I borrowed this image from eBay. It is the only one I could find. I have one just like this painted in Chessie. I had planned on weathering it from a photo, but then discovered that the prototype is smooth-sided, and my car has thin ribs. This raises my question, as ConCor has been known for botching things in the past.
Don’t worry, I did my homework before asking, and came up with nothing.
Thanks,
Matt
Matt, supposedly the Con-cor is a Greenville prototype. Not sure how close this one is, but check out the DT&I #25200 down the page a bit.
http://www.wabash-railroad.com/dti4-freight.htm
RIck
Rick: Thanks. I don’t believe there is a Chessie prototype, so I might modify it.
Matt
Matt, sorry about the no Chessie prototype. It is common for manufacturers to put more poplular designs/roadnames on cars/locos to sell them. Good luck
Forgot to add, it may still be a Chessie prototype. Sometimes RRs would order very few cars (like 10) for speciallized service. In this case, I could see these type of boxcars being held in captive autoparts service between two destinations and therefore the RR would not need many of them.
Rick
I do not have my list handy but I do not believe the C&O or B&O had any of the Greenville double plug door 60’ cars. Many railroads did order very similar Thrall and ACF cars (the ACF car by Atlas is a later precision design car). The most obvious change from the Greenville car is the removal of the rivits, another change that usually has to be made is to modify the side sill to match either the ACF or the Thall car. I have done this to recreate the Thrall and ACF cars that the Wabash and the PRR had.
If a railroad wanted to serve the Ford Motor Co. plants they had to have cars with the double plug door configuration as that is what Ford preferred. I am sure without checking any sources for sure that the B&O/C&O would have provided cars for the Ford Auto parts business with all the suppliers that were located on their lines.
The B&O and C&O did also have a lot of the later Thrall cars that they built from kits at their own shops. Unfortunately none of the manufacturers have decided to do this car although we have two P-S versions, the ACF Precision Design car and the Greenville car.
Rick
Guys: Thanks. This is the prototype I was referring to: http://rr-fallenflags.org/helm/hlmx60034adk.jpg
Matt
In looking at your picture I have identified the car as a PS Built at Michigan City with the T4/5 end. They were originally delivered with Youngstown doors, but the doors shown in the picture may be replacements.
The Walthers PS with twin 8’ doors would be a stand in for the prototype as the the combination of side sill, roofs and ends did not fit the car.
Rick
I think con-cor meant it as the greenville but it comes up short in some areas.
I’ve heard that the A-line kit is actually a more difficult, but more accurate greenville car.
jesionowski is right as far as I can tell from the picture.
I have several of these cars from ConCor, A-Line, and some old Robbins Rails. The ConCor version has molded-on stirrups, and mounting holes drilled for the ladders, otherwise they are the identical kit. I can’t remember, but I think the A-Line version didn’t include trucks, either.
