Monday, August 17, 2015

A Couple Of Roundhouse 50-Foot Boxcars

Inspired by John R's recent post, in my capacity as Manhattan Transfer yardmaster, I sent RI 1227 to pull Track 8 to bring one of mine out for photography:

Here is the car:

DCI 2018 is stenciled for tire service:

I'm pretty sure this one was a post-Athearn takeover, post-China RTR version. Here's an earlier kit version:

I added weathering and a repack stencil from a Microscale data sheet.

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  1. John R.August 18, 2015 at 10:14 AM

    Nice looking cars John. Interesting stenciling on DCI 2018. I checked around a bit and found a photo of DCI 2025, which is lettered similar to your model.
    http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=68643
    Do you know what if any interior modifications were made on these cars for this specialized service?

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  2. John BruceAugust 18, 2015 at 12:23 PM

    Your guess is as good as mine about the interior. Before the hi-cube auto parts cars, wooden racks were built in the older style cars to accommodate parts for each year and model. The tires might have used racks like that. Or the double doors could have been just very handy for forklifts!

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    1. John R.August 19, 2015 at 4:05 AM

      Thanks for the reply John. If I should come across any additional info I'll pass it on to you.

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