@bobfett posted:I'm a little late to the party but I'll bring my own Playmate.
Bob
When I saw Playmate on the boxcar, I was thinking of something better than beer (which I also like) in my opinion, something reminiscent of a former famous men's magazine. LOL.
This boxcar model of New York & Long Branch Railroad (Central Railroad of New Jersey) #25624 has no identification as to its manufacturer but I think it came in a box marked “Weaver.” This week, I ran it behind Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal 0-6-0T #15.
MELGAR
New England State of Mind boxcar drag led by an MTH PS3 New Haven EP5:
Love the sound of the horn. Do you think it's realistic?
Hello BxCrSun fans, good morning to you all on this warm and sunny Sunday in central Texas. The weather here has broken a little with temps only in the high 80's to low 90's today not the 100+ that we have seen almost continuously for the last 2 weeks.
Today, I am going to ask your indulgence and will present not a box car but a stock car. It is a Marx #59 Union Pacific stock car that is quite common for the most part but this one has several unusual features. Note: Marx made so many trains of any type that I hesitate to use the term "rare" but this one is certainly unusual.
Here is the side view.
What drew me to this car were several "unusual" features: 1. It is 8 wheel, this was Marx's first attempt to make more realistic rolling stock in the early period. He took his popular 4 wheel 6" cars and added a frame and trucks to make the car 8 wheeled. It turns out that these 8 wheel cars did not survive the WWII shut down and were only offered in the pre-war period, ending in 1942. 2. It has Marx's first attempt at automatic couplers, often called "one-way" couplers. The two ends were different and had to be coupled to the alternate end of a leading or following car. As you can imagine, these couplers although they functioned well (but were complex and expensive to make) gave significant operating problems for train operation. Finally and to me the most significant 3. This car is actually SLOTTED! Every other example of this car I have seen either 4 or 8 wheel has lithographed white stripes along the car body to simulate slotted sides, this version actually has those slots punched out. It turns out Marx made the car this way early then switched to the white stripes later for ease of manufacture. Overall this car was made from 1938-1942.
The Marx logo only appeared on one end and this shows the "post" end of the one way coupler.
The rear quarter view shows no Marx logo and the spring loaded "slot or receiver" end of the one way coupler
Best wishes, hope your upcoming week goes well
Don
@Don McErlean posted:Hello BxCrSun fans, good morning to you all on this warm and sunny Sunday in central Texas. The weather here has broken a little with temps only in the high 80's to low 90's today not the 100+ that we have seen almost continuously for the last 2 weeks.
Today, I am going to ask your indulgence and will present not a box car but a stock car. It is a Marx #59 Union Pacific stock car that is quite common for the most part but this one has several unusual features. Note: Marx made so many trains of any type that I hesitate to use the term "rare" but this one is certainly unusual.
Here is the side view.
What drew me to this car were several "unusual" features: 1. It has 8 wheels; this was Marx's first attempt to make more realistic rolling stock in the early period. He took his popular 4 wheel 6" cars and added a frame and trucks to make the car 8 wheeled. It turns out that these 8 wheel cars did not survive the WWII shut down and were only offered in the pre-war period, ending in 1942. 2. It has Marx's first attempt at automatic couplers, often called "one-way" couplers. The two ends were different and had to be coupled to the alternate end of a leading or following car. As you can imagine, these couplers although they functioned well (but were complex and expensive to make) gave significant operating problems for train operation. Finally and to me the most significant 3. This car is actually SLOTTED! Every other example of this car I have seen either 4 or 8 wheel has lithographed white stripes along the car body to simulate slotted sides, this version actually has those slots punched out. It turns out Marx made the car this way early then switched to the white stripes later for ease of manufacture. Overall this car was made from 1938-1942.
The Marx logo only appeared on one end and this shows the "post" end of the one way coupler.
The rear quarter view shows no Marx logo and the spring loaded "slot or receiver" end of the one-way coupler.
Best wishes, hope your upcoming week goes well.
Don
Don, thanks for your contribution and a great history lesson. That is a really neat looking car. I love the colors and the steer on the side.
Morning Boxcar fans Here is a 5731 L&N Reefer from 85/86 why I posted, Bought new and noticed double stamping on the right side someday might be worth some cash
This side on right is double stamped
better shot
@Dave Ripp.- Thanks Dave, I enjoy this post every week. Thanks for taking on the job of leading it.
Don
@Arnold D. Cribari posted:When I saw Playmate on the boxcar, I was thinking of something better than beer (which I also like) in my opinion, something reminiscent of a former famous men's magazine. LOL.
Me too, Arnold.
Bob
For this fine Sunday of the boxcar kind. It's first light of the day, a refer of fresh milk is ready to be unloaded onto trucks. 
Lionel 9464 Std. O Boxcar. This line of cars was from Pola molds. Not a bad looking car from a historical perspective. My 2 peeves? Roofwalk a little too high off the roof, and, the die cast trucks are mount eccentrically, so they swing back and forth with a fair amount of force. A broken stirrup, in my experience, is a not uncommon problem with this series of cars. This series was also produced with many cars featuring die cast frames.
https://ogrforum.com/...c/153744933546403288
Good morning boxcar fans. For this week here is a Weaver wood sided HERSHEY'S Refrigerator boxcar.
PRR boxcar #19247 ran behind Reading 0-6-0T on my 10'-by-5' layout last week.
MELGAR
Nice stuff guys!
Here is my latest 19th Century car…
and the next bunch of decaling projects, painted and ready to start….
Tom
Great looking cars krieglok. Here is a good find a PW Lionel 6464-50 Tuscan / white Minneapolis & St. Louis Type 1 from 53-56 Have a good Boxcar Sunday! God Bless America!
Here are a couple of Lionel 0-27 type (collectors often refer to these as "plug door" cars (which they are not). Think about the era when these then famous retailers put out the funds to have Lionel make a box car for them...Penny's in 1977 and Sears in 1986...one for its 75th Anniversary and the other for its 100th !! Today, both of these stores seem to be on the way out, Sears and Pennys both recovering from the verge of bankruptcy and are mere skelletons of their former selves
Happy Sunday everyone, hope you have a great week.
Don
@Don McErlean posted:Here are a couple of Lionel 0-27 type (collectors often refer to these as "plug door" cars (which they are not). Think about the era when these then famous retailers put out the funds to have Lionel make a box car for them...Penny's in 1977 and Sears in 1986...one for its 75th Anniversary and the other for its 100th!! Today, both of these stores seem to be on the way out, Sears and Pennys both recovering from the verge of bankruptcy and are mere skeletons of their former selves.
Happy Sunday everyone, hope you have a great week.
Don
Don, nice boxcars. Do you know if they made a Montgomery Wards boxcar?
@Dave Ripp.- Off the top of my head, No. There is none in the 6014 series which is the PW series where most of these dwell. However the more modern Lionel continued the trend so there may be a more recent one. I will check my references to see if I can find one.
Don
A pair of DL109's heads a group of New Haven Boxcars headed to Maybrook Yard
Happy Box Car Sunday everyone, here’s a graffiti box car that came in Friday that I’d completely forgotten I ordered, and the one I remember ordering, the Frisco Hobo car… Happy Railroading Everyone 
Great train and a really nice layout!
Tom
@Bill Park posted:A pair of DL109's heads a group of New Haven Boxcars headed to Maybrook Yard
@leapinlarry- Hey Larry, that box car with all the "art work" is really neat! I really like the Frisco one as well, is that new?
Best wishes friend
Don
There are some really nice photos/videos this week guys, very interesting variety of roadnames! MELGAR, that bridge scene is excellent! Rob, great job on weathering that Weaver 57’ mech reefer, it really looks good. That car is on my bucket list.
I've been searching for a MTH Santa Fe 50' High Cube box car for a while and finally found this one last week. These High Cubes are my favorite MTH rolling stock.
John
Another "pop art" inspired 40' high cube blending Roy Lichtenstein with recent cinema releases "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer." My initial idea is to create a pastel train in homage to Lionel's famous 1957 release. I will post photos of the caboose and tanker on another thread.
Lionel Double Sheathed
@Arnold D. Cribari posted:New England State of Mind boxcar drag led by an MTH PS3 New Haven EP5:
Love the sound of the horn. Do you think it's realistic?
I believe that is the prototypical "air whistle" that GE installed on these locos for New Haven, Arnold. It sounds an awful lot like the electronic whistle Lionel put in the tenders of their MPC-era steamers.
@MELGAR posted:This boxcar model of New York & Long Branch Railroad (Central Railroad of New Jersey) #25624 has no identification as to its manufacturer but I think it came in a box marked “Weaver.” This week, I ran it behind Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal 0-6-0T #15.
MELGAR
Indeed, that's a Weaver, Mel. I'm presuming it's quite light and has "thumbtack" coupler actuators.
@Dave Ripp.- Dave, re your question of 7/30...I searched my reference material which is good up to about 2018 and could find no reference to a Montgomery Wards car either in the 0-27 series or one of the larger series of box cars. This search is not really complete as my data on the Lionel offerings in recent years is much more scarce as it is not really my collecting focus. Sorry I will continue to check as I go along but I can find no Wards boxcars (which in truth I find strange). In my reference for "Uncataloged Sets" where most of this type boxcar was found in the section on Montogmery Ward the sets offered are considerably more "Lionel normal" than those for say Sears (i.e.they are about the same as Lionel cataloged sets). Reviewing the Wards catalogs one finds that sets were offered from about 1955 to 1966 however not continuously. There are no trains listed in the Wards catalog for 1959 and 1961-1965 and 1967-1969. For those sets listed during the other years, the most common boxcars were the 6014 type but they used the "Bosco" and "Baby Ruth" and "Frisco" cars for the most part.
Hope this helps
Don
@Don McErlean posted:@Dave Ripp.- Dave, re your question of 7/30...I searched my reference material which is good up to about 2018 and could find no reference to a Montgomery Wards car either in the 0-27 series or one of the larger series of box cars. This search is not really complete as my data on the Lionel offerings in recent years is much more scarce as it is not really my collecting focus. Sorry I will continue to check as I go along but I can find no Wards boxcars (which in truth I find strange). In my reference for "Uncataloged Sets" where most of this type boxcar was found in the section on Montogmery Ward the sets offered are considerably more "Lionel normal" than those for say Sears (i.e.they are about the same as Lionel cataloged sets). Reviewing the Wards catalogs one finds that sets were offered from about 1955 to 1966 however not continuously. There are no trains listed in the Wards catalog for 1959 and 1961-1965 and 1967-1969. For those sets listed during the other years, the most common boxcars were the 6014 type but they used the "Bosco" and "Baby Ruth" and "Frisco" cars for the most part.
Hope this helps
Don
Thanks for the effort, Don. Montgomery Wards ceased operation in 2001. It's likely they didn't make it after that.
Happy Sunday boxcar fans. I'll start this week with a Pennsylvania "Don't Stand Me Still!". Somehow out of a couple hundred boxcars I didn't have one until this week. Thanks to OGR sponsor Trainz for this one.
Good morning @Dave Ripp, Dave, you have started a wonderful thread, fun to review, and I like the car you’ve pictured today, PRR Don’t Stand Me Still”, cool theme… Happy Railroading Everyone 
Photos and video show Great Northern boxcar #20237 and Spokane Portland & Seattle boxcar #11091 running behind Great Northern SW8 #98 diesel switcher. GN #98 worked in the Seattle yards.
MELGAR
Morning all to another fine Boxcar Sunday, PW Lionel 6464-525 Type 2B Minneapolis & St. Louis from 57,58 and 64-66 enjoy your day.
@Dave Ripp.- Great boxcar Dave, really neat slogan. One more added to my "gotta get" list!! @leapinlarry - Hello from Texas friend, neat pictures as normal. Love that "Aloha Shake" boxcar its really unique. @MELGAR - neat GN boxcar but I really love that new GN switcher, it runs so quiet, neat locomotive.
Well today my selection is brand new (NIB and new to me) cars, they are part of Menards Military Service boxcars. I find these Menards cars really neat especially at their price. The truck frames are really detailed and the construction is robust. Given my career experience with both the USAF and USN I had to have at least 2 of these. So here are some of the new Menards cars.
Here is the AF boxcar with the image of an F-16. I worked for many years as an engineer on the power plant used in this aircraft (and the F-15). Jane's "All the Worlds Aircraft" called the F-16 the "P-51 of the 2nd half of the 20th century".
I include this picture of the roof because I liked that Menards colored the roof walk a different color than the body. It sets it off and in fact "top down" is the view most of us have of these cars going around the layout.
The latter part of my career was with the Dept of the Navy (also as an engineer) so I had to get this one as well. Of course my Navy work was with the AIR arm of the Navy (USN and USMC) , not ships (the USN is a 2nd largest air force in the free world) but I decided I still wanted the boxcar.
Again the set off of the roof walk was a nice detail.
Best Wishes Hope you have a successful and healthy upcoming week.
Don
@Dave Ripp. posted:Somehow out of a couple hundred boxcars I didn't have one until this week. Thanks to OGR sponsor Trainz for this one.
For BOXCAR SUNDAY............Here you go Dave...........
Judy said " great minds think alike " . ( I haven't given her the opportunity yet today to change her mind ...I'm guessing 
)
Have a fun day. God speed .
A few new projects this week…
MTH cars, one for the A&A museum in their Curriers NY depot, and one C&EI…
And a CNJ box/Reefer, an MTH 19th Century car…
Tom
@Sitka posted:Morning Boxcar fans Here is a 5731 L&N Reefer from 85/86 why I posted, Bought new and noticed double stamping on the right side someday might be worth some cash
This side on right is double stamped
better shot
Please explain. I’m not seeing it. Thanks.
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