Pennsylvania X29 Box Cars 503920 and 504222


Lester Breuer
 

I have finished two Red Caboose Pennsylvania X29 box cars, 503920 with a Creco door and 504222 with a Youngstown steel door.  The cars have AB brakes located in the correct position as discussed on this site.  If you are interested in viewing, photos and writeup of building and finishing the two PRR X29 Box cars are now on my blog I started to share photos and writeups of modeling projects on my Minneapolis & Northland Railroad Company.  If you would like to take a look please do at the following:

http://mnrailroadcab100.blogspot.com/

Lester Breuer


O Fenton Wells
 

Lester, those look great, thanks for sharing
Fenton

On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 8:42 AM Lester Breuer <rforailroad@...> wrote:
I have finished two Red Caboose Pennsylvania X29 box cars, 503920 with a Creco door and 504222 with a Youngstown steel door.  The cars have AB brakes located in the correct position as discussed on this site.  If you are interested in viewing, photos and writeup of building and finishing the two PRR X29 Box cars are now on my blog I started to share photos and writeups of modeling projects on my Minneapolis & Northland Railroad Company.  If you would like to take a look please do at the following:

http://mnrailroadcab100.blogspot.com/

Lester Breuer



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Bruce Smith
 

Lester,

Nice work!  One minor correction. While many have called the 3 panel door on the X29 a “CRECo” door, in reality it is not a product of the Chicago Railway Equipment Co and is more correctly called a "car builder's door" or "PRR 3-panel door". There are subtle differences between the PRR “carbuilder’s door” and a CRECo door.

Regards

Bruce


Bruce F. Smith            

Auburn, AL

"Some days you are the bug, some days you are the windshield."




On Apr 2, 2019, at 7:41 AM, Lester Breuer <rforailroad@...> wrote:

I have finished two Red Caboose Pennsylvania X29 box cars, 503920 with a Creco door and 504222 with a Youngstown steel door.  The cars have AB brakes located in the correct position as discussed on this site.  If you are interested in viewing, photos and writeup of building and finishing the two PRR X29 Box cars are now on my blog I started to share photos and writeups of modeling projects on my Minneapolis & Northland Railroad Company.  If you would like to take a look please do at the following:

http://mnrailroadcab100.blogspot.com/

Lester Breuer
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Michael Gross
 

Nicely done, Lester, and so appreciate your sharing the construction details!
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Michael Gross
Pasadena, CA


Paul Doggett
 

Lester

They look really good.

Paul Doggett. England the disUnited Kingdom 😢😢😢


Lester Breuer
 

Bruce Thank You for the correction on the “car builder’s door”.
Lester Breuer