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Weaver Models has three Soo Line 50' Plug-Door Box car schemes to make.
















These are less expensive than Lionel and MTH box cars, they would be made in the USA, and they could be made sooner than imported cars, provided that there is enough of an immediate demand from the Soo Line fanatics and admirers.

With the lower cost than a similar Lionel Modern 50' Boxcar, it would be possible for the 3-Railers who operate CP and SOO to make longer trains immediately. The Lionel Modern 50' Boxcar does not have a plug door.

The choice for a SOO LINE 50' Box Car is Weaver Models, not Lionel.

Andrew
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I've got a couple of Weaver 50' boxcars in the white w/red door scheme like your 2nd version pic. They have the corrugated doors though. Another one they didn't do is the 50' in boxcar red with white lettering - the car to the left in your last pic. I painted and lettered my own, and it is a pain to decal over those ribs!

BTW, Weaver can not make the corrugated door anymore - the die is gone.

John
That's cool. I would buy if they had separately applied bits like grab irons ladders and stirrups. If the car was a one-piece plastic molding, then I would not be interested as it would stand out like a sore thumb with my Lionel rolling stock.

I've not really checked out Weaver prodcuts before, so I don't know how they are made. Most of it looks to have modled-in details. I love the Lionel scale stuff cause of their tough metal add-on parts, but they are now priced too high. I hate the Atlas cars cause the ones I have are all covered in tiny fragile plastic pieces that break very easily. I will sell them soon.

PS: I personally don't care for the SOO Speed lettering (first four pics).
SB..

The Lionel and Weaver Exterior-Braced Modern 50' Box Cars both have molded on details.

If you are looking for a Soo Line Plug-Door Box Car with seperate parts added on then the only options are the Lionel 57' Mechanical Refrigerator and the MTH Premier High-Cube 50' Plug-Door Box Car.

The last corrugated door box cars that the Soo Line acquired were the PS-1 50' Box Cars in the 1960-1961 window, as far I can find.

The Soo Line box cars built after 1961 were all plug-door.

Andrew
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Originally posted by falconservice:
SB..

The Lionel and Weaver Exterior-Braced Modern 50' Box Cars both have molded on details.

If you are looking for a Soo Line Plug-Door Box Car with seperate parts added on then the only options are the Lionel 57' Mechanical Refrigerator and the MTH Premier High-Cube 50' Plug-Door Box Car.

The last corrugated door box cars that the Soo Line acquired were the PS-1 50' Box Cars in the 1960-1961 window, as far I can find.

The Soo Line box cars built after 1961 were all plug-door.

Andrew

Yup, just saying what Weaver had already done. Actually I could probably retrofit their current plug doors on those cars that I have.

John
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