Weaver freight cars.

The 50 foot war emergency gondolas are very nice looking cars. Joe told me they weren't very successful, but I can't understand why. The Southern car has a ballast load, and the PARR has a  marble slab load.

rail, Your two wartime gondolas with loads look great.

Here are a few more Weaver cars.

Love those Ontario Northland boxcars Jim. Wish I had those guys in my collection!

And those 50' war gondolas are really nice. I can't figure out why they would not have been more popular.

Rod

@jim sutter posted:

rail, Your two wartime gondolas with loads look great.

Thanks Jim. I made the marble slabs from cut off pieces from commercial stair treads. The banding on the larger slabs are thin strips of black Duck Tape. The ballast is screened gravel commonly used for paver beds. I use a window screen.

Rod, Check your e-mail.

rail, you are very talented.

Here are a few more Weaver cars.

@jim sutter posted:

Rod, Check your e-mail.

rail, you are very talented.

Thanks.

Except for an un painted 4 bay hopper, and a cobbled 3 bay B&M 3 bay hopper, these are the last 3 Weaver cars in my collection. The TOFC with the jib crane is being converted to a MOW flatcar.  The 3 bay hopper on the 50' flatcar was based on a prototype.

Here are a couple of my favorites.

I am still impressed by all the unique products Weaver produced over the years, and not just engines and rolling stock. The utility poles are outstanding, and the sand tower and company homes were top notch. I am reminded daily of Weaver Models, every time I look at my display shelves, which are about 90% Weaver. I really enjoy this thread, thanks Jim.

rail, Those three misc. freight cars I really like. your flat with crane truly is a very special car. I'm glad you are enjoying this thread. No thanks needed. If there is any thanking to be done, it should be I thanking everyone that has contributed to this post.

Van Rail, Those are two special grain hoppers. Its not often you see pink cars. I remember when Weaver made these.

Look what  I found.

A Pennsylvania Power and Light PS-2 covered  hopper. I been looking for this picture of this car and finally found it.

We did (2) Pennsylvania 2-bay Coal goes to war hoppers. One in black and one tuscan.

Here's a black 2-bay Baltimore and Ohio coal hopper.

Here's a Pennsylvania 2-bay ribbed coal hopper.

Here's a Peabody 3-bay offset coal hopper

Here's a Bessemer and Lake Erie 3-bay ribbed coal hopper (brown)

Pennsylvania green box car with yellow stripe. Sorry, for all the packing material around it.

The only Weaver car that I regret buying, no proper reporting marks:

And two of my favorites, especially the SOO:

During the Summer of 1992, Santa Fe Northern 3751 made a trip from Los Angeles to and from Chicago. Weaver produced a commemorative black, single door box car with white and red graphics including a stylized map of the Santa Fe system.  Does anyone on this list have a picture of that box car to post?  John

PRRMP54, Nice looking October Fest reefer. Also, I liked your two 4-bay centerflow hoppers. The Corn Products one and the Soo Line.  Thanks for posting them.

Should you come across any more Weaver cars please post them.

Here's some Weaver Brach's candy company hoppers.

A couple more. Turns out, I really liked the covered hoppers. The UP ones were a custom run from Stockyard Express in Oberlin, OH, and there were 6 road numbers in each color. The IC one was factory weathered, which was another great feature.

franktrains, Thank you for sharing your Brach's covered hoppers.

Van Rail, Thank you for posting six of your CD grain hoppers. Looking at your hoppers its to hard to pick a favorite. I like them all.

Today I went back up in the attic and dug out a few more Weaver cars. The three Canadian National cars are different road numbers and as you  see are still in shrink wrap. LOL . Pics.................Paul 2

Here's a few more of my favorite Weaver boxcars:

Rod

And here are a couple more Weaver hopper cars. Someone mentioned the Rainbow pigment car earlier in this topic.

Love the Sclair hopper too. Rod

More Weaver flatcar loads. I think someone already posted a pic of the train parts crates. the grandchildren really like loading/unloading them and the sheet coils.

Somebody also commented on how good the woodsided gondolas look, and I agree fully.

Rod

paul2, Thank you for going back into the attic. I like all these new cars especially the Susquehanna box car and the Atlantic Coast Line Mail Car.

Rod, Your great Northern box car was always a favorite of mind. I also like the British Columbia and Soo Line  cars. Your Rainbow Pigment and your Sclair centerflow hoppers are great. Plus are your cars with loads are fantastic.

Here are two Beacon Feeds PS-2 covered hoppers. The first one is all silver

The second one is all silver with a black underframe.

Silver Star Meats was located in Pittsburgh, PA. One of our customers worked there and he got me permission to do this car.

Love the Beacon Feeds PS-2's Jim. Here's another favorite PS-2. There were 3 MR ones made, orange like this one, yellow, and gray. I think they were an Andy Petersen custom run. I only have this one out on the layout. Several of us locally (who ran trains together at shows) bought a ton of Weaver cars from Andy back in the 90's and early 2000's.

And for anyone who likes pink ACF's: Seems like there were lots of pink grain hoppers in Iowa.

And did I mention that I rather like coal hoppers? Here's a couple more with Blue Mountain loads:

And a nine panel. This was one of 3 bought in 2008.

Rod

@Andy Hummell posted:

That car was done in 3 road numbers.  #1313, pictured, was apparently the most popular, as I see that one out in the wild most often.  I first saw this on a friend's layout, and I was initially attracted to this car because of the skull and crossbones on the doors.  The car was done for the Gadsden Pacific Division Toy Train Operating Museum.  The museum also did another explosives boxcar decorated for the Dragoon & Northern.  You can see pix of it and others in this thread.

Andy

Very cool.  Looks like they did versions in Santa Fe and SP too.   Something to keep the eyes peeled for. 

Rod, your Milwaukee Road Ps-2 hopper is a home run. Your pink Klemme Coop Grain is definitely different. Your Burlington Northern and your Burlington Northern Santa Fe coal hoppers in their silver paint look great. Your Grand Trunk Western coal hopper would look good in a long coal train. 

I almost missed these two Boston and Maine box cars.

Here’s a couple more.  The PS-2 hopper is a Weaver (I think) but has some other brand of trucks from what I can tell.

rplst8, Those are three very nice Weaver cars. Thank you for sharing them with us. Your ST. MARYS BREWING is a real eye catcher. Take care and have a wonderful and safe day.

More cement and grain covered hoppers..

Weaver cars are so low cost that you can weather them with real cement.

@rplst8

The St. Mary’s Brewing car was in production when my wife and I were at the Weaver factory with the OGR tour back in 2004.  We both liked the car but we weren’t able to purchase one while at the factory.  We did purchase one at a train show in February 2005.

@GregM posted:

@rplst8

The St. Mary’s Brewing car was in production when my wife and I were at the Weaver factory with the OGR tour back in 2004.  We both liked the car but we weren’t able to purchase one while at the factory.  We did purchase one at a train show in February 2005.

That’s neat Greg.  I bought the car because as a child I used ride along with my father and great grandfather to St. Mary’s when he would make deliveries to the convent up there.  

And I’m a sucker for any car that elicits a childhood memory.

CBS072, Thanks for posting so many of your cement cars. Your weathering on these cars make them stand out.

Weaver  B&O TOFC cars with trailers.

Trumptrain, Thank you for sharing your Baltimore and Ohio TOFC picture. Definitely one of the nicest freight cars Weaver made. 

@CBS072 posted:

...snip... Weaver cars are so low cost that you can weather them with real cement. ...snip...

I once picked four Weaver two-bay hoppers with Weaver trucks and Weaver couplers for ONE dollar each at a train show.  A few (less t/c)  were still there when the show closed so I bought eight of them, removed the frames, and left the bodies. Who says two-rail O has to be expensive? Note that the same seller had other groupings of Weaver cars, the most expensive one was fifteen dollars.

I could like almost every post in this page- the variety, quality scale and exquisite detail is something I greatly miss. @trumptrain also absolutely love those TOFCEEs!! Really would like to add one to my intermodal fleet.

Here are my 3 favorite Weaver cars that I have:

This one is my absolute favorite- 52’ Trailer Train bulkhead flat. Have to finish Painting the ladders on the side. Modified this ca  to to fit K-line & Atlas 40’ Containers as well as Weaver, K-line and MTH premier 20ft Containers. Measured the distance between the pegs of each type of container, then Drilled 3 holes on each side..

Love Amtrak, and while I might not love Phase II, it adds variety to my Phase III and IV consists, as well as the IVB however I usually run it either the former two. Also, the Weaver PS-1 40’ Box cars are some of my favorites- incredibly well done, as shown in the photos others have posted above. I don’t like to run this one behind the engine due to the weak couplers which is an easy fix.

Last of my 3 favorites, and If I recall correctly my first Weaver freight car, NYC three bay open hopper. Not the biggest NYC fan, but the paint and detailing on the car  look great.

hopefully I’ll get to post some more later, but even if I don’t, I’m really happy that this thread was made!

Working my way back through my Weaver stash. Pics.............Paul 2

StevefromPA, Thank you for sharing your three Weaver cars. They sure made some fine looking cars.

Paul 2, You certainly have wonderful stash of Weaver cars. I love all seven of your new offerings. Please keep them coming.

Some Weaver freight cars in the store for sale.