I've started buying vintage or very old 2 rail freight cars with patina. They look weathered after years of use, storage or abuse. Here are two I just bought. Will put kadees on them, rebuild the trucks and lubricate and that's it.
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Some years back I picked up a dozen 2 rail cars from someone looking to unload at York , some were converted to Hi-Rail using Weaver trucks and couplers, the others were left as is just to adorn a siding. The boxcars and Refers were old kits and they also were naturally weathered.
Ron and Steve,
These are great!
I always tried to make my older, imperfect cars look new, but as in real life, the cars get weathered, beat-up, scratched, dented, etc.
Thank you guys for posting a neat, work saving idea.
Ralph
So are these cast aluminum?
Naturally weathered freight cars?
Never heard of such nonsense.
Looks like someone took superglue to them. 
No Sirt, they are just antiques, beat up and my photos are not the best. To the eye they look pretty cool. Maybe you can think of a better term than naturally weathered.
P.O.S if you like.
I've seen naturally weathered toy trains. It is amazing what natural humidity, oxidation, UV light, dust, and insects/critters can do over 20 or 30 years.
I like them.
I like them too and am building a whole train of them. I put Atlas three rail trucks on them and keep them as low as possible.
Bob 2,
The gondola is brass. Don't know about the hopper, except it is non ferrous and not brass.
Ron
