.  Not sure why InterMountain produced an O-scale kit to honor an HO-scale model railroad, but oh well........................

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I still need to match/mix up some paint for the grab rails and stirrups.  Glad I finally got it built, I had been putting it off for quite some time while pondering what to do with all those fragile plastic parts.

I "O-gauged" the kit by omitting the fragile plastic under-frame brake and rigging piping, forming grab handles and stirrups out of steel wire and staples to replace the delicate molded plastic pieces, and adding a set of MTH O-gauge trucks from my parts box.  Much more durable that way.

While not a prototype road name, it's at least plausible, and for O-gauge, that's okay with me. 

 

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Hi all,

Here's an InterMountain Railway Co. O-scale kit I picked up at a hobby shop a few years ago.  Lettered for Bruce Chubb's Sunset Railway and Navigation Co., a large HO-scale railroad that got a fair amount of press back in the 70's and 80's, if memory serves.  Not sure why InterMountain produced an O-scale kit to honor an HO-scale model railroad, but oh well........................

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This was part of the "Living Legend" series commissioned by the National Model Railroad Association.  Cars were available to NMRA members in G, O, S, HO and N.

Rusty

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Hi BCSun Folks :  Beautiful cars @scale rail the Yakima Apples livery is new to me and I had not seen it before.  My layout is rather narrow and so I am pretty much limited to the old 40 ft (6464 series) cars for clearance, but I can run the Marx 3/16 "scale" cars.  So here is the GAEX box car from the 1950's and it came in a set with a #21 lithographed Santa Fe warbonnet F-3.  Its all metal, lithographed and has sliding doors and the "automatic" pickle fork couplers and the high trucks that allowed it to couple up to the #21.

Marx GAEX Box Car

Happy BCSun everyone

Don

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Leapinlarry:  WOW those are some L-o-n-g boxcars!  If I put all those on my main line the engine would be just behind the last one!  My contribution this Sunday is far more mundane...my Marx NYC switcher is moving a boxcar full of those "State of Maine" products (likely potatoes) to start on its journey to the big city. 

Marx switchere w SOM box

Happy BxCarSun everyone.  Hope you all have a happy and healthy week

Don

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Trumptrain, very interesting pictures of men at work unloading great merchandise from beautiful box cars on your amazing layout, so cool...

Don McErlean, Yes, those box cars are long and fun to run, and your Marx switcher looks equally fun to run and the red/white/blue box car is one of my favorite paint schemes, 

Rpmcobra, beautiful Western Maryland locomotive and freight consist, wow..

Bill T,  it’s time for a cold one, beautiful box car, and for Your pleasure, check out my GM&O box car and a couple of state cars, as I live on the border of Tennessee and Kentucky....

Everyone, have a safe, fun Sunday, stay safe, stay healthy, Pray Continually. Happy Railroading 08C173B4-DBDF-469E-9927-94D0D27691060F951CF0-7ADA-4903-8248-6A94294AEA57DD1BFE09-7FC5-4543-9E88-009DE85A57C0

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Box cars have become a show on the rails of America, and other countries, with beautiful ads, roadname loyalty, many are colorful and fun to view as they roll down the track. Even those with a bit of graffiti. Near my home in Clarksville, Tennessee, the RJ Corman is the main railroad that delivers to our many factories. It’s a fun to watch brand. Stay safe, stay healthy, pray continually. Have a great sunday, Happy Railroading...6ABDB2E9-EB0E-4D48-B414-1A31BC7A5085

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Really great pictures everyone...I have to admit, Don Winslow a sentimental attachment to the "outlaw" car with the ever present gun fight, what fun.  My contribution today is a little off the normal and is from a Hafner freight set I recently acquired. 

First - not quite a box car, but the Hafner cattle car.  This was made both with and without the slats opened.  The slats open version is also a bit larger than the lithographed only version.  However, it is really hard to get the cows in, as the door does not open

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The second car is also not quite a box...it is an automobile car from the time period before the prevalence of racks on flat cars.  At least in this case, the door opens so we can get cars inside although the single door means they better be small!

Hafner Auto Box Car 2

 

Happy BxCarSun everyone ...Have a great week

Don

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franktrain:  I fully agree, SEARS was the place we got nearly everything as I was growing up and Craftsman tools remains my "go to" brand for quality.  Hard to believe that such an icon is nearing bankruptcy.  So from an earlier era, here is my Lionel SEARS Centennial Boxcar.  This was a special commemorative car made by Lionel in 1986. Hard to believe that was now 34 years ago!  

Box Car Sears Centennial

 

Happy BxCrSun everyone!

Don

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