Is the new CSX Logo correct on Atlas O 3003013-1 Berwick 60' Hy-Cube Box Car?

It's the new Mag-Lev CSX....

I have two of these in transit to me know   That's a pretty blaring error.  I think the real question is did CSX ever use this logo on a high cube?  In all my searching I have not seen an image with this logo, I've only seen this C X S   Hopefully they will fix this if they do a second run.

Correct or not, it was thus on Atlas' artwork:

Rusty

I'd assume that incorrect prototypes would be corrected after proofing and license approval.  But is it wrong??

It appears that some people are asleep at the switch. My Atlas O 10-6 Sleeper walls are in the wrong position, with three wall edges showing through the windows.  It was this way on all 10-6 sleepers. On the last run the rooms with the wall edges showing were fully covered with blinds. I used a Dremel Micro Tool to cut and move the walls into the correct position on the third-run cars and bought new (older previous run) window shades to put on the windows. The cars are now correct.

Any ideas  for correcting the paint job of the box car?  Should I paint over the box car logo lines, leaving just "CSX"? 

You could use Solvaset and a Q-tip to remove the outside lines, then Replace with Microscale yellow stripe decals. You need to have the outside lines, as that is a cool design. 

I'm with Jeff, seems like the easiest fix.  Although shouldn't have to fix something like this.  As mentioned someone missed the boat here.

AMCDave posted:

It's the new Mag-Lev CSX....

Actually seems like it could be CSX's answer to the roadrailer.  Instead of a trailer, CSX is using a container with retractable wheels to achieve how tomorrow moves...  

223081 is a hopper car in the rrarchives , CSX probably never had these boxcars

Scratchbuilder1-48 posted:

223081 is a hopper car in the rrarchives , CSX probably never had these boxcars

If you look it up with the NYC reporting mark (ex-CR), you find that the car is very much accurately painted even though the underlying boxcar is slightly different  

Thank you very much for the photo of the CSX box car.  So even CSX paint shops are not sure what the new logo should look like.  (Are the brackets the ends of a box car or cropping marks for the logo inside?) 

So the guy I said was "asleep at the switch" could actually work on the actual railroad and be "asleep at the switch".

It would appear this is the prototype photo Atlas used, interesting their original Berwick CR paint with NYC stencil was correct for Berwick car. One of the problems for MFGs is the limited number of prototype rd names for a particular model. a number of HO MFGs have done this model and many show only a limited number of accurate schemes, I hope despite the art work in their preorder [they said they would correct the door color] the TTX cars have come in with the black painted doors as this is the only correct TTX scheme. Atlas has started to use 'heritage" schemes on some of their rolling stock although this is usually noted in ads.

Athearn is also offering this same paint scheme/logo so it's safe to assume the Atlas 60' boxcars are accurate in detail to the prototype.

John Rowlen posted:

Thank you very much for the photo of the CSX box car.  So even CSX paint shops are not sure what the new logo should look like.  (Are the brackets the ends of a box car or cropping marks for the logo inside?) 

So the guy I said was "asleep at the switch" could actually work on the actual railroad and be "asleep at the switch".

Actually the author of that photo noted in his description that the brackets were painted too low, apparently first Athearn and then Atlas jumped on that paint scheme. Same class of boxcar different mfgr. That may well be the only 60' hycube double plug door painted in that scheme. JMO