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.
Replies sorted oldest to newest
Did someone say boxcars?
Rusty
.
Here are some box cars.
rattler21 posted:
Factory (Stock) Lionel 6-17736 Pennsylvania Round Roof Boxcar found it on the bay awhile back. I only decorated it and re-sold it back on the bay. I think Don Klose got it?
60516 made in 2012, Lionel link here –
http://www.lionel.com/products...boxcar-60516-6-17736
S.
nmp's
One of my favorites......
At the opposite end of the spectrum.......
.
Big 86' SP, two 40' PS-1 cars as well
Chris that boxcar is HUGE��
MY Warhorhorse Santa Fe hauling reefers
briansilvermustang posted:
Recently sold a MTH Premier version of that car. Regret it now!
that is a cool car....
rattler21 posted:
Lower left box car is the LCCA car with LEDs in the eagle's eye and blue field of our flag. John in ILL
The green express box Weaver?
Steamer posted:.
Marx SF cattle on Lionel flat. Interesting.
A a couple of neglected ones found on my travels
some oldies....
S P.....Some Paint.....
W P.... Weathered Paint.....
free art classes.....
N S.....almost No Space left.....
band from 2010......
nmp's...
Lionel's Kansas City Southern boxcars.
The latest is a matte finish. I like i t better than glossy versions.
.
Aliens abound
Now you see me
Now you don't 
I love the Lionel bobbing action cars, adds amusement to your layout.
Love MA & PA
I not sure which I like more Boxcars or Caboose's so here are some of my Boxcars.
.
RJT posted:I not sure which I like more Boxcars or Caboose's so here are some of my Boxcars.
Rick I can relate to that. And I thought I had a lot of both. Now know better.
Nice one Brian! Is that MTH? briansilvermustang posted:V
nmp's..... not my layout.......
Here are some more box cars
my contribution to Box car Sunday.....
This one has been sitting near the former PRR station in Lewistown, PA for about as long as I can remember. If you look closely; you can still make out the PRR keystone.
Curt
PRRronbh posted:briansilvermustang posted:
Recently sold a MTH Premier version of that car. Regret it now!
Here is the Atlas O version of the car. Someday I'll get around to weathering it.
Here are a couple more Atlas cars.
"All you need is LOVE," Beatles boxcars, and Lionel "Please, please me," with an engine & caboose.
...."like a rock", oops, wrong commercial.....
What a cool shot,,,right to the horizon!
.
A SMR Trains box car kit, my first such and fun to build. This is the learning curve for my next car, SIRT 7, one of at least two cars left over from construction of the Staten Island Rail Road in 1860, and retained for baggage and mail:
I Love MA & PA
My contribution to Box car Sunday....the drab yet scarce MKT boxcar....
My contribution for this Sunday August 13, 2017. I hope refers count because here is a movie of the brewmasters " Libation Limited! "
my favorite boxcar...(i worked for JCPenney for 36 1/2 years)...favorite switcher, too!...
howard...
I met J. C. Penny in Cheyenne Wy. At a store opening in 1958, wonderful visit I still remember that event.
Just got this one off daBay. Old Athearn, maybe All-Nation, 50ft kit. Previous owner had put some nice Lionel die-cast trucks on it (too far outboard - 3-minute re-drill and move mod) and it has a good paint job and lettering.
I've said it before, I like these old metal kits because they look...metal, like the real thing. Thin cross-section material. Not as hyper-detailed as the new stuff (which is beautiful), but I don't care.
Often inexpensive, too - especially if already in the 3RO configuration, as this one was. And, if assembled correctly, pretty robust.
Essentially all the underbody detail that I typically need.
Unless you've had a wreck...
Bangor & Aroostook Potatoes Service.
D500 posted:Just got this one off daBay. Old Athearn, maybe All-Nation, 50ft kit. Previous owner had put some nice Lionel die-cast trucks on it (too far outboard - 3-minute re-drill and move mod) and it has a good paint job and lettering.
I've said it before, I like these old metal kits because they look...metal, like the real thing. Thin cross-section material. Not as hyper-detailed as the new stuff (which is beautiful), but I don't care.
Often inexpensive, too - especially if already in the 3RO configuration, as this one was. And, if assembled correctly, pretty robust.
Essentially all the underbody detail that I typically need.
Unless you've had a wreck...
In a moving train most of that minute detail is lost to the eye. Nice car.
So many choices, so many sizes. Yes!!!
On of my favorite railroads, saw a lot of the SOUTHERN PACIFIC growing up out West in the 50's and early 60's.
http://wikimapia.org/7389442/CRRNJ-Bronx-Terminal
http://ponyrr.blogspot.com/201...h-street-aerial.html
a box car needs a box cab.......
Boxcar scene
One of my favorite projects back several years ago. Painting and lettering a Kadee HO Great Northern 40 ft box car. The paint had to be custom mixed as there was no match for the GN green. I must have done a dozen or so mixtures to get it as close as possible.
RAY
.
Very well detailed I must say!
My contribution to Boxcar Sunday.......
Three from different companies and eras.
MPC era Erie-Lackawanna box car with a cool shade of blue. From a SS set.
K-Line B&O woodsided reefer.
Menard's C&O box car.
Empties ready to roll west.
Santa Fe MOW car. Santa Fe was infamous for diluting the silver paint used to cover an ex-revenue car.
John Smith commissioned this model which is quite rare and goes for big bucks at auction houses.
PR car used for this project.
I diluted silver latex paint and ours runs in our MOW trains. I need to apply black decals.
John in Lansing, ILL
SOO LINE "50" BOX CAR WITH A WOOD LOAD.
box car reflection....
....forgot to get sent out to "Ziebart"....
Here's are two shots from the Free State Junction Railway's all box car " Merchant's Limited " as it whizzed through town yesterday. 
All alone in consist of tank cars
A change in carrier's after a takeover.
Here's some boxcars for this Sunday
.
some flammable box cars today.......
some oldies but goodies.....
My Baltimore Ravens boxcars signed by coach Brian Billick & players. I've been a season ticket holder from the beginning, 1996. GO RAVENS.
GO BROWNS !!
NYS&W Boxcar Little Ferry, NJ 02/87
briansilvermustang posted:
GO BROWNS !!
Things may be looking up for us Browns fans!
so far, so good !!! 
yes, hopefully this will be a good year !!
I'm a little late, Done trimming trees for the day. Heres a Halloween themed boxcar.
Here's the soundtrack
Got boxcars?
Loading corvettes
Thumbtacked SP 8 door
Scratch built based on photo found on berlinr site. I still wonder if this is a photo shop he did and had tried to contact him about it without success. Used an MTH frame and trucks, shortened to 34 feet scale, atlas details. Apparently this type of reefer was real from comments I received several years ago when I inquired on the real train forum. It was a project that made me appreciate scratch modelers even more.
Craignor posted:I just put together this freight train of boxcars, glad to see this thread.
Craig IMPRESSIVE string of cars and nice layout
Here's one that's fun to run!!!
Jushavnfun posted:Here's one that's fun to run!!!
Not just fun but can be very useful.
I have one of the original K-Line "Reddy Kilowatt" versions having worked for 26+-years in the power industry. Have used it to check and locate power drops and loses in trackage.
Since have stuff to do this weekend, will not wait till Sunday.
Last week Justhavnfun posted photo of his Lionel (probably KL tooling) voltmeter N&W box car.
Here is my original K-Line with Reddy Kilowatt. As stated before since working in the power industry for almost 3-decades "Reddy" was a must have.
I love " Ready Killowatt"
Out West this morning 
.
Changing times...
Rusty
Mixing it up today.
Grew up as a fan of the old Washington Senators. Lionel Cooperstown Collection boxcar.
A PW classic. The B&O Automobile boxcar.
Railway Express Agency boxcar with unloading mechanism.
Southern Pacific color on my layout.
briansilvermustang posted:
...."like a rock", oops, wrong commercial.....
O scale reenactment ...
a great shot for weathering.......
.
some box car art.......
"New" this week. 1955 McGinnis era box car.
Know the black body and orange door are prototypical but not sure about the orange ladder and grab-irons.
Any way makes great companion and a trifecta to older McGinnis look MTH box cars.
The new black one and old orange one very Halloweenish.
Here are some box car pics from my layout starting with a "caboxcar". 
Welcome to Box Car Sunday....Great thread...
hobby-go-lucky posted:
Nice! Tell us about the other car marked for ADN still.
Here is a cut of boxcars and a WM boxcar being unloaded on the Free State Junction Railway.
not exactly a "boxcar"....
Proto48Patrick posted:hobby-go-lucky posted:
Nice! Tell us about the other car marked for ADN still.
Not sure it's real but extraordinary modeling and photography. Look closely at the foreground scenery and then check it out here (scroll down to Kyle 5200). Certainly puts my meager effort to shame. I was just looking for something with ADN boxcars to imitate.
hobby-go-lucky posted:Proto48Patrick posted:hobby-go-lucky posted:
Nice! Tell us about the other car marked for ADN still.
Not sure it's real but extraordinary modeling and photography. Look closely at the foreground scenery and then check it out here (scroll down to Kyle 5200). Certainly puts my meager effort to shame. I was just looking for something with ADN boxcars to imitate.
You know, I think those are HO models. The reason I asked about that ADN car is that I need some of that type of boxcar as they aren't available in O scale yet (?). Great photography on that link you shared!!
Take care
gandydancer1950 posted:not exactly a "boxcar"....
but it's " butter than " a flat car ... sorry Gandydancer I couldn't resist
This AtlasO X-29 just arrived via my car from York.
Proto48Patrick posted:hobby-go-lucky posted:Proto48Patrick posted:hobby-go-lucky posted:
Nice! Tell us about the other car marked for ADN still.
Not sure it's real but extraordinary modeling and photography. Look closely at the foreground scenery and then check it out here (scroll down to Kyle 5200). Certainly puts my meager effort to shame. I was just looking for something with ADN boxcars to imitate.
You know, I think those are HO models. The reason I asked about that ADN car is that I need some of that type of boxcar as they aren't available in O scale yet (?). Great photography on that link you shared!!
Take care
Weaver actually produced this car in this paint scheme a number of years ago in O gauge.
hibar posted:Proto48Patrick posted:hobby-go-lucky posted:Proto48Patrick posted:hobby-go-lucky posted:
Nice! Tell us about the other car marked for ADN still.
Not sure it's real but extraordinary modeling and photography. Look closely at the foreground scenery and then check it out here (scroll down to Kyle 5200). Certainly puts my meager effort to shame. I was just looking for something with ADN boxcars to imitate.
You know, I think those are HO models. The reason I asked about that ADN car is that I need some of that type of boxcar as they aren't available in O scale yet (?). Great photography on that link you shared!!
Take care
Weaver actually produced this car in this paint scheme a number of years ago in O gauge.
The Ex-ADN Car looks like a Plate C car, a good match would be the Atlas Trainman model. Weaver produced a similar Plate B car.
I was referring to the ADN car circled in red. Not available (yet) in 1/48
Still an outstanding weathering job on HO models
Probably a same dimension 50' box car from a different freight car builder at the time, different lower sill, unfortunately MTH,Lionel, Atlas etc will produce tooling for one specific mfg prototype and letter it for all paint schemes they believe their customers want/will buy. In the much larger HO market variations on a specific prototype ie 50' plug door are available from different mfgs and many modelers will kit bash for a specific model. just saying!
hibar posted:Probably a same dimension 50' box car from a different freight car builder at the time, different lower sill, unfortunately MTH,Lionel, Atlas etc will produce tooling for one specific mfg prototype and letter it for all paint schemes they believe their customers want/will buy. In the much larger HO market variations on a specific prototype ie 50' plug door are available from different mfgs and many modelers will kit bash for a specific model. just saying!
If you pony up the $100,000.00 so for new tooling they would probably go for it!
Here are several boxcar photos from my layout.
PRRronbh posted:"New" this week. 1955 McGinnis era box car.
briansilvermustang posted:
Brian, any idea to the location of this shot???
I went the long buck on this one, but it is a gem from my old hometown...
Tom
My 3 latest weathering jobs:
PRRronbh posted:briansilvermustang posted:
Brian, any idea to the location of this shot???
no luck finding out where I found this at, sorry......
PRRronbh posted:briansilvermustang posted:
Brian, any idea to the location of this shot???
C&NW's Proviso Yard, 1942. Jack Delano photo.
Rusty
thank you Rusty
My favorite railroad, The Central Vermont Railway
Rusty Traque posted:PRRronbh posted:briansilvermustang posted:
Brian, any idea to the location of this shot???
C&NW's Proviso Yard, 1942. Jack Delano photo.
Rusty
Thanks Rusty. Reminiscence of maybe one of the large yards from my hometown area in the snow.
Here is my contribution for this Sunday of boxcars.
Wow guys, so many nice box cars and so many nice layouts....Very Creative.. SIRT, Great weathering and a great layout. Moonson, so Real looking...Your simply an artist...Trumptrain, you have an awesome layout to, many workers....Briansilvermustang, your pictures of Model and real are amazing..Eric Lindfren is simply Phenomenal....There are many others also....Wow...
leapinlarry posted:Wow guys, so many nice box cars and so many nice layouts....Very Creative...... Moonson, so Real looking...Your simply an artist......
Really very, very nice hearing this from you, Leapinlarry, about my efforts. Being referred to as such is beyond gratifying!
And let me say Thanks to my fellow hobbyists who have sent me "Likes" for my photos posted on this topic:
Lou N; gandydancer1950; trainroomgary; PRRronbh; trumptrain; briansilvermustang; leapinlarry.
Thank you!
FrankM
There might be one or two boxcars in this photo:
Rusty
briansilvermustang posted:PRRronbh posted:briansilvermustang posted:
Brian, any idea to the location of this shot???
no luck finding out where I found this at, sorry......
Using a Google Chrome browser, you can right click on the image and select "Search Google for image" to locate the original image with attribution. The results also list web pages displaying the image.
What, me worry?
Posted these in another thread but worth a second look.
New Atlas B&O wagon tops.
Here's some for today.
My New Haven inspired freelance roadname:
Anyone familiar with the soon-to-be-retired Rail Graphics custom decal manufacturer should be familiar with this one:
Here are some boxcars from my layout.
Here is my favorite boxcar. My dad use to say it was named after him.
Some boxcars I painted up this past year
trumptrain posted:Here are some boxcars from my layout.
Nice!
.
Just got this one off the bay a few weeks ago. It's not great, but not bad for $5 I guess.
Also, here are some ugly ducklings, both attempts at a wood boxcar from who knows when. I added Lionel trucks and they run pretty good.
Here's some from my layout.
It is mid-morning in early 1949 and a VO-1000 is doing shifter work on the east end of the yard. The boxcar is in the new Merchandise Service Phase 1 paint scheme.
The boxcar is an MTH PS-1 50' car trying to look like a Pennsy X-41b. While not correct, it is a nice looking car. The VO is RK.
trumptrain posted:
Patrick,
All those pics are great. I really like this one.
trumptrain posted:Here's some from my layout.
Love the Christmas tree unloading boxcar scene, Patrick. It's so perfect for this time of year. The evergreen trees you used are the perfect size, great proportion, so visually correct! Who's the manufacturer/supplier of them? Do you have a part or order number for the trees? What's their size, where did you get them?
Always liked this scheme on the "Delay & Hesitate"....
trumptrain posted:
Excellent photos Patrick. Thanks for sharing! I remember as a young boy this was the way that many of the trees arrived in Newark, NJ and made their way to all the temporary corner lots. Those lots, that were an eyesore for11 months of the year, became transformed to a magic holiday land. At least that is the way it seemed to a 7-year-old who went with his Dad to find that "perfect tree". Thanks for the memory! 
I'd Like to see a better view of that billboard.
I'm running a couple PS1's is festive colors around my tree. Pulled by a PRSL B6.
As a B&O fan always liked this K- Line reefer. I bought it years ago to go with those K-Line Mikado's.
nmp... some holiday boxcars...
A NYC outside braced boxcar is being spotted for the morning local. It is headed to The Hatter hat factory where it will pick up a load of fedoras, homburgs and a few trilbies for the New York market.
This is an AtlasO car.
Sunday's boxcars ( reffers ) 
Access to this requires an OGR Forum Supporting Membership
