“Well Dave, thanks for getting us started today and that Kline car has an incredible level of detail, I had not seen one with such detail before. Thanks for posting.”
I agree, and as I posted a few weeks ago; Maury Kline made the finest detailed boxcars and reefers. The big 3 still don’t compare to his innovations.
Two modern 6464-515 MKT Girl's Train boxcars. Car on the left is the NETCA "as cataloged" car. Car on the right is the 1999 version; part of the 6464 remakes. I assembled it from from parts and used a yellow door as it's correct(ish) from MKT's yellow cars. Lots of differences in fonts and placement of lettering between the two cars.
Well, bringing up the back of the pack is me…
Three MTH cars I painted and decaled. Believe it or not, they are three different shades of boxcar red…
And last, a Weaver car, again painted and decaled by me…
Tom
For this week, Central of Georgia, a 50 foot by Atlas & a 40 foot by Weaver.
Photos/videos show Boston & Maine GP7 #1563 on my 12’-by-8’ layout pulling four boxcars that ran in New England: Boston & Maine #73199 (Massachusetts) – Narragansett Brewing (Rhode Island) – Rutland #8086 (Vermont) and Brookside Milk/Bellows Falls Creamery (Vermont).
MELGAR
For this Boxcar Sunday I’m presenting this KLine custom car made for KLine Super Store M&G Hobbies; to honor Battleship New Jersey. I’m showing it today to honor the recent and ongoing activities of refloating her and restoring / painting the hull. 
Well Dave, I could not resist your opening with Central of Ga which was a principal RR in the area where our family spends summers (Tybee Island, just East of Savannah). This one is Lionel (MPC) and is a re-issue although it carries the original 6464 number its product number is 19279. She is a 40 footer and uses a duplicate 6464 shell.
Happy Sunday Everyone
Don
A special run from MTH with proceeds going to the Katrina Hurricane relief fund.
- walt
For Cinco da Mayo … A Premier MTH 40’ boxcar I repainted into a NdeM scheme, using a K4 decal set I bought a year ago. Finally was inspired to use it…
A few of my shelf queens.
Every now and then a western express car works its way east. Here is a UP BX-50-25 waiting in Philly to continue on to NYC. It is in the two-tone gray scheme applied from 1946 to 1952.
Weaver.
Here is a K-Line car being spotted at the recently opened Sanky Wanky Coffee Company.
K-Line - a nicely decorated, but basically plain jane boxcar. Did they really ride the rails with no reporting marks?
My 027 "plug door" contribution for this week is an MPC Soo car from 1971 in "cherry red" of all things:
And the hastily rubber-stamped end-flap on the box, again just big enough to hold the car with the couplers turned under the floor:
"A Lifetime of Railroading," indeed! Tom @Krieglok shows us how this car should look:
Next week's 027 offering will be a bit more fun...
@Mark V. Spadaro posted:K-Line - a nicely decorated, but basically plain jane boxcar. Did they really ride the rails with no reporting marks?
A very nice car, Mark. I think she may have been an "express service" car that would have been included, from time to time, in the "Phoebe Snow" passenger consists of the day. She's painted to match their passenger car livery.
@Mark V. Spadaro posted:K-Line - a nicely decorated, but basically plain jane boxcar. Did they really ride the rails with no reporting marks?
@Bill Swatos posted:A very nice car, Mark. I think she may have been an "express service" car that would have been included, from time to time, in the "Phoebe Snow" passenger consists of the day. She's painted to match their passenger car livery.
Bill,
Correct. The Legacy K-Line Trains website lists the car as K761-1641 Lackawanna Express Service Scale Boxcar.
MELGAR
from my now sold off collection of Pittsburgh related cars from MTH
- walt
@walt rapp posted:from my now sold off collection of Pittsburgh related cars from MTH
- walt
Speaking of Pittsburgh-related MTH cars, Walt, here's one celebrating KDKA, America's oldest radio station broadcasting for 104 years from your home town since 1920:
The automobile is a 1957 Chrysler 300 and the station logo is from the '50's. Interestingly, they still use their original "K" designation likely because their founding predates the adoption of the broadcasting station convention of "W" for east of the Mississippi and "K" for west of it. I just couldn't resist it NIB on clearance from Forum sponsor Trainz.
@Bill Swatos Before I sold off my collection, I had upwards of 80 cars all pittsburgh related. I think I had 5 or 6 with ties to KDKA. A BUNCH of Pirates and Steelers (Penguins didn't have a contract with MTH), and many many of the local businesses.
I never saw that car that you showed. I would have definitely bought it - it's a beaut.
- walt
@Bill Swatos posted:Speaking of Pittsburgh-related MTH cars, Walt, here's one celebrating KDKA, America's oldest radio station broadcasting for 104 years from your home town since 1920:
The automobile is a 1957 Chrysler 300 and the station logo is from the '50's. Interestingly, they still use their original "K" designation likely because their founding predates the adoption of the broadcasting station convention of "W" for east of the Mississippi and "K" for west of it. I just couldn't resist it NIB on clearance from Forum sponsor Trainz.
Bill, I have lived 40 miles north of Pittsburgh, except for 13 years working in Virginia and Northern West Virginia years ago. I'm with Walt, I have never seen that car before. I have seen lots of the cars from Walt's photographs before. There have been quite a few as Walt said. Yes it is interesting KDKA has kept the 'K'. There is another radio station in Pittsburgh that has always started with 'K' and is only 3 letters; KQV.
Happy Boxcar Sunday, for this week a Weaver Great Northern.
Atlas car converted to a cement boxcar. Started out as an undecorated model. Most of the work involved changing the brake gear. Forum member AlanRail did up the fill hatches and chutes. Tichy supplied the decals.
Dave, Thanks for getting us rolling on this Boxcar Sunday!
Here’s another plugdoor boxcar from a Lionel promotional set.
I scrubbed this car last night with a soft toothbrush and a cleaner out of a reused bottle that I labeled train cleaner. It’s a clear solution. I’m thinking that it might have been an earlier recommendation on the forum.
These were decorated All Nation kits that I stripped and re-painted. As you can see I am on a “Santa Fe” kick here. I have the “Scout” and “Grand Canyon” under construction now.
I ran a train with two New Haven boxcars – #35238 (Crown Model Products) and #78000 (MTH 20-99327) – behind Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal 0-6-0T steam switcher #15. The engine is a Lionchief Plus 2.0 model (2032020) and also the smallest O gauge steam engine model in my collection. Lionel lists its length as 8.5 inches. The engine is so small that it’s dwarfed in comparison to scenery and structures on the layout, and even the boxcars.
MELGAR
Happy Mother's Day Boxcar Sunday fans.
@Sitka - Wow my man, you really are a risk taker. I could imagine explaining to Mom why her cake was all over the lower level of your layout! 
!
Well today since @pennsyfan has included a great boxcar from one of Lionel's foray's into the toy business (Kaybee Toys) I thought I might include a posting from their other venture "Toy's R Us" this one a giraffe car featuring the famous "Geoffrey" the giraffe. Made between 1985-1989 this car was always uncatalogued, usually offered in the train sets sold by Toy's "R" Us.
Best wishes and Happy Mother's Day
Don
Some more of the more than 80 Pittsburgh related cars that (Mostly) MTH made.
- walt
Nice Don, that’s a Toys R Us I don’t have.
I have this one.
@pennsyfan - That's also a neat car Bob. The "Star" car is somewhat more scarce than the "Carousel" car having been made in 1982-1984 (i.e. 3 years) while the the Carousel car was made for 6 years and slightly later (1984-1989). Still how can you go wrong with a giraffe car!!
Don
Riding the caboose, being last(?)..
Two cars I finished last Monday…
The Cotton Belt car is done using a K4 set for a double sheathed car, but I can’t seem to find any
A Lackawanna car…on my DL&W binge…
Tom
@Sitka posted:Happy Mother's Day Boxcar Sunday fans.
I'm a-comin' fer some o' that there cake!
If only these were Lionel postwar....
Aaaand, as promised last week, here's a fun 027 "plugdoor" MPC offering from 1972, the #9301 Operating U.S. Mail Car:
Though promoted as "new" on the box, this car is actually a reissue of the late PW original, #3428, which was produced from 1959-1960. Three PW versions were produced, the nicest (Variation C) having the postman in blue with a painted face and grey mailbag.
And now for the "action and excitement" and "great railroad realism" this car adds to your layout:
Now we know how our packages get damaged in the mail...
Nothing special today. This is a Pennsy X-29 Express car. Of the 29,000 X-29 boxcars produced, 1,100 were converted to express service. This was the largest single fleet of express cars in North America, and were seen on mail and express trains on most of the other roads in North America (SF, UP, etc.).
Atlas O.
@pennsyfan posted:For this Boxcar Sunday I’m presenting this KLine custom car made for KLine Super Store M&G Hobbies; to honor Battleship New Jersey. I’m showing it today to honor the recent and ongoing activities of refloating her and restoring / painting the hull.
I remember M&G Hobbies in New Jersey. It was a nice little place. I won a K-Line GG-1 in a customer raffle they had there. Sorry the store didn't last.
@Mark Boyce posted:Yes it is interesting KDKA has kept the 'K'. There is another radio station in Pittsburgh that has always started with 'K' and is only 3 letters; KQV.
There is also KYW radio and TV in Philadelphia.
@CAPPilot posted:Nothing special today. This is a Pennsy X-29 Express car. Of the 29,000 X-29 boxcars produced, 1,100 were converted to express service. This was the largest single fleet of express cars in North America, and were seen on mail and express trains on most of the other roads in North America (SF, UP, etc.).
Atlas O.
As always, Ron, very nicely detailed.
CLRC Car from 1998
Mark, I can’t see your photograph
@Mark Boyce posted:Mark, I can’t see your photograph
Ditto
Thanks, Mark and Bob. Hopefully, that’s been corrected.
Now I see the sharp car, Mark. What does CLRC stand for?
Wow, page 92, many beautiful and unique box cars, Yes I’m late, but I love this topic. Happy Railroading Everyone (see the yellow Jim Beam box car)
@Mark Boyce posted:Now I see the sharp car, Mark. What does CLRC stand for?
Mark -good question! CLRC = Chicagoland Railroad Club. Besides Nassau Lionel Operating Engineers, (NLOE), I believe they’ve produced the most club cars, with St. Louis Lionel Railroad Club, NJHR, and Milwaukee Lionel RR Club not far behind. Trying to keep up with these clubs, plus TCA, METCA, NETCA, LCCA, TTOS, and LOTS, is a full time job!
@Mark V. Spadaro posted:Mark -good question! CLRC = Chicagoland Railroad Club. Besides Nassau Lionel Operating Engineers, (NLOE), I believe they’ve produced the most club cars, with NJHR, and Milwaukee Lionel RR Club not far behind. Trying to keep up with these clubs, plus TCA, METCA, NETCA, LCCA, TTOS, and LOTS, is a full time job!
Thank you, Mark! That makes good sense. I have this train based on the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad that was commissioned by the Community Model Railroad club - Frostburg, Maryland. They only put their name on the car named "Frostburg". There is one express boxcar on this train, so I think it still fits in this thread. 
I added LED lighting, but haven't acquired passengers yet.
Happy Boxcar Sunday. I'll start this week with a Weaver Great Northern.
Weaver
Speaking of Lackawanna rolling stock, I just received this beautiful die cast KLine car from a fellow forumite. It’s like new & rolls smoothly on any downgrade.
Rich in WV
Nice cars, everyone,
Just a couple cars I did last week…
A Weaver car, an unusual double door car. I have trouble finding this type car, not many out there to repaint…
And a MTH 19th Century car, I detailed and repainted…
The Wharton and Northern was a old subsidiary of the CRR of NJ in northern NJ.
Tom
Tom, I have never see a car you did with even a slight flaw. As always, great work. This old outside braced box car has seen many train miles even on my layout.
I rarely run trains on the O-36 inner loop of my 12’-by-8’ layout but I always leave a New Haven train with four steel boxcars, a diesel locomotive, and a caboose parked there. In the videos, the boxcars are New Haven #31709 (MTH) built 1944, NH #45097 (MTH) built 1953, NH #22114 (MTH) built 1948, and NH Express Service #36000 (K-Line) built 1941.
The current locomotive is New Haven Railroad Alco S-2 diesel switcher #0615 (MTH Premier 20-20587-1) and the caboose is C-681 (Atlas O).
MELGAR
Thanks for starting us off Dave! Very good looking cars everyone! Today I'm showing my Western Pacific boxcar by Weaver. I applied a coat of Dullcote to take down the sheen. As I model Maryland railroads of the Transition Era, the cars that dominate my rails are northeastern railroads. When I was a kid growing up near the B&O mainline, I would often see freight cars ( especially boxcars ) from western and northwestern U.S. roads such as. Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe, Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, Northern Pacific, Great Northern, and of course Western Pacific. I felt it important to have a modest representation of these roads in my collection. 
Well my offering today is a Lionel (LTI) "waffle sided" boxcar for the Seaboard RR. This car, #15001, is from the end of the LTI era, being offered in 1995.
Happy BXCar Sunday everyone!
Don
Catchin a ride north...
@Mark Boyce, the pictures you’ve submitted today are awesome and your layout background pictures really blend together an gives a great distance effect. You’ve come a long way, Wow. @Dave Ripp, this is a super great topic and theses a lot of beautiful box cars on our rails… Happy Railroading Everyone 
A little late to the party, but here's a shot of the oldest boxcar on my layout. It's a Union Pacific double door from Lionel's Union Pacific Fallen Flags set, 1983. I didn't have the set, but obtained the car separately for a display shelf when I was living in Hawaii back in 2005.
Happy Boxcar Sunday. I'll start this week with a Weaver Chicago Great Western.
My quickie contribution for this week…
Four of five boxcars I finished this week. Three MTH and one Weaver car in the mix. The fifth car went to a client and they may reveal it next week…
Tom
My boxcars for this Sunday in the middle of Memorial Day weekend.
LOTS
Reading Locomotive Shops class B-4A 0-6-0T steam switcher #1251 – model by Lionel – has been pulling two boxcars on my 10’-by-5’ layout – each with a hobo hitching a ride. Spokane Portland and Seattle #11091, model by K-Line, was built in 1945. Pennsylvania #19247, model by MTH, was built in 1959. The hobos are from Arttista.
MELGAR
Well here is one I just received from a successful auction bid (yes it was inexpensive) but I couldn't resist it because of the obvious picture of a Lionel 210 Alco FA "Texas Special" from 1958 and the fact that it is about a store in Dallas. "Collectible Trains and Toys" is the name of a specialty store in Dallas, Texas which still operates today. This boxcar by Kline commemorates their 10th anniversary in 1991 so that makes some 43 years this store has been operating and handling trains and toys.
Happy Memorial Day weekend everyone. Best Wishes
Don
Here's one I did a while back:
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Weaver PS-1 stripped and repainted with Tamiya TS-5 and K4 decals. US Army pre 7/42 Transportation Corps formation.
Cheers,
Price
Happy Box Car Sunday everyone, and if your in harmful weather situations, you are in our prayers. 
I don't have anything really appropriate for Memorial Day observance, but I do have this. Let's not forget all those from all services that died to protect our freedom.
Lionel
An 027 plug door in honor of the fallen this Memorial Day:
While this car references our National Guard, the message applies to all who have given their lives in the defense and furtherance of the causes of freedom and democracy everywhere.
Happy Boxcar Sunday. I'll start this week with a Weaver Chicago Great Western.
I’m starting with this New Hope and Ivyland RR boxcar. I’m unsure of the origin
Here’s a Railking former sleeper MTHRRC boxcar, awoken with a kiss from Tom (Krieglok), and turned from scullery maid into a beauty. Terrific work, Tom. Thanks again!
Here’s a stripped and repainted Weaver PS-1 done up for the US Navy. Tamiya TS-81 Royal Light Gray with a hodge podge of Tichy and K4 decals.
Cheers,
Price
Photos and video show Chesapeake & Ohio GP38-2 #3899 (MTH 20-2186-1) pulling two boxcars on my 10’-by-5’ layout – Pennsylvania #19247 (MTH) and Central Railroad of New Jersey #22485 (Weaver). The #6132151 caboose is by K-Line.
MELGAR
Here are my boxcars for this fine Sunday! I'm showing several Western Maryland boxcars in 3 different lettering schemes/logos. All of the photos were taken yesterday afternoon in the same location on my layout.
This is a Weaver boxcar with "speed lettering".
This one is a MTH Premier boxcar with " speed lettering". Note this lettering is much more crisp than the Weaver boxcar IMHO.
Here we have a MTH Premier boxcar with the circular logo.
The boxcar on the left is a MTH Premier with the Fireball logo. The boxcar on the right is the Weaver shown in the top photograph.
Here is my MTH, NYC club car.
We have talked about Lionel's little 0-27 boxcars before, most of them going to special sets for particular commercial customers. Here are two that were sponsored by "True-Value" Hardware stores in the 1970's. Both uncatalogued, the #9053 green from 1977 and the # 9046 white from 1976. Except for the color and the number, these two cars are exactly the same. Likely added to a starter type train set that Lionel sold through True-Value at Holiday time.
Happy Box Car Sunday everyone
Don
Is it only me, or are GG1GUYY’s pictures not showing?
@Mark V. Spadaro posted:Is it only me, or are GG1GUYY’s pictures not showing?
Not showing here either.
Gene
@Mark V. Spadaro- Nope not seeing them either Mark.
Don
Thanks guys. Sal will get it sorted out.
It was there when it first came on. You don't think, oh no. Not that
@Don McErlean posted: We have talked about Lionel's little 0-27 boxcars before, most of them going to special sets for particular commercial customers. Here are two that were sponsored by "True-Value" Hardware stores in the 1970's. Both uncatalogued, the #9053 green from 1977 and the # 9046 white from 1976. Except for the color and the number, these two cars are exactly the same. Likely added to a starter type train set that Lionel sold through True-Value at Holiday time.
Happy Box Car Sunday everyone
Don
Those two are cool Don. I've not seen them before.
Me…..late, late, late! Power washing the house…🙄
Here are two cars I have done in the past, but I sold them both. So I had extra sets of decals and decided to recreate them during last week.
Both MTH cars, stripped and painted by me. K-4 Decals on both cars.
19th Century Boxcar done in the Big Four livery…with added details…maybe I will weather it…not decided yet!
Then a MTH Premier 40’ boxcar done in a Rock Island green scheme. I bought a bottle of Rock Island green True Color paint and intended to paint the car using that. Then I was comparing colors and found that Tamiya German Field Green was just about a perfect match. So my lazy *** went with the rattle can Tamiya for this car.
Tamiya paint is great, but you have to careful with clear coats darkening the paint. I clear coat the plain painted car a few times with gloss spray, decal then hit it with a matte cover. It works well that way, so you don’t end up with light areas behind the decals…
Tom
@Mark V. Spadaro posted:Here’s a Railking former sleeper MTHRRC boxcar, awoken with a kiss from Tom (Krieglok), and turned from scullery maid into a beauty. Terrific work, Tom. Thanks again!
Mark, thank you for the kind words! The car was fun to paint with the two colors and the great decals from K-4.
I am usually afraid of closeups of my work, but you pics really did the car justice!
Tom
@Dave Ripp. posted:Growing up next to the tracks in the 60's trough 80's I saw tank trains, hopper trains, and boxcar trains. I always liked the boxcar trains the best do to the variety of sizes and colors. Let's see what you have on your pike. Real boxcar pictures are good to as long as you have permission to use them or there your own.
I went all the way back in the Time Machine to Dave Ripp’s original post from 2017 that started this great ongoing topic thread to make sure I wasn’t breaking any rules with the following photo of a real boxcar! 
In today’s graffiti-filled world of railroad freight cars, it seems like a special occasion (unfortunately!) to see a freshly-painted, squeaky-clean boxcar!
I just couldn’t resist taking a photo of this CN (Grand Trunk Western) boxcar this past Wednesday, 5/29/24. It has a “Built Date” of November, 2023, so it has survived about 6 months without graffiti…at least on this side of the car anyway! It was traveling in a train on the Mass Central Railroad in Palmer, MA…
While we're on the subject of CN, here's an MPC 027 plugdoor boxcar in EJ&E (a.k.a. "The J") "Chicago Outer Belt" livery:
What, do you ask, has CN got to with EJ&E? Well, after a little over 120 years of independent operation, CN acquired most of its 164 miles of track on February 1, 2009, leaving a small portion in Indiana to be reorganized as the Gary Railway. While the CN repainted acquired locomotives in their colors, they continued to display the EJ&E roadname for another four years. Then, in 2012, CN announced the merger of EJ&E with another CN subsidiary, the Wisconsin Central. The merger was officially consummated on January 1, 2013, and the EJ&E ceased to exist exactly 124 years after it was founded on January 1, 1889.
This boxcar, acquired NIB from Forum sponsor Trainz, has a rather interesting "quirk" in that one end placard has "9700 SERIES" molded into it while this is actually a 9400 series car:
Several sellers on the auction site (charging exorbitant prices) claim this situation is rare and indicates that cars bearing this type of "endprinting" discrepancy are among the few earliest produced by Lionel in a new series before they had changed the molds over completely from the previous series production. Any additional insight from you more knowledgeable folks would be appreciated.
@Dave Ripp.- Thanks for the comment Dave, glad you liked the box cars.
Don
Happy Boxcar Sunday. I'll start this week with a MTH St Louis Southwestern, better known as the Cotton Belt.
@Dave Ripp
Nice car Dave, I’m familiar with the Cotten Belt; but don’t recall the Blue Steak.
For this Sunday I have two cars. First up is a Lionel plugdoor boxcar # 9054, from a JC Penny promotional set.
Next are two cars from an Atlas custom run for Public Delivery Track. New Hope and Ivyland boxcars #s 608 and 630.
My Long Island Rail Road Alco RS-1 #462 pulled two boxcars on my 10'-by-5' layout. Pennsylvania #24270 was made by K-Line. New York & Long Branch (CNJ) #25624 has no manufacturer’s markings but I think it was made by Weaver.
MELGAR
Here’s my contribution this week:
Weaver PS-1 stripped and painted with Rustoleum Hunter Green, glosscote, K4 decals, dullcote.
Cheers,
Price
Some Pennsy cars going into a tunnel
My car for this week. I have been busy, so I pulled one from my archives…one I painted a while ago…
Tom
Some from the MTH Pittsburgh series
- walt
Well today boxcar fans I have a Kline boxcar from Kline's train manufacturer series. This one commemorates Marx and it also contains the logo of the Toy Train Museum in Strasburg and carries a number TTM 7788 and a Kline number of 6419 with a blt date of 4/88. Perhaps this was once sold in the Museum shop. Being something of a Marx collector, when I saw this on e-bay I couldn't pass it up. It is NIB and I won the auction at $12.95 !
Best Wishes, hope your upcoming week goes well
Don
A Milwaukee Road ribside at the public delivery track.
My new Atlas New Hope & Ivy. 
Kris Model Trains
Wow, it’s a rainy day here in middle Tennessee, and seeing the beautiful box cars brings sunshine to my man cave…. Great topic, Happy Railroading Everyone 
@CAPPilot posted:A Milwaukee Road ribside at the public delivery track.
Ron, where do you find the Milwaukee Road ribside cars?
Tom
If my memory serves me correctly, these are Atlas…
Happy Boxcar Sunday and Father's Day. I'll start this week with a Weaver Southern Pacific.
mm mm good are you hungry,
LCCA KRISPY KREME
Weaver PS-1 redone for CWP:
Decals by K4, paint is Rustoleum primer.
Cheers,
Price
Great topic, fun to review, Happy Father’s Day to all….
Photos/video show Boston & Albany #53, a USRA 0-8-0 steam switcher on my 10’-by-5’ layout pulling B&A boxcar #55018 (Weaver/CMP), and New York Trumbull & Boston #777, an MTH car repainted and lettered by forum member @Krieglok. At the tail end is Boston & Albany wood caboose #1174 (K-Line).
MELGAR
Right back at you Dave, Happy Father’s Day!
Here’s a plugdoor boxcar out of a Lionel promotional set.
Here are a couple of oldies for you...the one on the left is almost Lionel's first version of this car. It is the Lionel #655 with plates and all Ni trim dating from 1935-1938 (car was introduced in 1933) and to the right is the last version, from 1942 with rubber stamping, box couplers, and blackened trim .
Happy Father's Day to all you Dad's out there.
Best Wishes
Don
A few “Dixie” cars I painted….
Weaver
A few of mine from MTH:
Groundhog Day; Halloween; Thanksgiving;(for those that know of it - The Kaufmann's clock
walt
Here are some boxcar scenes for this fine Sunday! Thanks Dave for getting us started today
While still months off, there are not many O gauge items that remember 9-11, but this is a good one from MTH.
Posting now since I may not have this car much longer.
Happy Fathers Day's, Lionel 9470 Chicago Belt Line from 1984
NAUSET RAILWAY Boxcar.
Special run for NAUSET MODEL RAILROAD CLUB of Orleans, MA by Weaver.
Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads out there! Sometimes railroads repurpose boxcars. The Jersey Central modified many 40’ outside-braced boxcars for use in company service, including tool cars, cable cars and blocking cars in their regionally-based wreck trains, or “service trains” as the CNJ called them.
Here are two 40’ outside-braced cars from AtlasO that I repainted, detailed, re-lettered and 3-rail scaled (with Kadees) several years ago into a tool car and cable car as part of the CNJ’s Ashley, Pennsylvania-based service (wreck) train. They will eventually receive some light weathering…
@Dave Ripp. posted:Happy Boxcar Sunday and Father's Day. I'll start this week with a Weaver Southern Pacific.
Dave, you may know I'm fond of Southern Pacific as I grew up with them in the SF Bay Area. The Weaver is a sweet boxcar, nice find! Thanks for sharing that one!
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