@Richie C. posted:Picked up this Maine Central box car in green livery at the NE Train Expo in Marlborough, Mass this past weekend. I have a lot of MC rolling stock in yellow/orange colors, but this is the first in green.
Interestingly, there are no markings on the car to indicate who is the manufacturer. It's very well done and comes with plastic thumbtack couplers. Its larger than Lionel/traditional; I'd say semi-scale.
My Lionel BTO UP F 3 AA set just arrived at my dealer, so I'll be posting a review on that in the near future.
Hi Richie,
It's a Frank's Roundhouse car (FRH), made by Frank Rash and his son, Jack, in Wilkes Barre, PA, back in the 80s and 90s. If it came in a box it could have been a generic white box with identification on the end (it's # 41) or a KMT orange, blue, and white box. More information about FRH, photos, and a spreadsheet of FRH's production (well over 100 boxcars/reefers, 21 FM Trainmasters, passenger cars, etc.) are available at:
https://www.robertstrains.com/Frank.htm
FRH also decorated a Maine Central boxcar in orange (FRH # 42).
Regards,
Bob
