Boxcar Sunday, Let's see your boxcars.

Big brother & Little brother cars today(O & N).  I do not have them in HO, and not sure they are available.

The Pennsy crew pulls out an empty box from Morrison Door...

77 years ago this week the Friendship Train made its run.  I have posted a separate topic on this but thought I would show the boxcars I put together for the train.

@pennsyfan - Fairly sure the phrase ... "The Fair Gateway" refers to the New York Worlds Fair in 1964 and the access by train to the fairgrounds via the Long Island RR.  Great boxcar as well, never seen that before, thanks for posting.

@CAPPilot - really liked the friendship train boxcars, will be looking at your Friendship Train post next.

Now on to my Boxcar Sunday post.  This one is another of my "old ones" from a company called Dorfan.  Where did this name come from?  Well it can be traced to Nurmberg, Germany where Joseph Kraus & Company began making toys in 1910.  Two of Kraus's cousins, Milton and Joseph Forchheimer, were associated with the company and their mother's sisters were Fanny and Dora.  In Germany their line of trains was named Fandor by combining the two names of the sisters.  In 1923 when the Forchheimer brothers moved their business to the United States, they reversed the names and the company became Dorfan.  Dorfan was an extensive company and made a wide selection of both Narrow Gauge (0 gauge) and Wide Gauge (Lionel's Standard Gauge) trains.  However they were irreversibly harmed by the Great Depression and sadly ceased making trains in 1934.

So here is an example of one of their narrow gauge (0 gauge) freight cars, the #602 Union Pacific boxcar made from 1926 to 1930.  Yes she is a bit scuffed up, showing signs of hard play (Thank goodness for that!) but then again she is just under 100 years old.  Personally I wonder if I will make that age and I certainly hope I look as well kept as this box car if I do

Well that's it folks for my Boxcar Sunday, Best Wishes and hope you have a great week.

Don

My only offering this week…

A MTH 19th century car I stripped, detailed, repainted and decaled with K4 decals..

Tom

MTH produced these 2 cars as a fundraiser in conjunction with KDKA and Pittsburgh Brewing Company.  All profits (100%) went to the Katrina relief fund.  "Model Railroaders lend a helping hand"

- walt

PW Lionel New York Central 6464-125 year made 1954-56 Type 2A