Anotyher one I'm not sure about! I found this FR car in storgae painted
and lettered for ATSF 12369 BX70 with large DF logo and "Ship and
travel" slogan with 7-56 reweigh and built dates. Any accurate
prototypes for this one? (I model SP 1954-56)
Any help from listmembers appreciated as always!
Stefan Lerche'

Stefan,

You didn't tell us if the car was a single door or a double door, however it makes no difference, but the best thing I would suggest in either case is to strip the car, remove the rivest to simulate a welded car and look for a prototype along those lines, for if it is a single door car you are locked into a very limited range of prototypes all beyond your era.

Greg Martin

Don't know about western roads, but this sounds like it would work for a PRR X44 boxcar. Riveted 8 panels oneither side of 8ft post-WWII Youngstown door, R+/3/4 dreadnaught ends, diagonal panel roof. Blt late 1050.

-- John

On Apr 10, 2013, at 10:05 AM, John Sykes wrote:

Don't know about western roads, but this sounds like it would work for a PRR X44 boxcar. Riveted 8 panels oneither side of 8ft post-WWII Youngstown door, R+/3/4 dreadnaught ends, diagonal panel roof. Blt late 1050.

John,
The ends of all Front Range box cars represented Improved Dreadnaught Ends applied to box & auto cars 1955 into the 1960s. They had a broad taper on the main corrugations. Also, the Front Range 50' riveted single-door box cars had just 6 panels on either side of the door. Front Range offered a 16-panel welded-side car (their catalogue no. 5000).

The Branchline (now Atlas) 16-panel side riveted 50' box cars with 8' door openings are a much better choice for the PRR X44.
Regards,
Ed Hawkins