Fear an Ignorant Man more than a Lion- Turkish proverb
Modeling an ficticious HO scale intergrated Scrap Yard & Steel Mill Melt Shop.
Southland Industrial Railway or S.I.R for short. Enterchanging with Norfolk Southern.
The Dixie D Short Line "Lux Lucet In Tenebris Nihil Igitur Mors Est Ad Nos 2001"
QUOTE: Originally posted by RedGrey62 Upon further review.... The 1st, 4th and 5th cars are Southern Pacific 50' cars with 1 1/2 plug doors (8' and 4' respectively). The 2nd car is a 50' Railbox, and the 3rd is a 50' SP with a single plug door, probably 12' door. Rick
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QUOTE: Originally posted by ericsp QUOTE: Originally posted by RedGrey62 Upon further review.... The 1st, 4th and 5th cars are Southern Pacific 50' cars with 1 1/2 plug doors (8' and 4' respectively). The 2nd car is a 50' Railbox, and the 3rd is a 50' SP with a single plug door, probably 12' door. Rick Close, it is a 14' door. All of the SP cars are RBLs built by Pacific Car & Foundry. Athearn Genesis makes models of them. For more information on the SP cars, go to the link in my signature. The 8' & 6' door boxcars are classes B-70-41, B-70-46, B-70-47, B-70-50, B-70-57, B-70-62, & B-70-66. The 14' door cars are classes B-70-68, B-100-36, & B-100-38. It is difficult to tell the manufacturer of the Railbox boxcar. The ribs appear to be too close together for it to have been manufacturered by Pullman Standard (Athearn RTR & Intermountain). The bottom of the car does not appear to go up enough toward the ends to be an ACF built car (Athearn, Athearn RTR). The most likely possiblities are Pacific Car & Foundry (no models), FMC (Athearn RTR), or Berwick Foundry & Forge (Branchline Trains). The covered hopper was built by Pullman Standard. Athearn makes a model of these, as do other manufacturers (I cannot remember them off hand). The Santa Fe car is probably also an RBL (60' IL), these show up frequently on the wine train. No models exist of this car, to the best of my knowledge. Eel River Models makes models of 60' IL, single door, RBLs built by PCF, which ATSF bought (the real ones, not the models).
QUOTE: Originally posted by bwftex I'll take a shot. I'm guessing a little ................but here they are from left to right. 1. ATSF, ACF 50’ Double Plug Door Boxcar Mid 70’s 2. Covered 3 Bay Hopper probably built by Pullman Standard mid to late 60’s 3. SP, Southern Pacific, 50' Double Plug Door Boxcar Hydra Cushion – built 1969-1972 for Evergreen Purchased by SP 1978 -1979 4. SP, Southern Pacific, 50' Double Plug Door Boxcar Hydra Cushion – built 1969-1972 for Evergreen Purchased by SP 1978 -1979 5. SP, Southern Pacific, 50' Single Plug Door Boxcar Hydra Cushion – built 1969-1972 for Evergreen Purchased by SP 1978 -1979 6. Rail Box ACF 50’6” or Berwick 50’ Boxcar: Original Larger Red/Blue Logo Mid 70s –late 70's 7. SP, Southern Pacific, 50' Double Plug Door Boxcar Hydra Cushion – built 1969-1972 for Evergreen Purchased by SP 1978 -1979 Bruce
QUOTE: Originally posted by accord1959 Look for the # 1, 3, 4 ,5 Southern pacific 50 foot cars made by intermountain.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Texas Zepher These cars are all way too new to be contemporary with the 1949 style California Zephyr and the Royal Gorge. These cars would be on the tracks at the same time as the last year of the Rio Grande Zephyr and the current Amtrak California Zephyr.