@coach joe posted:Johan that's a great backdrop. Somewhere in Finland?
Joe. Thank you. I took a that picture a couple of miles from my home.
Johan
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@coach joe posted:Johan that's a great backdrop. Somewhere in Finland?
Joe. Thank you. I took a that picture a couple of miles from my home.
Johan
Van Rail, Thank you for posting pictures of the two Weaver box cars. I can understand why they are two of your favorites.
DETROIT, Your D. and H. and Hooker Chemical tank cars are very sharp. Thank you for posting these.
I don't know if this is a Weaver car or not. It's all plastic and very light, there aren't any mfg markings on the bottom. It has some nice detail on the end with the ladders, brake wheel and chain.
Doug
Boomer0622, I'm not sure.
@boomer0622 That is in fact a Weaver car. Weaver and Ace Hardware seem to have had a working relationship as there are several Ace Hardware freight cars that they produced. I have seen that boxcar, a tank car, and a four-bay centerflow hopper, but there might be others. As to your car, if you search "weaver ace boxcar" on the bay, you will see a listing with your boxcar there in a Weaver box.
Weaver was the ultimate contractor. Promotional cars, like the one pictured, were done in house, usually a minimal limit of 100 cars. There may have been sub-contractors also.
Weaver did a lot of custom runs, and as Mike CT mentioned, they had a 100 car minimum plus 5%, while the other manufacturers' required 500, . They did runs for Bloomsburg University, Buffalo Creek, and of course, our former groups annual offering. They also did printing for other manufacturers. I forgot about these two hoppers. Both were from the scrap bin at Weaver that I used as templates for loads.
Back when we were doing custom runs they wanted three hundred. You could do two hundred but that meant the price per car was higher. A lot of times I would take 300 but would spilt the run. I would have them do 150 one way and another 150 painted different.
I would do150 all lime green
and another 150 lime green with dark green roof and underframe.
Very cool @jim sutter and good strategy with that split down the middle and thus getting more variety in paint schemes for the same price.
Speaking of custom runs- this was actually my first Weaver freight car. Not the NYC hopper.
Iron Heritage Festival Stock car. Produced for the Iron Heritage Festival in Danville, PA-I believe from 2004
theres no point in prefacing “one of my favorites” I love them all! PS-1 Penn Security Box Car, with a “return to Scranton when Empty”.
think this was also a limited run, came with a certificate(no #s on bottom like above) that gave the history of Penn Security- a bank that had served in the Scranton Wilkes-Barre Area where the hobby shop at which I bought this car is located
StevefromPA, Thank you, for posting pictures of two custom run cars from Weaver. The iron Heritage Festival stock car and the Penn Security box car. Both of them I have never seen. Once again thanks for posting. Take care and have a safe night. Also, there was a small price increase when I did it this way.
Where still had a good stock of Weaver cars?
Beth Marshall one of our forum sponsors still has a large inventory of Weaver freight cars. The name of her business is Public Track Delivery.
@jim sutter posted:Beth Marshall one of our forum sponsors still has a large inventory of Weaver freight cars. The name of her business is Public Track Delivery.
Thanks.
any others?
@Lehigh Valley Railroad posted:Thanks.
any others?
While nowhere near as much as Beth, Len's Train Shop in Irwin, PA still has some.
Andy
I'll post pix of some stuff u've prob never seen before, when i have a chance.
This thread has become gloriously long, but here are two Weavers that I believe have not been posted. Below is a quickie shot of a G2010-L brass PRR N6B cabin car and a G23002 B&O wagontop box car. They are two pieces of rolling stock that I like a lot. The N6B is mislabeled as a "caboose".
Bob
Good Afternoon everyone,
Sorry, I have been away for a couple of days but now I am home.
Freight Train Jim, Thank you for posting pictures of two of your Weaver cars. Your Iroquois Beer car is really sharp.
Beth that's a great idea. I'm sure a lot of people would like to see them. I know I would. So post away.
Bob Bubeck, I can understand why you like those cars.
Mark, Thank you for posting pictures of your Southern hoppers and your Beacon Feeds PS-2 covered hoppers.
Jim , I have really been enjoying this thread with all the different Weaver cars and everyone good memories of Weaver
Here are a few of my favorite Weaver cars
The PRR box I custom painted to go with a PRR wreck train
I painted the LNE caboose for my dad and then 20 years later found the factory painted one!
The PRR C1 is from my dads collection. He had me paint out Masonic emblems. She is great runner but fast,
I latter added ERR cruise commander to it and it runs slow enough to use it for a switcher!
Anyone remember the neat display layout Weaver took to York show in the late 1990's I really liked the way the train would snake through the display . Does anyone have a picture of it ?
The Weaver crew were always great folks to deal with if you needed parts or had questions.
David, Thank you, for sharing pictures of your Weaver Trains. I love your paint jobs. Especially the Pennsylvania box car. I remember, the Masonic engine.
Jim, you’ve started 2 great threads - Weaver, and MPC. Thank you. Not the first time, won’t be the last, but I wish I were still able to pick up the phone, and talk to you in Jim’s Train Shop, and, I know I’m not alone.
Mark,
My cell number is 724-549-2672. Call me any time. This goes for everyone.
All my Weaver cars are long gone now, but my favorites were the Southern Pacific, Cotton Belt, and Railbox FMC 50' box cars. I had all the road numbers Weaver offered for each at one time.
Jim,
I've always liked Weaver cars because of their scale size and attention to detail. Here is a video of my all Weaver freight train, 2 ALCO century 6-28's and 13 assorted box and hopper cars behind. My LNE caboose wouldn't play well with the kadee couplers on the freight cars it was left off.
third rail, Thank you posting a video of your Weaver train items. I liked it. Take care and have a wonderful and safe evening.
Third Rail - Very Nice - we need to find you a Weaver C&NW caboose. When you have time to share, I would really like to know the modifications you have done the the Centurys they appear to have been beautifully modified, weathered and upgraded?
@DETROIT posted:Third Rail - Very Nice - we need to find you a Weaver C&NW caboose. When you have time to share, I would really like to know the modifications you have done the the Centurys they appear to have been beautifully modified, weathered and upgraded?
Thank you very much. I haven't found a Weaver caboose so I thought I would repaint the LNE, I have a N&W caboose that I tack on behind my 611 and a string of KLINE operating hoppers.
The 628's I weathered using acrylic paints and washes. First hit them with a rattle can of acrylic flat finish then multiple washes. Then I dusted the engines with a rust colored weathering powder and then a final coat of flat finish.
Finally got into stash number two. Here are a couple. Freight Train Jim I have most of what Buffalo Creek had done by Weaver. Being from western New York originally I know Tom and John from Buffalo Creek. I'll have to find some of them and post them..........Pics Paul 2
Paul 2 Thank you, for posting pictures of four great Weaver cars.
CBS072, Thank you for posting pictures of some of your Weaver cars. I really love your Halliburton car.
Thanks again both of you for taking the time to do this. I hope both of you have a wonderful and safe evening.
Jeff B. Heartlein, WOW! You do beautiful work. Thank you for posting.
I guess I should clarify my statement! I pretty much designed up the artwork etc. and then Seymour Knight of Pleasant Valley Process did all our decorating on these cars. As Volunteer manager of our Museum's gift shop, I had these produced in O gauge and HO for sale in the gift shop. So I had the ideas/concepts, but the actual artwork came about via Seymour. Unfortunately Seymour passed away several years ago, and my custom cars have ceased, at least, so far.
Jim. I had to have a Halliburton car.
In Jr High I walked across the Rock Island tracks in Duncan, Oklahoma and past the Halliburton rail siding that worked on these cement cars to get home.
I worked for a Major Oil Company and pumped many 1,000's of sacks of Halliburton Oilwell Cement down wells in the 80's and 90's.
rattler21, Thank you for posting pictures of eleven Weaver freight cars. Most of them, I never seen. Please take care and stay safe.
Seems like a good thread to ask this question. I have a Weaver car with sprung trucks. Not that unusual, except these sprung truck are plastic. Ever encountered this before?
Mark, can you supply a picture of the truck .......Paul 2
@Mark V. Spadaro posted:Seems like a good thread to ask this question. I have a Weaver car with sprung trucks. Not that unusual, except these sprung truck are plastic. Ever encountered this before?
I wonder if someone used Athearn trucks on that car, they are an exact fit; i have done a few myself. I remember a visit to Weaver shortly after his two-bay hopper came out and he told us that he designed them to use the Athearn truck as he had not at that time come out with his own pattern.
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