@Capetrainman posted:A weekend traffic backup on the 1/2 mile strip between North and South Main...seems the Vette and the Mustang decided to test the resolve of the law...the lady aside of the VW waves to her friends up ahead, while the two "easy riders" climb aboard the coffee box for the ride south...
Car 54 where are you? Is Gunter Tutti and Francis Muldoon the officers on duty? Nice scene!!
@Don McErlean, it’s hot here in middle Tennessee to, but just love that box car with the Armadillo on the side, it’s a cool car, today, I’m showing some Century Club 1 cars that helped bring me back into the hobby. I actually have every engine, every car, in that great collection. Also, check out the NYC car, it’s a club car also. @Capetrainman, I like the lady directing traffic on your neat layout, also the box car, @@CAPPilot, those are beautiful Pennsylvania box cars, and Sante Fe to, very nice, @Krieglok, Tom, I love the Atlanta and Savanna box car, but love the MKT more, very nice. Happy Railroading Everyone 
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Another colorful FRH boxcar. Not sure whose trucks, but they're riveted on. Part of a collection that I couldn't resist one year around 1995 at York. The seller, a "standard gauge chauvinist" said, with a sneer, "I don't know anything about them, but you can have all of them for $10 each." There were 22 of them, NIB. There went (half) of my train-buying budget for that meet. But you never know when or where something will wag its tail at you. The rest of them are pretty much run-of-the-mill shades of boxcar red and brown colors, but they look nice all parked in a freight yard.
These two boxcars are the very first and the most recent of what I've built over the decades.
The NYC Pacemaker box car by Athearn was the very first full O scale kit built in 1953 when I was 15. It was initially built as a "Hi Rail' car to run on Lionel track. It even had two little bottles of dried-up matching red and gray paint in the kit!
This boxcar was re-kitted and rebuilt in the 1980' and given full underbody air brake details, along with a wood floor and interior wall sheathing. The original Youngstown type doors were replaced with paneled doors more like the original prototypes. I mixed Floquil paints to match the Athearn sides. In spite of that work, this was still car 001 of 1953 on my roster!
The second box car is a redone rescue of an Intermountain double-door boxcar. It had a poorly done repaint and decal job as well as missing parts. With it, I modeled a B&O M-59 class box car of 1947. It has details for a Duryea cushion underframe with extended couplers and the unusual side sills which were part of that Duryea under framing. It is car 211 of 2022. A long time separates these two box cars!
S. Islander
@S. Islander posted:The second box car is a redone rescue of an Intermountain double-door boxcar. It had a poorly done repaint and decal job as well as missing parts. With it, I modeled a B&O M-59 class box car of 1947.
S. Islander,
Very nice work. I've seen this paint scheme before, but it is not listed in the B&O paint drawings I have. It looks like the Post War 13 Great States scheme, but it is backwards. Do you know the background on this. Was it painted this way because the double doors were not centered on the car body, so Baltimore & Ohio had to go on the right? Just curious. Thanks.
The reverse lettering scheme was used by B&O on most of its double door 40' and 50' box cars. By the time of the big B&O initials of the 1950's, many double door cars were redone on shopping with the initials in the usual left side position.
A prototype photo of a B&O M-59 in the late 1940's:
S. Islander
Thanks. I was never sure if this was correct.
Hi guys I know I am late, but on Sunday I took the time to take a couple photos to post then, but got sidetracked by the CEO, so here they are today!
They are nothing as sharp as your guys cars, just trying to keep up on things.
Sorry they are a little dusty, I haven't been about to really do anything in the train room lately!
It has been wet and a little cold here at 51degrees for the days high!
@mike g. posted:Hi guys I know I am late, but on Sunday I took the time to take a couple photos to post then, but got sidetracked by the CEO, so here they are today!
They are nothing as sharp as your guys cars, just trying to keep up on things.
Sorry they are a little dusty, I haven't been about to really do anything in the train room lately!
It has been wet and a little cold here at 51degrees for the days high!
Mike, leave ‘em dusty they look great! Okay, you probably know I’m a WP junky, who’s the maker of that “Rides like a Feather”, hopper? One those would look quite nice with my “Rides like a Feather”, box car! Any day is a box car Sunday, even for hoppers! 
@WesternPacific2217 posted:Mike, leave ‘em dusty they look great! Okay, you probably know I’m a WP junky, who’s the maker of that “Rides like a Feather”, hopper? One those would look quite nice with my “Rides like a Feather”, box car! Any day is a box car Sunday, even for hoppers!
Hi Scott, it is made by I don't know who! LOL But they are made for Menards and are very reasonable at there prices @$17.99 each or $88.95for a 6 pack. Right now it looks like they are out of 6 packs!
It's not dust, it's weathering.
First off happy Fathers Day to the rest of the dads. Second here is my addition for this weeks Boxcar Sunday. It is a Weaver Arc & Spark Central. A fictional railroad boxcar I bought 8 or 10 years ago & still find funny.
Last week I talked about my new (to me) Weaver B&O Wagontop. Several months ago in this topic I commented on another member's post that their Wagontop painted in the 1937-1940 "Early Kuhler" scheme was nice but too early for my layout. Well, there are not many of these O scale Wagontops around in any paint scheme, so:
My story: this car just hasn't needed to be repainted.
Painting and decaling a bunch of PRR boxcars for GRJ. A total of 9 in this batch…the five on the right are ready for their final clear coat…
Tom
@Krieglok posted:Painting and decaling a bunch of PRR boxcars for GRJ. A total of 9 in this batch…these five are ready for their final cleat coat…
Tom
Tom, I'm sure John will love these as your work is always phenomenal.
Coupla C&O PS1 boxcars. Weaver Blue & Yellow, Lionel Brown with black ends. This Lionel was offered when one purchased their JLC Allegheny (?) The Lionel was never out of its box until today. The Weaver holds its own in terms of paint, graphics, and details. Big difference is the plastic vs. metal trucks.
Well let me wish all Fathers' in our forum a Happy Father's Day. Well in keeping with "special day's" today I have some examples of something Lionel did starting in the 1960's and continuing to this day. They make special boxcars to include in sets made especially for customers of stores or business's that use those sets for sale or even for premiums to sales people. This cars, often boxcars, tend to be low production numbers and unique to that particular set. For some time, I have tried to collect cars of this sort, which are often but not always the small 0-27 or "plug door" boxcars. These have unique livery, often not RR related but related to the store or business involved. Here are two both from Lionel LTI.
First up from 1990 is the Lionel #16224 "True Value" boxcar made for True Value Hardware Stores, a national brand. This unlike many of the special box cars is a regular box car body including the sliding door. It advertises in particular the True Value brand of lawn mower, the "Lawn Chief" and features their slogan "Ask Us".
Next is the more common for cars of this type , the Lionel # 16211 0-27 small boxcar made in 1988 for Hawthorne Home Appliances and Electronics, a chain somewhat more common in the mid-west at that time. It advertises the many brands of appliances available at their stores and again gives their slogan..."Competitive Prices Plus!"
Well there you are, these were clearly part of Lionel's sales strategy to improve and broaden the commercial appeal of their train sets. Best wishes for a wonderful Sunday and Father's Day if that's appropriate.
Don
I like that armadillo car..these critters, like skunks and porcupines, think they are immune from road kill. (skunks get even right away, and you have to park out of the garage) Just reading the boxcar, Hodges may have been a mfrs. rep for K-Line, and it commemorates Hodges being in business 10 years...1981-91. Now somebody should call them and see if they have a case of these stashed in a supply closet taking up space, that they would like to get rid of.
@PRRronbh posted:
Ron,
That is the Wagontop I am looking for (Early 13 Great States). If you ever get tired of it, let me know
@colorado hirailer : Hey glad you liked the Armadillo car thanks for the comment. I did look up Bill Hodge on the internet and they still exist. They seem to be a service organization that will provide mfr's with product representatives to sell their product. I could not gauge any product of their own besides service. I tried to contact them via e-mail but no response as yet.
Best wishes
Don
Happy Box Car sunday, Happy Fathers Day to all the dads on the forum, and @Don McErlean , those are cool specialty type cars, nice True Value car and the appliance car, very neat cars, @Dave Ripp, the Arc and Spark cars are so cool, beautiful cars, @Mikeg, the Menards cars are beautiful, priced right to, 
and today are some Lionel cars I like to look at. Happy Railroading Everyone
Hope all had a Great Father's Day!! Mr. and Mrs. Hobo going for a scenic ride.
Hey Larry, thanks for the compliment on my box cars. Those WWII "pin-up"box cars are also neat the artwork is really amazing. Best Wishes Don
Starting off this weeks boxcar Sunday with the CB&Q. The first is the real thing in Galesburg Illinois the second a Weaver.
BAR #4002.
Good morning everyone, happy Sunday. Neat pictures all. Dave I wondered if you had noticed that in your picture of the actual CB&Q boxcar there is an apparent ordinary door near the CB&Q end of the car. I wonder what that was for?
Well for BxCrSun today I have a 82 year old box car from American Flyer. It dates from 1939-1940 just ahead of the move to 3/16" scale cars , although this one is not too far off for a 40 ft box in 1/4" scale. It is what is normally labeled as the "enameled line" of 9 1/2 " box cars (earlier they made about the same car with more detailed lithographed sides). Its interesting to note that at 9 1/2 " it is nearly the same length (which was 9 1/4") as the Lionel 2454/6454 box cars of the late pre-war and early post war period. A car of this type was made from 1928 to 1940, the earlier cars being numbered 3208 and having various different color schemes and couplers. The color on this car and the fact that it has the link couplers identify it as the later type 408 car from 1939-1940.
Here she is, the type #408 American Flyer box car. Note that it is stamped to represent an outside braced wooden boxcar, a much earlier type of construction than the all steel cars of the late 30's and 40's. The ladder is an "add on" and the door handle gives up quite a bit for realism. This is sort of the end point for the classic "tin plate" trains of the pre-war era as far as Flyer was concerned.
Here is the quarter view. You can see the holding mechanism for the single brake wheel and staff that should be at the front corner (alas, this is missing). Car is all stamped sheet metal and enamel painted except for the decals reading "American Flyer Lines" at the four corners.
Well that is it for me today, this car has obviously seen some play time but for 82 does not look too bad. Since I am 77, I hope that in 5 years I look as good and with as few parts missing. 
Have a great week
Best Wishes
Don
Western Maryland .. All boxcar train.
Have a nice Boxcar Sunday ALL!! Here at the Famous Utica Club Brewery, we have a Boxcar getting loaded with Full Barrels of fine cold Utica Club Beer getting moved to the OGR Members! God Speed All!
I reached a modest milestone about two weeks ago - With the addition of this UP boxcar I've managed to complete my collection of Ives 9" boxcars.
@Don McErlean posted:Good morning everyone, happy Sunday. Neat pictures all. Dave I wondered if you had noticed that in your picture of the actual CB&Q boxcar there is an apparent ordinary door near the CB&Q end of the car. I wonder what that was for?
Don, They have a Steam engine, caboose and a couple of passenger cars with steps for touring. I saw the door and my assumption is that it was once set up so you could view the inside. To bad no stairs I would have liked to seen the inside.
Let’s try this again…
Two boxcars for today…
An MTH boxcar, stripped, painted decaled and weathered by me. Raritan River Railroad…
Next, A Weaver boxcar in factory paint for the Wellsville, Addison and Galeton Railroad…
Tom
Some of my All Nation re-works.
@Don McErlean, you’ve done it again, going back 80 or so years picturing a beautiful American Flyer box car, tinplate, colorful, and well preserved, probably a fairly pricey box car in its hay day. Wow. Also, thanks for asking @Dave Ripp about the extra door on the end of the box car he posted, it’s a good picture and a beautiful box car. @Sitka, beautiful brewery box car, also a beautiful setting on your layout, Nice. @Brother_Lovee, nice looking box cars, All Nation kits are really good quality kits, thanks for showing some of your handy work, today, I’m showing a car the Johan pictured several times, however he weathered them beautifully, this is a Lionel sounds car, it’s fun to run. Happy Railroading Everyone 
Larry : Thank you for the compliment. Yes that AF boxcar has had a long life, it would be fun if they could talk and tell us about where they have been! Your BAR car is neat, I don't have a Lionel "Sounds" car but might look for one at the Convention next week. Great photo's everyone, I always learn a lot from this thread. Have a great week!!
Best Wishes Don
For this week the day before the 4th of July I'll go red, whte & blue. Here are 3 Weaver boxcars. I hope you all enjoy this holiday weekend and as always happy boxcar Sunday.
Good morning, boxcar fans. I looked through my train inventory and found that I only have one scale boxcar that represents a prototype from the Bicentennial era. While it represents the design and has the correct car number, the Share in Freedom scheme was applied to only four 50' boxcars, not this Weaver 40' car. Still, it is a nice looking car. Need to find more boxcars to go with my many other cars (tanks, flats, hoppers).
I do have a few cars with fantasy schemes.
Many projects underway, but this is the only one I have that’s finished…
A BCK/Weaver car that I removed a “Christmas logo” from and touched up…
And another batch of PRR boxcars for GRJ…just finished!
Tom
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