Does anybody make reproduction prewar boxes?

Don't know about the repro prewar boxes, but for transport to SGMA shows I first roll up my trains in acid free tissue paper, followed by rolling them in bubble wrap, after which I load them into a large plastic container or box.  Quick, and no problems to date.

Bob Nelson

No offense, but I would hope not. It would get faked, sold as an original.

  A similar sized, heavy box, with room for a protective lining for your train, shouldn't be to hard to find. Have your own personal label, glue it on the box.

Check some baseball card / comic stores boxes out. I think someone mentioned they found some locking flap, flip-tops, that fit their trains.

 Or build/buy cases to really protect them. A lined wood case is very fitting too

"David from Dearborn"(his Id.) has made a few that might give you some ideas.

I gotta go, but he has a couple posts good about them, and his very portable tinplate layouts in cases.

Brian,

It has been years since I bought any. If you're doing O-Gauge tinplate there are plenty of reproduction postwar boxes in the market place. Most have room to allow you to write on the end flap what's inside.

If you're up to the expense, your neighborhood UPS Store has cardboard boxes that will fit most all of your Standard Gauge cars. They are heavy duty shipping boxes and they work great. Remember to wrap your cars in acid free tissue sheets before bubble wrap. Like I said, the boxes are fantastic and available in almost any size. One other thing... The boxes are not cheap. 

I'll see what I can find then I guess, was just hoping to tote my trains around in something a bit more original looking.

Wood boxes are also original, and traditional. At train meets here, when I was a boy, most visiting trains came in cloth diapers and/or wood travel cases.

 An obviously too shiny new, traditionally designed label on a similar new box? Or with some kind of date, and or obvious and "unchangeable" reference to reproduction; I feel is is acceptable to fill demands like yours.

 I'm going to turn to books, E.g. First , second, third printings, Etc. are commonly noted in the first few pages of a book. Even a printed magazine will normally carry this info. Or how about "post war classics".

I.e. Differentiate with change, and print enough labels for you only 

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An obviously too shiny new, traditionally designed label on a similar new box? Or with some kind of date, and or obvious and "unchangeable" reference to reproduction; I feel is is acceptable to fill demands like yours.

 

 I'm going to turn to books, E.g. First , second, third printings, Etc. are commonly noted in the first few pages of a book. Even a printed magazine will normally carry this info. Or how about "post war classics".

I.e. Differentiate with change, and print enough labels for you only 

I have not seen reproduction boxes for prewar, but I really haven't looked for them. They are probably out there.
Postwar reproductions are out there. I would categorize them as being in three catagories:

Some boxes are actually marked "reproduction", usually on an inside flap.

Some boxes are made similar, but not identical to the original box
- these boxes may fool less knowledgeable people

Some boxes are made as closely as possible to the original box
- IMHO, these boxes are made and sold to cheat people. Fortunately, there are usually tell tale differences.

A fourth category would be plain boxes sold to store trains. One potential source is Uline.
I have purchased generic boxes for storing locomotives and large passenger cars. I think I selected a bundle of 25 boxes, 4 by 4 by sixteen. Sometimes I put some padding in the ends to take up the extra space, other times I've reduced the length of the box. The trains don't fit tightly, I would not use these for shipping. (It is taking me quite a while to go through them)

I'm a bit confused, are you saying that you will print labels for me or I should contact a box reproduction company and ask them about it?

 I'm saying some scanners, and printers, sure do produce a nice picture. But I don't have one.

Paste, white glue, work well enough. But thin rubber cement will soak through less. Burnish nice. A excess cleans with a cleaning by rubbing.   

Modern paper comes in very high quality, that would be hard to be mistaken for an original. Provided it was changed some, for personal use, and not tied to any sales, or distribution. I'd say as ethical as image grabs for comments.

But I'm not a lawyer.

That's a good idea, I'll try that out!

Before computers, similar mockups would definitely been made pre-printing. Especially if the carton is to be printed on. It had to look at least very close to production. Exact takes more $. So a mockup was done  "to seeses if it pleases, the guyses that wear the tieses"   

I have always wondered about the new old boxes for Lionel Trains.  Always see someone selling them at train shows.  What are they used for?

A few folk do buy them to store their trains in. Another reason would be to increase the value of a few select items. My last Std Gauge set box with the inner boxes cost me quite a bit. That was the downside. The upside was the increased value of a complete cataloged set in boxes.

Another reason would be to replace worn prewar boxes with better. About 75% of my collection are in the correct Lionel boxes. It may not be important to some, which is fine. It's very important to me and whomever the next owner would be. You see, there is value in paper after all."A LOT  ".