Boxcar Sunday, Let's see your boxcars.

@Bill Swatos-Great story Bill

Regards. Don

@Dallas Joseph-thanks for the compliment Dallas.
Don

@Don McErlean & @Mark Boyce Thank you for your kind words, gentlemen. As we are "family" here, I like to share fond memories from my life that our wonderful hobby evokes.

Happy Easter Boxcar Fans, Bought a PW Lionel 6464-1 Type 1 Boxcar from 1953, 54 in a need of doors, price was right.  Have a safe Easter and God Bless America!

                                                                     #2305...

Happy Easter!

Some repaints by me…various car makers…

Tom

Three K-Line scale boxcars.

I finally found a couple RK 027 Tropicana 50-footers to go with my WBB Tropicana 70-ton. Here's one, coupled up and ready to go:

Being 027, they're a little small next to the scale 70-tonner, but there aren't many choices out there in orange...

Here are some Union Pacific's, MTH USPS, K-Line HERBIE, & 2 Weavers.

Happy Boxcar Sunday. For this week here is a MTH Swift Premium refrigerator car.

A fine sunny day here in upstate NY and this fine looking PW Lionel 6464-725 Orange/Black  Type 4  from 62-66, and 1968. God Speed All!

Hello BxCrSun fans, I have a little history then I will illustrate with some of my boxcars/ and my NEW refr.  When we talk about "S" scale or 3/16" to the foot, we all immediately think of postwar American Flyer.  This is logical because there is no question that William Coleman clearly made this a national brand and a very popular item.  However, I wonder how many of us would think that about the same time that Mr. Coleman emerged as the "king" of "S" scale there was another toy train manufacturer who was about to bring out a full like of 3/16 " scale cars and it was LOUIS MARX!!  That's right, Marx  with his S scale line was neck and neck with Coleman and their trains emerged w/in a few years of each other, exact dating is somewhat confusing because of the production interruption caused by the war.

So here is the Marx story...(reference "Greenbergs Guide to Marx Trains, Chapter XIV by Larry Jensen, 1985) as the country began to emerge from the great depression, Marx concluded that family money for high end toys would begin to be available again.  He also observed that Lionel and Flyer appeared to be doing well with "scale" trains.  So Marx began development of 3/16" scale train line perhaps beginning as early as 1939, but maintaining 0 gauge so that the existing track etc could be used.  Note American Flyer did the same thing in the late 30's (1938-39).  Initial development began about 1940 and Marx expected to have his entire line ready by 1942.  In fact the first of these trains did appear in the Wards and Spiegel catalogs in 1942 and supposition is that Marx did not offer these to his large customers (Wards, Sears) because he simply did not have enough to meet their orders.  Although never formally named, it is widely assumed that the 999 locomotive was intended to be the "scale" locomotive although the 333 with the diecast tender is also associated with these cars and other engines were used.  The 999 while OK for 1941 became problematic for 1942 as materials for the die cast engine were going towards the war effort so some sets switched to the sheet metal 397.

The first of these cars to emerge included the PFE refer, B&M flat car with load, LNE hopper, and Reading caboose.  Other box cars pictured here followed after the war, although their lithographed blt dates all say 1941 however the UP box and NY, NH& Hartford appear to have been produced in the post war period emerging in about 1948.  So here are some Marx "S" scale freights including my "new" PFE refr.

Here is the Marx SP PFE 3/16 " scale refrigerator car.  Note that despite the 3d visual effect the car is flat except for the doors.  The 3d effect is entirely due to the lithography.

Here is the data end of the car

The logo end of the car.

Here are the Marx 3/16 scale box/refr cars with the 999 engine that was supposed to lead them.  You can judge for yourself how well the scales match, looks pretty good to me.

Well I hope your weekend is going OK.  Best wishes

Don

Lionel transformation

The New Haven Railroad’s elegant script herald appeared on its timetables in 1888 and on its boxcars as early as 1902. It was superseded by the McGinnis block logo by 1955. I buy these cars whenever new versions are issued. My model of NYNH&HRR #35238 was made by Weaver. #33406 and #78000 were made by MTH.

MELGAR

A late start, but some more repainted cars by me. A mix of Weaver and MTH cars…

Tom

Here are my thoughts for today's Boxcar Sunday. This could also quality under "what did you buy". Been adding to my Wisc Central and just liked the paint job on the CP Rail.  Of course in one way or the other CP has bought some of my US favorite fallen flags - Milwaukee Road and Soo Line. 

Newest car added to the fleet, from a fellow forum member.
And a picture of my wife and daughter with a B&M box car down at the Naugatuck railroad.

@Krieglok posted:

Happy Easter!

Some repaints by me…various car makers…

Tom

Wow Tom what a line up thanks for sharing sorry I missed it they look great

@Don McErlean posted:

Hello BxCrSun fans, I have a little history then I will illustrate with some of my boxcars/ and my NEW refr.  When we talk about "S" scale or 3/16" to the foot, we all immediately think of postwar American Flyer.  This is logical because there is no question that William Coleman clearly made this a national brand and a very popular item.  However, I wonder how many of us would think that about the same time that Mr. Coleman emerged as the "king" of "S" scale there was another toy train manufacturer who was about to bring out a full like of 3/16 " scale cars and it was LOUIS MARX!!  That's right, Marx  with his S scale line was neck and neck with Coleman and their trains emerged w/in a few years of each other, exact dating is somewhat confusing because of the production interruption caused by the war.

So here is the Marx story...(reference "Greenbergs Guide to Marx Trains, Chapter XIV by Larry Jensen, 1985) as the country began to emerge from the great depression, Marx concluded that family money for high end toys would begin to be available again.  He also observed that Lionel and Flyer appeared to be doing well with "scale" trains.  So Marx began development of 3/16" scale train line perhaps beginning as early as 1939, but maintaining 0 gauge so that the existing track etc could be used.  Note American Flyer did the same thing in the late 30's (1938-39).  Initial development began about 1940 and Marx expected to have his entire line ready by 1942.  In fact the first of these trains did appear in the Wards and Spiegel catalogs in 1942 and supposition is that Marx did not offer these to his large customers (Wards, Sears) because he simply did not have enough to meet their orders.  Although never formally named, it is widely assumed that the 999 locomotive was intended to be the "scale" locomotive although the 333 with the diecast tender is also associated with these cars and other engines were used.  The 999 while OK for 1941 became problematic for 1942 as materials for the die cast engine were going towards the war effort so some sets switched to the sheet metal 397.

The first of these cars to emerge included the PFE refer, B&M flat car with load, LNE hopper, and Reading caboose.  Other box cars pictured here followed after the war, although their lithographed blt dates all say 1941 however the UP box and NY, NH& Hartford appear to have been produced in the post war period emerging in about 1948.  So here are some Marx "S" scale freights including my "new" PFE refr.

Here is the Marx SP PFE 3/16 " scale refrigerator car.  Note that despite the 3d visual effect the car is flat except for the doors.  The 3d effect is entirely due to the lithography.

Here is the data end of the car

The logo end of the car.

Here are the Marx 3/16 scale box/refr cars with the 999 engine that was supposed to lead them.  You can judge for yourself how well the scales match, looks pretty good to me.

Well I hope your weekend is going OK.  Best wishes

Don

Don thanks for always sharing these vintage trains.

@Krieglok posted:

A late start, but some more repainted cars by me. A mix of Weaver and MTH cars…

Tom

More beautiful Custom Cars Tom thanks for sharing.

Good Morning Boxcar fans here is a vintage Erie Atlas O on my side track. It came as a kit just got it done first part of the year. These were very simple to build if you every got one unbuilt.

@BAR GP7 #63 posted:

Who is the manufacturer of the Aroostook Milk Car ?

@Arthur posted:

Who is the manufacturer of the Aroostook Hilk Car ?

@Arthur posted:

Who is the manufacturer of the Aroostook Hilk Car ?

It is a beautiful boxcar.

Morning Boxcar Sunday, Here is a PW Lionel Early-Style Boxcar #3474 Western Pacific from 1952, 53. Price was right so after cleaning took some Matte clear enamel to help preserve the decals.

@Arthur posted:

Who is the manufacturer of the Aroostook Milk Car ?

Arthur,

The car is made by Atlas, but I have repainted it and installed the decals.

Johan.

@Dave Ripp. posted:

It is a beautiful boxcar.

Dave Ripp,

Thank you. 🤝

Johan

Here is my boxcar for this fine Sunday!   NYC auto parts boxcar.  

Loaded with auto frames ready for the auto assembly plant.  

On its' way to the auto assembly plant.

                                                    Special delivery...

Here is a heavily weathered Monon Hooser Line that's been in the sun too long.

Good Morning Everyone,

Here is my latest project.   Since I like local companies from earlier times,  this looked like a good candidate.   This is also the first shot at using my own custom made decals and there is a learning curve!

Well hello BxCrSun fans, I am going to start off with a couple of vintage Lionel 6464's.  Sitka I apologize for repeating your WP (feather) boxcar but I took my pictures last night so am sort of have to go with what I put on line...  So here are

a) the 6464-100 Western Pacific with the yellow feather from 1954-1955

b) the 6464-25 Great Northern from 1953-1954

Both pulled by my United States Air Force "BEEP"

As a slight change, here is a French National Railroad (SNCF) subsidiary STEF refrigerator car.  Different from the US in France from 1938 to 1988 refrigerator cars were operated by a subsidiary of the railroad and were consolidated under the logo "STEF" which means "Societe Francaise de Transport et Entrepots Frigorifiques" - and NO I cannot pronounce this but roughly translated it means the French organization for the operation of refrigerator cars.  This car is Hornby from about 1954

Finally and I post this just for fun.  This is a tinplate HO scale "Dy-no-mite"  boxcar by the Spanish manufacturer TRENEX who produced a whole line of HO in the 1960's.  The company is still in existence but carries a different name.  I found this while on a vacation in Spain with my wife in the late 80's at a flea market set up in a small village we just happened to be driving through.

Well I hope you are having a good weekend and will have a great week.

Best wishes

Don

Thanks everyone for the kind words.

Excellent stuff shared by my fellow modelers! Always great to see the interest in boxcars.

Here are a few more paint works by me. Again, MTH and Weaver 40’ cars…

Tom

Here’s a coupla Milwaukee Road:

K-Line

Railking

York.......as a New York Central guy, I realized that none of my single door boxcars were Tuscan. I have a few that are double door. My entire fleet of single door NYC boxcars are either Jade Green or Pacemaker.

I looked for one at York....only one I spied was a Weaver, and, at a good price.

It had never been out of the box!

Peter

And now, a word from our "sponsor:"

Ah, the WE model 500 C/D -3.

I made my first million repairing and installing those and their siblings.

@Don McErlean posted:

Well hello BxCrSun fans, I am going to start off with a couple of vintage Lionel 6464's.  Sitka I apologize for repeating your WP (feather) boxcar but I took my pictures last night so am sort of have to go with what I put on line...  So here are

a) the 6464-100 Western Pacific with the yellow feather from 1954-1955

b) the 6464-25 Great Northern from 1953-1954

Both pulled by my United States Air Force "BEEP"

As a slight change, here is a French National Railroad (SNCF) subsidiary STEF refrigerator car.  Different from the US in France from 1938 to 1988 refrigerator cars were operated by a subsidiary of the railroad and were consolidated under the logo "STEF" which means "Societe Francaise de Transport et Entrepots Frigorifiques" - and NO I cannot pronounce this but roughly translated it means the French organization for the operation of refrigerator cars.  This car is Hornby from about 1954

Finally and I post this just for fun.  This is a tinplate HO scale "Dy-no-mite"  boxcar by the Spanish manufacturer TRENEX who produced a whole line of HO in the 1960's.  The company is still in existence but carries a different name.  I found this while on a vacation in Spain with my wife in the late 80's at a flea market set up in a small village we just happened to be driving through.

Well I hope you are having a good weekend and will have a great week.

Best wishes

Don

Mark @Sitka, you need that TNT car! @Don McErlean, good to see the "BEEP Vortex" is alive and well on your pike!