Boxcar Sunday, Let's see your boxcars.

@Sitka posted:

Happy Fathers Day's, Lionel 9470 Chicago Belt Line from 1984

Great minds think alike, Mark! Does your non-brakewheel end placard say "9700 SERIES?"

@GG1GUYY posted:

mm mm good are you hungry, LCCA KRISPY KREME

MMM...DONUTS!

CNJ #1601, here’s my Atlas CNJ blocking car.

John

@Bill Swatos posted:

Great minds think alike, Mark! Does your non-brakewheel end placard say "9700 SERIES?"

It sure does Bill, think I have another car that has 9700 will have to hunt it down.

@Sitka posted:

It sure does Bill, think I have another car that has 9700 will have to hunt it down.

Thanks, Mark. I believe, therefore, that the common variation of the MPC 9400 series boxcar has "9700 SERIES" on that placard. The "rare" 9400's may have blank placards, but I can't find any information to that effect.

Happy Sunday boxcar fans. I'll start this week with a Rock Island made by Weaver.

This week, I ran my  MTH Premier model of New Haven #3400, a USRA 0-8-0 switcher pulling three New Haven boxcars. New Haven #78000 and #78006 are recent MTH models of wood-sided cars designed by the USRA during World War 1. New Haven #33406 is an MTH model of a steel car built in 1945 that seems to have some unauthorized passengers aboard.

MELGAR

Great Start Dave!  For this Sunday I have a Toys R Us Carnival Carrier boxcar. Lionel # 7914 .

A LITTLE EARLY BUT NEVER TO LATE TO CELEBRATE THE 4TH.

GG1GUYY

@Bill Swatos posted:

Great minds think alike, Mark! Does your non-brakewheel end placard say "9700 SERIES?"

Yes it does have 9700 on the placard, think I have another car with 9700.

Another new addition to my wood-sided boxcars. I’ve always liked the look of these 40’ style boxcars.

Gene

Weaver; slightly different deco; different doors.

Well here is an old one for you.  American Flyer (Chicago Flyer) #3012  four wheel boxcar, made between 1930-1935.  Enameled car, not numbered on the car.  Tab/slot couplers, sliding door, add on ladder and brake wheel assembly.  

Happy Sunday everyone

Don

@Mark V. Spadaro posted:

Weaver; slightly different deco; different doors.

It’s still Pennsylvania!

Just finished these last night…

Dont mind the dog hair….lol

Both Weaver cars I repainted…

Tom

Another one-time Pittsburgh based company produced by MTH.  Who doesn't want a Clark Bar?

- walt

@walt rapp posted:

Another one-time Pittsburgh based company produced by MTH.  Who doesn't want a Clark Bar?

- walt

There great with coffee.

I finished 2 more ATSF “Name Train” boxcars and one Q car advertising the Zephyr.

Here's a boxcar scene to help cool things off ... hopefully  There's only 185 days from today until Christmas

Here's a Lionel B & M scale 40' boxcar from 1998 with a die-cast frame AND floor:

I got this car from Forum sponsor Trainz on clearance. I've never seen this feature from Lionel before. Others from 1998 from the 9464 series with the exact same shell have plastic frames and floors that look identical to the die-cast ones with the exception of rivet count. I've even seen some PS-1's with a die-cast frame and plastic floor. If you magnify the photo you can see a "Lionel Steel" insignia on the lower left of this side of the car that might indicate that this was a "sub-series" of the 9464 series. The box end flap states "NEW DIE-CAST FRAME" so there's that.

Bill here’s a somewhat comprehensive list of 9464 cars with die cast frame.

https://ogrforum.com/...c/159237711736463562

@Mark V. Spadaro posted:

Bill here’s a somewhat comprehensive list of 9464 cars with die cast frame.

https://ogrforum.com/...c/159237711736463562

Very good resource, Mark. The myriad variations Lionel has produced over the years is amazing!

@Dave Ripp. I have to say that's a combo I never tried, and I live in PGH and bought a zillioni of those bars!

Happy Sunday boxcar fans. I'll start this week with a Rock Island made by Weaver.

Boston & Maine Alco S-2 switcher #1274 is pulling three boxcars on my 12’-by-8’ layout: Boston & Maine #73199 (MTH), Rutland wood-sided car #8086 (MTH), and Maine Central #36123 (Atlas O).

MELGAR

86 foot auto parts

Weaver

Going with Dave’s Rock Island contribution, here is a MTH repaint I did…

Tom

The L.C.C.A. OMAHA Convention starts on July 8th and these cars will be available for the attendees. THEY ARE ALL LIMITED. GG1GUYY.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/GEX79yRs8X3rGYdP9

New Haven R-1 Mountain Type fresh from outshopping by the Harmon Shops in Shiloh, North Carolina pulls a string of boxcars headed for Maybrook and Scranton on my freelance NYNH&H   NYO&W  layout. 

Another MTH special Pittsburgh based car.  This one was for a fund-raiser for Katrina victims.

= walt

Happy Boxcar Sunday, God Spees all!

Thanks so much for starting us off Dave!   Here are two B&O boxcars from my collection.  

Express boxcar by K line.

Fast Freight Service by Weaver.

Here are a pair of Weaver 40' PS-1 Boxcar undecorated kits that I assembled, painted, lettered and lightly weathered...one with Kadees, and one with traditional 3-rail couplers...

"Going to school on @VistaDomeScott"  here are some automobile cars that you might have played with 80-100 years ago.  These are American Flyer (Chicago Flyer) cars from the late 1920's early 1930's.  However I think these represent (I can't say "model" they are so far off scale as to insult the word model) cars used to transport whole automobiles not just parts.  OBTW in accord with Flyer's listings, the 1112  was supposed to be a 4 wheel car and the 1115 an 8-wheel.  However as is common with early Flyer, either number could end up on either car...no one really cared at the factory and I suspect it depended on how many bodies they had on hand for a daily run.

Happy Boxcar Sunday everyone!!

Don

Another plugdoor boxcar.
Enjoy the day!

Just picked this up to add to the club house  Christmas train. Santa’s Deer Transport #7.

This is one of the Zimmer models marketed by All Nation. It was a bear to build but makes a nice and unusual car.  It needs to be weathered but it is 102 here today with 98% humidity so that will have to wait.

I’ll “Amen you” on the All Nation difficulty, but worth the effort.

@VistaDomeScott posted:

86 foot auto parts

Cool looking car. Were the prototypes (and models) also produced as 4 door on these 86' cars?

Paul