Another build and another post

After spending a few days combing through some pictures of older cars that I had built I found a few more that I wanted to share. If you have any questions, please leave them in the comment section.

This is a Fort Worth and Denver boxcar I build from another derelict freight car found at a local GDP train show for a couple of dollars.  This one went through the "Thayer" process of being stripped and reassembled with Cal-Scale, Selley Custom Finishes, Plastruct, and Keil-Line detail parts.  I also added grain boards to the doorways to show it is grain hauling service in the late 1950's and early 1960's.  Boxcars were used throughout the great Plains and Midwest for transporting grain shipments in this period prior to the introduction of the larger covered hoppers like the Southern's Big John hoppers.  This car will be operated on my 3-rail Proto Hi-rail layout.  I used photographs from George Elwood's RR Fallen Flags.org website to model this car.  I recommend George's website for modelers who are  doing prototype modeling.

This is an Illinois Central 2-bay covered hopper painted in a early boxcar red scheme.  Originally these early cars were used for sand and bentonite loads.  After a few years they were painted in the light gray scheme to better hide the spillage found in cement, gravel, and bentonite loadings.  This is a early Weaver Quality model undecorated kit.  There are some added details and this car will operate on my 2-rail layout.  It rides on Athearn roller bearing trucks.  This is another train show acquisition that was obtained for a couple of bucks.