Boxcar Sunday, Let's see your boxcars.

A couple new additions to the fleet. Both are Lionel cars.

Bob

Some OB boxcars, Atlas and Weaver. A couple factory painted, most custom painted by me…

Tom

Wittrock Denmark tinplate ..

@Krieglok posted:

Some OB boxcars, Atlas and Weaver. A couple factory painted, most custom painted by me…

Tom

Nice, I have been waiting, hoping Atlas or MTH would do a Long Island single sheathed boxcar, mentioned it to some of the dealers for a special run but no takers so far.

Have a nice Sunday all

Well BxCrSun fans, I am back home in Texas so will be gathering up some new photos for various threads, but today after reviewing everyone's post, I just feel that I should take you back some, before all those beautiful scale cars.  After all, toy or even model trains have been around for some time.

Here is an American Flyer boxcar from1930-35 or around 90 years ago.  This little guy has been ready to haul whatever the RR wanted for nearly a century.  I can imagine that before mid-century last, some young person was thrilled with this car and clearly imagined whatever load they were moving in it, the American Flyer 3012 boxcar.  No fancy livery here, in fact they didn't even spell out American Flyer Lines...just A.F.L.  Note...its "outside braced" like the custom boxcars shown by Krieglok above but not even close in prototype appearance.

@Dave Ripp.- Just for fun and comparison, from 1970, here is the Lionel version of your handsome Weaver box car. Just 40 years later than our little American Flyer car above, quite a bit of progress No?

Best wishes everyone.  Hope you have a great happy and healthy week.

Don

@Don McErlean posted:

Well BxCrSun fans, I am back home in Texas so will be gathering up some new photos for various threads, but today after reviewing everyone's post, I just feel that I should take you back some, before all those beautiful scale cars.  After all, toy or even model trains have been around for some time.

Here is an American Flyer boxcar from1930-35 or around 90 years ago.  This little guy has been ready to haul whatever the RR wanted for nearly a century.  I can imagine that before mid-century last, some young person was thrilled with this car and clearly imagined whatever load they were moving in it, the American Flyer 3012 boxcar.  No fancy livery here, in fact they didn't even spell out American Flyer Lines...just A.F.L.  Note...its "outside braced" like the custom boxcars shown by Krieglok above but not even close in prototype appearance.

@Dave Ripp.- Just for fun and comparison, from 1970, here is the Lionel version of your handsome Weaver box car. Just 40 years later than our little American Flyer car above, quite a bit of progress No?

Best wishes everyone.  Hope you have a great happy and healthy week.

Don

Very nice Don, It's amazing how good the old tin cars held up. I had books on them as a kid but didn't have availability. Now I've had lot's of chances to buy some but at 59 I don't dare start another collection. I'm a ait absessive so I'd go crazy buying once I started.

Here's a Boston and Maine box car I purchased from a forum member from Maine. Wanted an eastern road boxcar to mix in with my mostly western road freight cars. I think it blends in nicely.

@Yellowstone Special posted:

Here's a Boston and Maine box car I purchased from a forum member from Maine. Wanted an eastern road boxcar to mix in with my mostly western road freight cars. I think it blends in nicely.

Looks like great minds think alike Vern. Mine is # 76182. Does yours have the load inside?

Bob

Awesome, Bob. No, mine is empty inside.

https://photos.google.com/shar...QTdQN0ZVMGpyQlRGZlRn

Nothing special here, just a pair of New Haven RS3's, first generation Weavers with just some Ho-Hum boxcars.

@Bill Park posted:

https://photos.google.com/shar...QTdQN0ZVMGpyQlRGZlRn

Nothing special here, just a pair of New Haven RS3's, first generation Weavers with just some Ho-Hum boxcars.

Nice video and your scenery is terrific.

@Wood posted:

Nice video and your scenery is terrific.

I'll second that.

@Bill Park posted:

https://photos.google.com/shar...QTdQN0ZVMGpyQlRGZlRn

Nothing special here, just a pair of New Haven RS3's, first generation Weavers with just some Ho-Hum boxcars.

Yeah right, Bill. That’s a terrific video with an awesome train, beautiful, realistic scenery and you know it.   Nice work.

Great video Bill both scenery and train.

Don

Thank you for the compliments, we have more to do there.

@Bill Park posted:

https://photos.google.com/shar...QTdQN0ZVMGpyQlRGZlRn

Nothing special here, just a pair of New Haven RS3's, first generation Weavers with just some Ho-Hum boxcars.

Nothing HoHum about that video! 👍👍

I have been AWOL on this fun thread for a while so I thought I would run some neglected boxcars.  I wonder why it looks like such an eclectic mix.  I guess because that is what I "collect."  No excuses! First run for the Nathan's car from Trainworld.

Hokie- Great mix. Love that “Nathans’s “ car !!!

Don

Don, the problem with the Nathan's car is I think of this (and I think his record is about 20 more than 63?):

@hokie71 posted:

Don, the problem with the Nathan's car is I think of this (and I think his record is about 20 more than 63?):

I love the Nathan’s reefers (I have 3). I grew up in Brooklyn, and have eaten at Nathan’s in Coney Island many, many times - 364 days of the year you won’t see that homage to gluttony!!! Funny this came up today… I’ve been helping my brother in northern Westchester after major surgery and we were looking for something quick for dinner Friday - picked up a 6-pack of Nathan’s franks from the supermarket. Not as good as Coney Island, but quite tasty!!!

@hokie71 and @Apples55  Guys thanks for the film strip and the stories. We lived in NJ just outside NY city for years. Loved Nathans

Best wishes

Don

@Arthur posted:

Nice, I have been waiting, hoping Atlas or MTH would do a Long Island single sheathed boxcar, mentioned it to some of the dealers for a special run but no takers so far.

Arthur,

My LIRR car is a Weaver car I painted a couple years ago. K4 sells the decal set, which is actually intended to use on a 36’ OB car. My friend, who is from Long Island, often makes mention of that fact when he sees my car!

Tom

@Yellowstone Special posted:

Here's a Boston and Maine box car I purchased from a forum member from Maine. Wanted an eastern road boxcar to mix in with my mostly western road freight cars. I think it blends in nicely.

Vern, Some nice Yankee blue in the West! That is a nicely painted car, one of my favorite New England schemes!

Tom

Thank you, Tom. Mine too. 👍

It's Boxcar Sunday, I'll start the day off with some Lionel Northern Pacific refrigerator cars. Sorry for the distance I'm working on the front of the layout.

The second half of my NC&StL pair of boxcars, fresh from the paint shed…both painted with Scalecoat II Boxcar Red #2 and decaled using K4 decals. Enough decals for three different cars are supplied on one sheet…

Tom

Have a great Box car Sunday, Northern Pacific GP-20 moving N.P. Box cars. Have a good Sunday all.

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Between the boxcars.

Today I have something a little unusual, its what makes collecting so much fun for me.  This is a variation on what later becomes a rather common boxcar, in this case the X6004 PRR "Baby Ruth" box car.  The X6004 was made in one year only, 1950 and it is somewhat unique in that it has "Scout" trucks but fitted with magnetic couplers vice the Scout couplers.  In addition, unlike the X6034 that followed it in 1953, the logo for "Baby Ruth" is not solid lettering but only outline lettering.  Candidly its easy to see, when you compare the two cars, why Lionel "filled in" the letters in the later car as its much more prominent.

Here she is the X6004, PRR "Baby Ruth" boxcar.  This version came only in orange with blue lettering (very dark blue almost black) and the product name was only in outline not solid letters.

Here is a closer view of the product end of the livery.  Note that the letters are outline only and the "E" in enjoy and the top corner of the "B" in Baby Ruth are missing.  I don't know if this is a common factory error or just wear and tear on this car.  After all its 72 years old.  Note the "Scout" trucks with Scout side frames but with the magnetic couplers.  All date from 1950.

Here is the PRR logo end of the livery and a closer view of the Scout trucks with magnetic couplers.

Well here's hoping you enjoy the rest of your weekend.  Dave, Krieglok, Sitka, and Patrick great pictures.  SIRT - super detail and beautiful modeling work...sorry for the extra text guess its just my nature .

Best wishes

Don

Hi Don, This car was part of my first train set in the early 50's. It is great how these things make you think back to those day. I enjoyed the post. Bill

Thanks Bill - here is a little more information if you don't have it.  In 1950, the X6004 came as part of a single set, the set # was 1461S.  The car came in a box marked "6004" (no X) .  Set 1461S consisted of a 6110 locomotive with smoke and magnetraction, 6001T non whistle tender, 6002 black gondola, X6004 box car, 6007 SP style caboose.  It came with 8 curved, 3 straight, 1 uncoupling track and a 1012 35 watt transformer. My collectors reference comments that this is a scarce set because it contained (like the X6004) several 1 year components.

Again thanks for your comment

Don

Heres some newly aquired mid 90's reissued 6464 boxcars in like new condition i got from trainz.

@SIRT posted:

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Weaver Missouri Pacific.

Here is a LCCA CONVENTION GOO GOO CANDY BOXCAR

@SIRT posted:

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Good work, SIRT. Only I for one, prefer explanatory text with the photos. It helps explain what we’re looking at.

Some repainted cars by me. MTH, Weaver and Atlas…

Tom

Your usual perfect work, Tom. I like them all, but I think my favorite is the SP&S.