Hi All,

I recently pickup some HO scale C&BT  1944 AAR 40' Boxcar kits at an estate sale and I am at a loss for identifying which railroad(s) owned them.

They are one with a 7' door and 10 panel sides with Angle roof and 4-3-1 ends.

Also a 7'door 12 panel sides with a flat roof and is Tuscan red (perhaps PRR?)

and a 8' door 12 panel sides car , 10 panel sides, flat roof, and 4-3-1 ends.

 I have Ed Hawkins Steam Era Freight car list but I am still having difficulties ID ing these cars.

I would like to find the prototype railroad for these  cars.

They are undecorated.

thanks,

Gary McMills

Vicksburg,Miss.

Ed has produced MANY box car rosters so the one that you want is Ed's compilation
of AAR Postwar R+3-4 IDN (1948-1954) tabloid format, or Excel spreadsheet format.

Modelers and railfans love to make lists and tables! :-)  I just checked and I have 1,338
PDF files and 167 Excel spreadsheets in my data folder. :-D

The PRR X43B is perfect for the first car, 7ft door 10p DP roof R+3/4

On 8/4/2022 6:30 PM, Gary McMills wrote:

Hi All,

I recently pickup some HO scale C&BT  1944 AAR 40' Boxcar kits at an estate sale and I am at a loss for identifying which railroad(s) owned them.

They are one with a 7' door and 10 panel sides with Angle roof and 4-3-1 ends.

Also a 7'door 12 panel sides with a flat roof and is Tuscan red (perhaps PRR?)

and a 8' door 12 panel sides car , 10 panel sides, flat roof, and 4-3-1 ends.

 I have Ed Hawkins Steam Era Freight car list but I am still having difficulties ID ing these cars.

I would like to find the prototype railroad for these  cars.

They are undecorated.

thanks,

Gary McMills

Vicksburg,Miss.

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Tim O'Connor
Sterling, Massachusetts

Hi Gary--Go here for all of Ed Hawkins' post war AAR 40' boxcar lists.

http://www.steamerafreightcars.com/prototype/frtcars/postwaraarmain.html

I agree with Tim on the 7' door 10 panel car. There were no 12 panel cars on the PRR.

Thanks Steve,

I'm  a novice but have been absorbing info for over a year now.

On 2022-08-04 22:31, pennsylvania1954 wrote:

Hi Gary--Go here for all of Ed Hawkins' post war AAR 40' boxcar lists.

http://www.steamerafreightcars.com/prototype/frtcars/postwaraarmain.html

I agree with Tim on the 7' door 10 panel car. There were no 12 panel cars on the PRR.

On Aug 5, 2022, at 12:00 PM, Gary McMills <santafe@...> wrote:



Thanks Steve,

I'm  a novice but have been absorbing info for over a year now.

On 2022-08-04 22:31, pennsylvania1954 wrote:

Hi Gary--Go here for all of Ed Hawkins' post war AAR 40' boxcar lists.

http://www.steamerafreightcars.com/prototype/frtcars/postwaraarmain.html

I agree with Tim on the 7' door 10 panel car. There were no 12 panel cars on the PRR.