Jon,
I also posted the Athearn Timken boxcar ad that appeared in the March
1949 Model Railroader - the silver and blue scheme was offered with a
caption saying these were authentic reproductions of the Timken cars
that appeared at the Chicago Railroad Fair. Bob

--- In STMFC@..., "Jon Miller" <atsf@i...> wrote:

Early Athearn (Globe?) steel/brass sides boxcars kits had a

colorful

silver and blue (I think, maybe others) Timken box car. While I

know
the

car was probably not correct did they just invent the colors or

were
they

copied from something?

Jon Miller
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