This is an old boxcar I stripped and now have primed. What type is it? Any prototype suggestions for painting. I was going to do a Soo Line but I think it is not an exact match for that. What about Railbox? Just looking for idea. Thanks. BTW, the RI thread on comments made me look at mine. I found that "bluelatemodel" posed the question to me in a RI comment.
Life-Like 50' boxcar That is a late 1960's, early 1970's high cube boxcar, definitely pre-Railbox. Really the only accurate liveries for that particular car are Penn Central in Jade Green or Conrail in boxcar red. :cat:
I think some reporting marks and a number, with a decal for the equipment reader box, and you don't need to paint it at all!
These were just shells. I had to make the underframe, so I don't know who the manufacturer was. With no roof walk, wouldn't it be 1970-1980? I don't believe it is a high cube, although it may look like it in the picture.
I (heart) NY car Guys, if you look at the D&H car, you'll see it has a peaked roof, while the Life-Like body has a flat roof. Technically, these cars were not high-cubes, but were maximum dimension Plate "C" cars use to move automobile engines. Everybody seems to have painted this particular car for other roads, though. I have one given me by CSXT in HO mounted on a wooden plaque. :cat:
Not that I am aware of The 50000 class 'I Love NY" Box Cars were made by Pullman Standard in the early 1980s, and were jointly owned/leased by the New York Department of Transport (NYDOT) and the D&H. 50000 is shown on a cold January day in 1982 at Erie St. yard, Albany, NY. Photo from a Bill Mischler 35mm slide.
Back to modeling, at last. I settled on a prototype boxcar for the model. Can you tell which railroad? It is fresh out of the paint shop today; still needs re-touching. Here is the thread about building the car.
By the late 1960s, new cars had no roofwalks. Also, since older cars had them removed, you can't judge a car's build date by whether or not it has them.
I too like it the way it is. Looks like it would need no further weathering. JUst add some reporting marks like the paint over kind that you see when a railroad buys used equipment. Russ
It's not the same car as the D&H car, but these specific Evans boxcars also ended up at Canadian National and Western Pacific. Lou
Thanks, Lou. I will paint them WP/CN. I have two left now. Too late for me to just patch them; I have already primed them for paint.
