Boxcar Sunday, Let's see your boxcars.

I just received this Lionel Hobo Sounds boxcar this week.  It's a special run by Mr. Muffin's Trains.  It sounds and looks great!

@Don McErlean posted:

Well today I have what I might call a "stand in" for a car I still can't find.  I have been trying to assemble a train of "I Love XX" boxcars for all the states we lived in over my career (7) and have found all but Maryland, which I discovered is very rare in this series and I have not seen one for sale (actually I saw one but it was listed as starting at $200 - too rich for me).  So I found at auction a "stand in" for that "I Love Md" boxcar which is the Maryland boxcar from the 1776 series.  Not perfect but its close. This was produced by Lionel (MPC) as uncatalogued in 1974 and then in the catalogue for 1975-76.

Here is the full side view

The Map side of the car.  Yes that map is correct, the Chesapeake Bay just about cuts Md in half. We lived about 30 minutes south of Annapolis and I worked at the Naval Air Test Center at Patuxent River and we "owned" the airspace over the Chesapeake for flight testing.

Here is the state flag end, Md state flag was a fairly elaborate design reflecting it colonial heritage.

Best Wishes

Don

Great looking car Don I like these specialty car in o27 Lionel cars. Thanks for sharing

@trumpettrain posted:

I just received this Lionel Hobo Sounds boxcar this week.  It's a special run by Mr. Muffin's Trains.  It sounds and looks great!

Patrick thanks for sharing the video

Lionel Post War PRR 3484 operating boxcar.

@Brother_Love posted:

Here is my contribution this week. Three of these are All Nation and the wagon top is a Lobaugh kit.

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I do love the All-Nation and Athearn O stuff. I have done a few. I have a few still in the boxes. Their "thin-ness" and separate pieces add to the look. Gotta love the Rebel Route auto car. Great work, as always.

@Don McErlean posted:

Today I have what I might call a "stand in" for a car I still can't find.  I have been trying to assemble a train of "I Love XX" boxcars for all the states we lived in over my career (7) and have found all but Maryland, which I discovered is very rare in this series and I have not seen one for sale (actually I saw one but it was listed as starting at $200 - too rich for me).  So I found at auction a "stand in" for that "I Love Md" boxcar which is the Maryland boxcar from the 1776 series.  Not perfect but close.  This was produced by Lionel (MPC) as uncatalogued in 1974 & then in the catalogue for 1975-76.  Here is the full side view

The Map side of the car.  Yes that map is correct, the Chesapeake Bay just about cuts Md in half. We lived about 30 minutes south of Annapolis and I worked at the Naval Air Test Center at Patuxent River & we "owned" airspace over the Chesapeake for flight testing.

Best Wishes

Don

Nice Maryland car, Don!  Those "Spirit of '76" cars were actually a very nice decorative accomplishment for Lionel, given the time (1970's).  You may also be interested in acquiring the Maryland car from the 13-car series K-Line did to honor the first 13 states.  Very nice decoration.  They were not sold individually, but in 3-car packs.  I wanted the Delaware car, so I had to buy it along with the Pennsylvania & Maryland cars at the time.

@RadioRon - Thanks for your comment Ron.  I have not encountered the Kline series as yet but appreciate the "heads up".

Don

I’ve been on a short line decal streak lately.  Here’s one of the most recent converts; it was originally some Weaver paint scheme.

Cheers,

Price

Railking

Here is a MTH Red Rose Ice Cream refrigerator boxcar.

Good Morning Boxcar fans. This is a Lionel O27 scale Boxcar that I custom painted and decaled several years ago unfortunately I gave it to a friend to help him start his O27 layout. Enjoy your week.

@Mark V. Spadaro posted:

Railking

Mark, I don’t recall seeing those colors on a Southern car before. Nice.

Not a short line, but to the best of my knowledge never done in O before…

Formerly Weaver;  I’m sorry the pic is so poor; I didn’t realize the lighting was that bad for the shot.  The car is a light cream color.

Cheers,

Price

Here’s a car I don’t think I’ve posted before. CNJ 22495 represents an XM boxcar built in 1938. The model is neatly made, very light, and has no manufacturer’s identification other than on the trucks, which are made in China. Possibly Weaver?

MELGAR

@MELGAR posted:

Here’s a car I don’t think I’ve posted before. CNJ 22495 represents an XM boxcar built in 1938. The model is neatly made, very light, and has no manufacturer’s identification other than on the trucks, which are made in China. Possibly Weaver?

MELGAR

Yes, definitely a Weaver mold. Nice car!

The handbrake and roof walk end supports are typical of a a Weaver car.

Tom

My contribution for this week. Just finished this car in the WAG scheme.
It is an MTH Premier car, stripped and painted. I used a K-4 decal set…

Tom

MA & PA York Rail TCA special addition box car very few available

Recently received a couple of  cars from the MTH special run of PS-1 with youngstown doors.  Now have 6 of the similar C&O cars.  Really enjoy the paint scheme.

  I found this one in the bottom of an empty ???? box. A Weaver  with no markings on the box. It has a built date of 1993.

The RR police guy getting in his Sunday morning run through the Charles Street Yard...

@MELGAR posted:

Here’s a car I don’t think I’ve posted before. CNJ 22495 represents an XM boxcar...

I did another respray and decal of a CNJ and N&W. the CNJ is waiting for a dullcoat to help hide decal lines.

The CNJ was a 'Standard O' from '73 and the N&W is an industrial rail (i think).

I am concerned that if my wife goes away for a weekend and doesn't have me on my honey-do list - that all my rolling stock could become re-sprayed and decaled I cleaned and sprayed a couple of poor condition tenders... and than a couple of steamers... and now about 7 standard-O 9800's boxcars that had paint damage/stains and I have enjoyed it - maybe a little too much!

I like the standard-O cars, but they don't look right near most other rolling stock

Here is a classic Lionel for you...from 1946-1947 , almost all tinplate lithography with coil couplers and an added brake assembly under the car.  The Lionel #2458 PRR Automobile Car from the era before rack type auto cars.   This was a continuation of the pre-war #2758 which had box couplers and pre-war trucks but was otherwise the same.  Note this livery still carries the "New 3-41" nomenclature.

Best wishes for your upcoming week.

Don

Boxcars for this fine Sunday!

Enjoy your boxcar Sunday, rail workers ready for off load.

It’s Boxcat Sunday!

Rahway Valley by RMT.

Premier MTH steelside Dubois Bock beer reefer now here thanks to my CEO ( 💖  ).

@woodsyT posted:

I did another respray and decal of a CNJ and N&W. the CNJ is waiting for a dullcoat to help hide decal lines.

The CNJ was a 'Standard O' from '73 and the N&W is an industrial rail (i think).

I am concerned that if my wife goes away for a weekend and doesn't have me on my honey-do list - that all my rolling stock could become re-sprayed and decaled I cleaned and sprayed a couple of poor condition tenders... and than a couple of steamers... and now about 7 standard-O 9800's boxcars that had paint damage/stains and I have enjoyed it - maybe a little too much!

<<<<<I like the standard-O cars, but they don't look right near most other rolling stock>>>>>

They fit in pretty good in a Railking environment. A little bit wider, but not really noticeable. Std. O boxcars are from old Pola molds.

@Mark V. Spadaro posted:

They fit in pretty good in a Railking environment. A little bit wider, but not really noticeable. Std. O boxcars are from old Pola molds.

POLA? Pola?

I'm unfamiliar with that one.

In my fractured memory I remember that the Lionel "standard-O" was supposed to be more-or-less scale sized (but not scale detailed) ...? am I correct on that?

@woodsyT posted:

POLA? Pola?

I'm unfamiliar with that one.

In my fractured memory I remember that the Lionel "standard-O" was supposed to be more-or-less scale sized (but not scale detailed) ...? am I correct on that?

POLA was a part of the old AHM from Austria they made high end detailed rolling stock and other items. The plastic is very brittle on most that I’ve have gotten. I’m pretty sure Lionel got the molds from AHM to make there “ Standard O” rolling stock because the cars are very similar and I’ve interchanged some my self

Here is a MTH Good Humor refrigerated box car. There's a blurry shot of a Good Humor ice cream truck on the road behind it.

FRH

@Dave Ripp. posted:

Here is a MTH Good Humer refrigerated box car. There's a blurry shot of a Good Humer ice cream truck on the road behind it.

Good Humor was founded in my home town Youngstown OH by Harry Burt.  And the popsicle "stick" he created so ice cream would not melt allover his daughter's hands.  Before the sticks ice cream bars were just square bars .

Ron

I ran three boxcars behind New Haven Railroad Alco RS-3 #531 on my 10’-by-5’ layout this week. New Haven #78000 and #78006 are recent MTH models of double-sheathed wood-sided boxcars. New Haven Dairy GICX 300 is a Weaver model of a refrigerated car that transported milk for the New Haven Dairy.

MELGAR

As a young boy growing up on the New Haven Railroad's Springfield line, I was told to watch for one of these cars, that they went through Meriden on occasion.

@Bill Park posted:

As a young boy growing up on the New Haven Railroad's Springfield line, I was told to watch for one of these cars, that they went through Meriden on occasion.

Bill,

Where and when did you get that model? Terrific!

Did you ever see one?

MELGAR

Hi Mel, I believe I picked that kit car up in a small collection I bought maybe 35 years ago. My uncle, who shaped a lot of my interest in model railroading was big fan of kit cars and he had this one. I think this one came to me from a gentleman in the Springfield Lou Cotnoir. As you know I have quite a few of these type cars and since they are pretty much to scale specs, they look good behind a New Haven engine.My uncle gave me a few kits unassembled which over the years I have assembled. If I ever see one for sale, I will grab it for you. Bill

Please “HUMOR” me, and spell Good Humor correctly. It ain’t Good Humer.

@MELGAR posted:

I ran three boxcars behind New Haven Railroad Alco RS-3 #531 on my 10’-by-5’ layout this week. New Haven #78000 and #78006 are recent MTH models of double-sheathed wood-sided boxcars. New Haven Dairy GICX 300 is a Weaver model of a refrigerated car that transported milk for the New Haven Dairy.

MELGAR

Mel could you please post a pic, juxtaposing the MTH cars with your Crown Models car, for size comparison? Thanks.

Ah the long arm of the grammar police… and if it’s good for one, it’s good for all.  Does that make it “humerus”????

@Dave Ripp. posted:

...Good Humor refrigerated box...

👍

Dude, those ice cream box cars you've got!... I'm a lil' bit jealous 😉🤓