Micro Trains N Weathered 60 Foot Boxcars

One of my favorite pieces of N rolling stock in the Micro Trains 60 foot boxcar, especially the weathered version. I decided to see if I could find prototype versions of these cars, and surprisingly, I discovered I could. In fact, I think the factory weathered versions of these cars are currently go,od bargains, considering weathered models can go at a premium. Hewre is my photo of Conrail 216718:

There is a 2005 photo by Joe Rogers of the same prototype car at rrpicturearchives.net, but it won't let me copy or link to it. However, here is a photo of a car from the same BE60A class by Grant Lowry at the Conrail Photo Archive.

Here is my photo of Penn Central 278708

Again, there's a Ken Roble photo of the same prototype cwr at rrpicturearchives.net, but it won't let me copy or link to it. The Conrail Cyclopedia says the prototype cars were built by Berwick for Penn Central as class X77 in series PC 278045-278174 and used for auto parts. Here is an Angelo Toresani photo of PC 278128:

Checking the models against the prototype photos at rrpicturearchives.net, the prototype lettering, weathering patterns, and even graffiti are very close.