Boxcar Sunday, Let's see your boxcars.

                                                    A little of this n that...

                                Who has these schemes in O ?  That's what I thought.

Boxcars for this fine Sunday include these two by Weaver.   I weathered the NP boxcar.

This is my first post and my first build! Before looking at all these posts, I thought, "This is my only Box Car!"

After reviewing all these wonderful pics, I am more like, "this is my only box car"

A couple of Burlington 40 footers made by Weaver.

Some MPC era "Baby Hi-Cubes"...

@CR Cole posted:

This is my first post and my first build! Before looking at all these posts, I thought, "This is my only Box Car!"

After reviewing all these wonderful pics, I am more like, "this is my only box car"

Nice little Boxcar and Welcome thanks for sharing.

Sometime in 1949, a photographer was waiting for a PRR freight to come through in hopes of getting a picture of a B&O Wagontop.  He knew Wagontops made up only a small percentage of B&O boxcars, 4,400 Wagontops vs a total of over 35,000 box cars at that time.  Well, he was not lucky that day since the freight had no Wagontops.

The freight did have a few B&O M-26 cars.  The M-26 was based on the 1923 ARA design, similar to the PRR's X-29 boxcars.  The B&O had almost 16,000 of the M-26 and similar M-27 cars, so they almost always show up on a freight coming through town.  This is a smaller boxcar, and looked almost petite next to the Milwaukee XP.

The M-26 is Atlas, the XP is Weaver, and the caboose is Lionel.

I'm still waiting for my Atlas Wagontop to show up.  It has been over a year since I pre-ordered it.

All beer.  

This has probably been posted before in this thread, but with all the craziness going on we can look forward (I hope) to the holiday season in the not too distant future!

The Coca Cola Company on its way with new product to a wholesale distributor.

Well, CR Cole - if it's feeling lonely - you might consider adding these to your rolling stock just to make it feel like it is among friends.

Takin' it slow on a Sunday afternoon...just groovin'...

Good Morning Boxcar fans. Today we have a old Atlas O that’s been custom painted and decaled. Enjoy your day.

For this fine Sunday .... Let's have an ice cold brew!

Lionel PS1,  stripped, painted, decalled:

My offering for this week. A MTH car, stripped, painted and decaled by me…

Tom

@CRcole Nice boxcar and welcome to the world of postwar Lionel...your boxcar was made one year only, 1948 and also came in orange and tan as shown by Robert S. Butler.  Its a neat car and a great start!  Carpetrainman and Trumptrain, great cars for a hot Sunday, especially here in Texas, where it will be near 100 degrees today!  Randy Harrison, your Coke set is how I got back into Lionel in the 1970's, it was an uncataloged set in '74 and cataloged in '75 (set #1463) and I bought one for my older son (then 3 ) and as they say...the rest is history

Well here is my input for today...you may know my fictional Leonardtown and Savannah serves the port of Savannah with connecting service to the north east.  I managed to actually find a prototype box car in the scheme of Savannah Wharf RR which I posted awhile back.  Well recently on e-bay I saw this boxcar for the Galveston Wharves...we now live in Texas about a 4 hr drive north of Galveston, so I could not resist.  So here it is, from 1998, the Galveston Wharves boxcar by Lionel.

Bing Tucher Bier boxcar/reefer 1930-1932 received this week

ATSF K-Line volt meter car.

"Groovin,"  on a Sunday afternoon....

@Krieglok posted:

My offering for this week. A MTH car, stripped, painted and decaled by me…

Tom

Tom you do beautiful work

@Dave Ripp. posted:

ATSF K-Line volt meter car.

Now that’s a cool boxcar I’ve never seen one

I was glad when Lionel re-issued the 6464 cars in the late 90’s, and added some new ones. These had full rivet detail, and die-cast trucks. Although I have a few, here are two of my favorites!

@Don McErlean posted:

@CRcole Nice boxcar and welcome to the world of postwar Lionel...your boxcar was made one year only, 1948 and also came in orange and tan as shown by Robert S. Butler.  Its a neat car and a great start!  Carpetrainman and Trumptrain, great cars for a hot Sunday, especially here in Texas, where it will be near 100 degrees today!  Randy Harrison, your Coke set is how I got back into Lionel in the 1970's, it was an uncataloged set in '74 and cataloged in '75 (set #1463) and I bought one for my older son (then 3 ) and as they say...the rest is history

Well here is my input for today...you may know my fictional Leonardtown and Savannah serves the port of Savannah with connecting service to the north east.  I managed to actually find a prototype box car in the scheme of Savannah Wharf RR which I posted awhile back.  Well recently on e-bay I saw this boxcar for the Galveston Wharves...we now live in Texas about a 4 hr drive north of Galveston, so I could not resist.  So here it is, from 1998, the Galveston Wharves boxcar by Lionel.

Don you are walking Lionel encyclopedia. I always enjoy reading your knowledge. That’s a beautiful car.  Great find

Thanks Lee...appreciate your comments and that you enjoy the post.

Don

@Artie-DL&W posted:

I was glad when Lionel re-issued the 6464 cars in the late 90’s, and added some new ones. These had full rivet detail, and die-cast trucks. Although I have a few, here are two of my favorites!

Artie. Those are a couple of my favorites too. I’m getting addicted to collecting these cars lately.

@lee drennen posted:

Tom you do beautiful work

Thank you Lee! I have another dozen or so to refinish. All at different stages of completion!

Tom

Wow fellows, there’s some beautiful box cars posted this week, it’s a hot Sunday here in Tennessee. I pray that everyone that’s in hurricane Ida’s path are safe and secure. Also, for those in the western USA hopefully the fires are more contained. Our prayers are for those folks that are serving our Military and that there will be more good stories to be heard than bad ones, our Prayers  for those that gave there all and there families are on going. Happy Railroading Everyone

For what it's worth! Lol

Happy Boxcar Sunday!!

Just a thought, there are 34,554 boxcars listed in O scale on epay.

I will NEVER get them all

Here are a couple more custom paint jobs by me…

Tom

Boxcar on the ground!  Re-railing operation in progress.  

Hi everyone...here it is a "Holiday" Sunday and the posts are really good and interesting.  Thanks to all.  Since today is a "holiday", I thought I might post something a little out of the ordinary and a little fun...sorry scale fans, this one never got close to a real railroad.  The History of these boxcars is a little vague as they existed somewhat out of the public view.  Every year the toy makers association sponsored a "Toy Fair" in NY city for about a business week.  I don't know if this is still going on but it started in the early 1900's and was still going strong in the late 1990's.  For most of the toy train manufacturer's , this was when they released to their customers (primarily the big retail buyers) what was going to be their line for the following Christmas (peak sales season).  From the late 80's up until at least 1998, Lionel issued a trade show box car to be distributed to their customers at the show.  Here then is the Lionel Toy Fair boxcar from 1989.

This was  basically a 9700 series MPC boxcar that was imprinted specially for the show.  I really liked the 1989 car because of the colorful livery and design.  It also celebrates Lionel's move into "sound" for their trains.  As you might expect, while today we feel sound is common in 1989 it was "new".

Have a great Labor Day weekend everyone !

Regards

Don

ART plug door. I don’t know why I’m so fond of them!

I know I’m late but here is one of my favorite Lionel O27 boxcars I sold my first one I had with the box (me dummy) then about 6 months later I really missed all my O27 stuff so the first on the list to buy back was this one.

And, a nice one it is, Lee! As I said, I like the later versions of the 6464’s. Complete rivet detail, die cast sprung trucks, sharper graphics, and more choices!

Artie

@FECRailroaddog posted:

Happy Boxcar Sunday!!

dog,

Who made this PFE reefer?  I have been looking for one with both logos on each side and with the UP in color.  PFE painted their cars this way only a few years, and there are not too many models of it.

Thanks

@Don McErlean posted:

Hi everyone...here it is a "Holiday" Sunday and the posts are really good and interesting.  Thanks to all.  Since today is a "holiday", I thought I might post something a little out of the ordinary and a little fun...sorry scale fans, this one never got close to a real railroad.  The History of these boxcars is a little vague as they existed somewhat out of the public view.  Every year the toy makers association sponsored a "Toy Fair" in NY city for about a business week.  I don't know if this is still going on but it started in the early 1900's and was still going strong in the late 1990's.  For most of the toy train manufacturer's , this was when they released to their customers (primarily the big retail buyers) what was going to be their line for the following Christmas (peak sales season).  From the late 80's up until at least 1998, Lionel issued a trade show box car to be distributed to their customers at the show.  Here then is the Lionel Toy Fair boxcar from 1989.

This was  basically a 9700 series MPC boxcar that was imprinted specially for the show.  I really liked the 1989 car because of the colorful livery and design.  It also celebrates Lionel's move into "sound" for their trains.  As you might expect, while today we feel sound is common in 1989 it was "new".

Have a great Labor Day weekend everyone !

Regards

Don

Another nice one Don I guess I might have to put this one on my to fine list thanks for posting

Atlas-O USRA boxcar, custom lettered for the WP, now proto:48 with car cement roof and light weathering.