FREIGHT CAR of the WEEK!!

[ak-milw]

Hey guy,s
I thought I would start a thread called freight car of the week, every weekend I try and build one car,so I thought that if everyone built, or took a car of the shelf and posted a picture with a short description folks would be able to see all the different cars there were out there and maybe see one they would like. It can be any freight car box, gon, flat, tanker, mow whatever, as long as it is a piece of rolling stock. So here we go car of the week this week!

this is an Accurail kit #4718, A Kansas City Southern 40' wood stock car with metal braces and ends. The build date is June 1941

[Trainman1965]

Ok here is my car of the week. it is a Accurail CSX ACF 3 bay coverd hopper car. this was a kit that i built and it was the frist car i built. Hope you inojoy it.

[ak-milw]

See, thats what I'm talking about! great job TM. Now all you other guys grab a car and get it on here!!!!

[ak-milw]

OK, week #2 for FREIGHT CAR of the WEEK, hopefully we will have a few more this week. Here is mine!


This is a Walthers kit #932-3211 Milwaukee Road, 40' plug door, insulated, box car, built date June 1956

[Trainman1965]

Ok here is my car of the week. It is a Athearn Kit car i got from a Train show. The is a older kit that was still in the box. This is a 50 foot double slideing door L&N box car. The Build date on this car was 7-57 if my internet info is right. Hope you injoy

[Boss Boomer]

Good ones, guys! This is a great idea, Andy! I'm liking it, I am!

I used be near the L&N when I was down at Ft. Knox. L&N had a poor reputation for being a hard-luck road. They had a bunch of derailments, IIRC, when I was in Kentucky. Word I heard was L&N management deferred a wee bit too much maintenance on it's road bed to be safe. I remember seeing with my own eyes a few coal hoppers lying on their sides with massive spilled loads on the ground on the post of Ft. Know proper, I kid you not. Took a while to clean 'em up, too, as I recall. Even after the cars were righted, the spilled coal was on the ground for a very long time.

I guess all that's behind them now, 'cause I understand L&N is part of CSX Corp, isn't it? Gobbled-up by Seaboard Coast Lines and then CSX, right?

[Trainman1965]

Yep boss it was taking over by seaboard and then buy CSX. But there was a lot of Roads taking over by CSX

[ak-milw]

another good job TM, thanks for sharing. everyone else you got 6 days left to get one on for this week, How 'bout you TD?

[Trainman1965]

Thanks Andy and that is a nice looking car you have there also. I know you other guys have a camera and i know you have box cars to so get to posting.

[TallDude]

Well... I still have a hour and 45 minutes for this weeks car before its too late... here it is... an Athearn 40 fiiot Hopper car for Santa Fe.