C&NW 1937 AAR Boxcar Question ?

C&NW never owned a '37 AAR boxcar.  They did buy a large number of modified '37 AAR with an interior height of 10'6".  It is another bogus Atlas scheme.
GD

Thanks Gene.

 

It makes sense that this is not a 1937 AAR design car.  The chairman of C&NWHS indicated that this car series was built in 1949 but since the society did not have a photo of the car, that is all they could tell me about it.

 

I did find a photo (see below) of what a suspect is a car from the same series, albeit, the photo was taken long after the 1950s, the period I model.

 

 

 

I am OK with the Atlas car not being an exact match.  I understand manufacturers' limitations with tooling costs.  I have my limits to though.  I won't purchase a 10' height boxcar that is supposed to represent a PRR X-29 or say other related 1923 ARA boxcars, unless it is an X-29B for example.  But in this case, it appears to me that the 1937 AAR is a reasonable fascimile to the 1949 C&NW Auto Boxcar.

 

That being the case, still hoping someone can tell me more about this boxcar series.

The picture you posted is of a Pullman-built boxcar.   Note the ends are the classic PS-1 design.   Mainline Modeler had a construction article to build one in HO.  
GD

The picture you posted must be after 1972 as there is "Employee Owned" on logo on that boxcar.

Gene,

 

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

 

Once knowing it was a Pullman Standard car, I was able to refine my online search.

 

For anyone interested, below are the stats for this car:

 

Built 1949 by Pullman Standard per PS-1 design

54700 - 57898 series, even nos. only

Quantity - 250

15 foot double door opening

 

CNW ordered over 10,000 PS-1s in single and double door configurations.

 

There is a great article in Railmodel Journal March 1993 accessible on the Trainlife website.

 

Unless Lionel makes tooling for a double door version of their 40' PS-1 single door boxcar, it looks like we will have to get by with this Atlas offering.  Although, as I understand it, Pullman didn't make many double door versions so probably not likely that Lionel will bother.

Number series I listed prior is incorrect.  Transposed two numbers.

 

Correct series is:

 

57400 - 57898 even nos. only