@Mark V. Spadaro posted:Please explain. I’m not seeing it. Thanks.
Mark, on the right side of the car the printing has a double stamp. Built by Lionel and the stamping to the right is blurred I can see it on the photo, When I bought it, had to take a good look at it. The print is small I can take a photo when I get a minute to show you. Maybe a larger shot might help you.
Okay, peepers ain’t what they used to be! Thanks!
Like no one has ever seen one of these before, right? But my oldest daughter gave me this for a Father’s Day gift when we lived in Hawaii back in 2009 and it’s still running around the layout. 
@Krieglok posted:A few new projects this week…
MTH cars, one for the A&A museum in their Curriers NY and one C&EI…
And a CNJ box/Reefer, an MTH 19th Century car…
Tom
Fine examples of your usual exquisite work, Tom. Having lived west of the Rocky Mountains all my life, I’m unfamiliar with these railroads. But your cars look great and I think the older, wood-sided Central Railroad of New Jersey reefer is my favorite. Lots of lettering on it, but you did a great job. 
@Krieglok posted:A few new projects this week…
And a CNJ box/Reefer, an MTH 19th Century car…
Tom
Tom - I’m surprised you can get decals to adhere properly to such a rippled surface. Is it all one decal on the right side? Looks great, and a lot of info!
@Mark V. Spadaro posted:Okay, peepers ain’t what they used to be! Thanks!
Special Edition for Mark V. Spadaro. Took like 20 shots here they are get your glasses on. 
not your shades.
Left side perfect print
full shot
Double stamp along with my Guard keeping an eye on that car. 
God Speed, God Bless America!
Thanks for going out of your way for this. But, still looks blurry to me! 😂😂😂
@Rob Leese posted:If Boxcar Sunday can be slightly expanded to include express cars, then here you go:
Rob, I really like the Burlington.
@Mark V. Spadaro posted:Thanks for going out of your way for this. But, still looks blurry to me! 😂😂😂
To funny see how clear the truck is, It's a double and your welcome.
@Yellowstone Special posted:Fine examples of your usual exquisite work, Tom. Having lived west of the Rocky Mountains all my life, I’m unfamiliar with these railroads. But your cars look great and I think the older, wood-sided Central Railroad of New Jersey reefer is my favorite. Lots of lettering on it, but you did a great job.
Thanks Vern. The decal company I have been using doesn’t offer much in the way of Western railroad decals. I definitely want to do some western boxcars. I need to check out Tichy and Microscale. The 40’ boxcar sets are not that common actually.
@Mark V. Spadaro posted:Tom - I’m surprised you can get decals to adhere properly to such a rippled surface. Is it all one decal on the right side? Looks great, and a lot of info!
Thank you, Mark. Yes, the right side is one big decal with two small ones. I trim the edges as close as possible on all sides and use a lot of setting fluid. After the first round of setting treatment dries, I run a very sharp exacto knife down the board grooves to cut the surfaces. Another couple setting fluid applications get the film to settle in the grooves.
Tom
Tom (Krieglok) you know your work is really so fantastic that sometimes we just get used to it! That's just wrong. These were super boxcars and it is great work. The older cars are really neat for sure. Thanks for posting.
Don
@Don McErlean posted:Tom (Krieglok) you know your work is really so fantastic that sometimes we just get used to it! That's just wrong. These were super boxcars and it is great work. The older cars are really neat for sure. Thanks for posting.
Don
No worries Don! I like building/painting them and the sharing part is a bonus. I appreciate everyone’s input here at this thread.
Many great contributions besides mine!
Thanks!
Tom
@D500 posted:RK 19th Century boxcar, bashed to a ventilated version. Scratch built ventilated door, original MTH everything else. Weathered.
My HO MDC 1960's kit inspiration. I assembled this as a teenager.
Very cool boxcar & great craftsmanship.
@D500 posted:RK 19th Century boxcar, bashed to a ventilated version. Scratch built ventilated door, original MTH everything else. Weathered..
Now this is really quite the unique piece D.
Nicely done. 
@Dallas Joseph posted:Now this is really quite the unique piece D.
Nicely done.
Thanks for the compliment. Seems to be a well-liked piece. That always is gratifying. It was actually relatively easy to do. Just took some care.
Without this Forum, there would be so many things that never get shared among us (I love seeing what others do); indeed, without this Forum, much of it would never get done at all. Sharing can be a great motivator, and most of us are spread pretty thin all over the country. It almost makes the Internet not seem like a totally bad thing.
Good morning boxcar fans. For this week a special run Soo Line made by Crown Models. I really like this one it's a recent purchase from OGR sponsor Trainz.
Union Pacific boxcar #493312 and Spokane Portland & Seattle boxcar #11091 ran behind UP GP38-2 #2048 on my layout last week.
MELGAR
To celebrate the 78th anniversary of the end of hostilities in WW2, this week I will be running my New York Central Friendship Train boxcar on my layout.
Here's a closer view with a little less lighting. The French Merci Train is well known in my area (I have seen one of the original two-axle cars at a local museum), but the American Friendship Train that proceeded it is not as well remembered. Here's a helpful website with some details if you are curious.
Nice cars guys. Thanks for posting!
Here are a couple of my submissions for this week…
Two new repaints by me. Both MTH premier cars using K4 decals…
Tom
Lionel ACF 40 Ton Stock Car
Well hello BxCrSun fans, today I thought I might illustrate some Rail Road "bookends" (both coasts). First the Lionel (MPC) from the earliest days of MPC, representing the west coast, the Union Pacific #9203 boxcar from 1970. I found this gal, NIB about 2 years ago at a train show, don't think it had ever been on the tracks or at least not very much.
Not to slight our east coast friends, here from Marx is a short train including the #588 GE 70 Ton switcher from the NYC (in grey) available 1958-1962 pulling the #176893 NYC (deluxe) boxcar from 1973-74 , followed by the #18326 NYC caboose, this version in Tuscan / White but this caboose (using the same number) came in a bewildering number of designs and colors although all NYC. A long life car, available from 1956-1974.
Well here is wishing you a happy, healthy, and successful week.
Don
Here is a Weaver boxcar I picked up years ago
@Rob Leese posted:If Boxcar Sunday can be slightly expanded to include express cars, then here you go:
Well, I think most express cars started out as boxcars
Here we have on this fine Boxcar Sunday a 0-27 Lionel Conrail scout type boxcar #9001 from 86-87 and 88-90s.
Happy Box Car Sunday everyone…. The videos may work out, maybe not, however the Z-Stuff crossing gates make this crossing safe….. Happy Railroading Everyone 
@Krieglok posted:Nice cars guys. Thanks for posting!
Here are a couple of my submissions for this week…
Two new repaints by me. Both MTH premier cars using K4 decals…
Tom
Always a fan of the GMO "Rebel Route" logo and by including two American Civil War lady spies, it becomes a fantastic combination for any railroad pike.
This PS1 is still on the workbench with much left to do. It is another one of many “what-if” paint schemes for a real former railroad that did not survive deregulation. The colors represent the earth tones of canyon lands (like the colors in this photo) which the QA&P crossed multiple times between Quanah and Floydada, TX.
Yes, that’s me on a horse instead of a GP38.
A very late entry for BoxCAR Sunday (Monday?), two cars from Crosley Motors, ranging from the practical to the just plain fun, presented by Weaver:
Not to be confused with the UK-based Crossley Motors, Crosley Motors was founded in the late 1930's by Powel Crosley Jr. with funds from his highly successful auto parts, consumer products and radio businesses (Crosley radios were the top sellers in 1925). Though headquartered in Cincinnati, OH, their main manufacturing facility was in Marion, IN. Like Playboy Motors, Crosley Motors was ahead of its time in producing affordable sub-compact cars before anyone heard of a "Smart" car. Introducing their first sub-compact car in 1939, Crosley's total vehicle sales exceeded 25,000 units by the late 1940's with an average sales price under $750.
The car on the left is the 1951 or 1952 CD Four Station Wagon and featured Crosley's unique cast-iron block assembly (CIBA) 44.2 cu. in. inline four cylinder engine that produced a whopping 26.5 HP at 5400 rpm. It was from their best selling line, the all-steel-bodied wagon introduced in 1947. Interestingly, in 1948, a convertible, doorless version of the wagon was the first vehicle referred to as a "Sports Utility" vehicle in America.
The car on the right, the 1949 "Hotshot," was the first mass-produced sports car introduced in America after WWII. Powered by the same 44.2 cu. in. CIBA engine as the wagon, this light little car could quickly and easily reach 80 mph or more, though skilled driving was a must. In fact, various modified versions of this car and/or engine dominated 750cc racing in America and Europe throughout the 1950's.
Unfortunately, a bad reputation for lack of reliability of their pre-1949 "CoBra" engine (based on a brazed sheet-metal "block") along with the increasingly large and luxurious offerings of the "Big Three" doomed Crosley Motors and they ceased automobile production in 1952. Although the company was then sold, they continued to operate under the Crosley name building the renowned CIBA engine as the "Aerojet" for marine applications as well as the 750cc racing market until 1955. After that, various marine and racing versions of the engine continued to be built by various manufacturers under license until 1972.
Great cars everyone! Bill those Weaver cars for auto manufacturers are so great! I had no idea there were so many different ones!
@Mark Boyce posted:Great cars everyone! Bill those Weaver cars for auto manufacturers are so great! I had no idea there were so many different ones!
Thanks, Mark! The one maker they don't seem to feature much is GM. I'd love to get some Chevys, Pontiacs, Buicks, Oldsmobiles & Cadillacs.
@Bill Swatos posted:Thanks, Mark! The one maker they don't seem to feature much is GM. I'd love to get some Chevys, Pontiacs, Buicks, Oldsmobiles & Cadillacs.
I have a Hudson and Studebaker I posted here before. I got them at a garage sale where two sisters were selling their deceased dad’s collection. I knew one of the sisters and the dad, but didn’t know they were related until the sale. Small world.
@Bill Swatos- Neat car Bill. I remember the little Crossley wagons from my boyhood, problem was the idea of a small economical car was ahead of its time. Gas was 20 cents a gallon and I can remember with 4 teenagers each guy chipping in a quarter and getting enough gas to visit / cruise all the town's hot spots all Saturday night!!
Neat boxcar Bill
Don
@Bill Swatos posted:A very late entry for BoxCAR Sunday (Monday?), two cars from Crosley Motors, ranging from the practical to the just plain fun, presented by Weaver:
BILL ,.....I don't know if you are retired but those of us that are would like to see you be a little more promt about you Sunday Boxcar posts on MONDAY. 
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Being retired , I have a hard enough time figuring out what day it is even with a calender. 
Good to see you posting the boxcar........I'm pretty lazy getting photos out most times.
Thanks for your post. 
@Dallas Joseph posted:BILL ,.....I don't know if you are retired but those of us that are would like to see you be a little more promt about you Sunday Boxcar posts on MONDAY.
Being retired , I have a hard enough time figuring out what day it is even with a calender.
Good to see you posting the boxcar........I'm pretty lazy getting photos out most times.
Thanks for your post.
Thanks, Dallas! I am, indeed, fortunate enough to be retired but last week I missed Boxcar Sun entirely because I was reworking the articulating engine suspension spring and mount on my MTH Big Boy, as I mentioned in the FEF post you saw. This past weekend I was re-"engineering" the cab figures and cab light mounting in my MTH PS-1 Trainmaster so I could readily remove the shell and realized I couldn't miss Boxcar Sun two times in a row. As you well know, there's always something to fix in model railroading. I hope to do better going forward so I don't get "fired!"
@Mark Boyce posted:I have a Hudson and Studebaker I posted here before. I got them at a garage sale where two sisters were selling their deceased dad’s collection. I knew one of the sisters and the dad, but didn’t know they were related until the sale. Small world.
Are they the Studebaker parts and Hudson Terraplane service cars?
@Bill Swatos posted:Are they the Studebaker parts and Hudson Terraplane service cars?
Yes they are. How many different cars did they make in this series. I’m getting more interested as I see more of your collection.
@Mark Boyce posted:Yes they are. How many different cars did they make in this series. I’m getting more interested as I see more of your collection.
I'm not sure, Mark. I have a total of fourteen, but I think there are more. Elsewhere on the forum @rattler21, in separate posts, posted a '53 Corvette-themed Weaver car from the 1993 "Das Awkscht Fescht" antique and classic car show in Macungie, PA (Heaven!) AND a really neat "baby-blue" Ford parts car with that fantastic "8" inscribed in "V" logo.
Das Awkscht Fescht '53 Corvette
With the exception of the "Das Awkscht Fescht" car, I think they were all custom runs by Weaver for Eastwood Automobilia Transportation Collectables in the mid-nineties.
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