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FGE 50' plate B insulated boxcar

Unread postPosted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 3:44 pm
by SCLJim
Just uploaded this so you should be seeing it tomorrow.

Anyway, its a replica of an early run of the FGE built 50' plate B insulated boxcars. These cars were originally built around '66 and are not quite as common as the later plate C cars, with the traditional Youngstown doors. Those will be coming a little later. !!*ok*!!

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Anyway, put these to good use hauling your temp sensitive items! !*salute*!

Re: FGE 50' plate B insulated boxcar

Unread postPosted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 4:04 pm
by Samwolf
Cool, Thanks.

Re: FGE 50' plate B insulated boxcar

Unread postPosted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 4:16 pm
by BNSF650
Awsome job.

Re: FGE 50' plate B insulated boxcar

Unread postPosted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 4:18 pm
by Chacal
Thanks!
It feels like when I was young and Athearn would release a new car.

Re: FGE 50' plate B insulated boxcar

Unread postPosted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 5:14 pm
by SCLALINE
SCLJim Rocks :)

Re: FGE 50' plate B insulated boxcar

Unread postPosted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 7:18 pm
by harryadkins
Thanks Jim. I've seen tons of these cars all over the southeast. They used to deliver egg yolks in these cars to the mayo plant in my home town.

Harry

Re: FGE 50' plate B insulated boxcar

Unread postPosted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 9:23 pm
by SCLJim
Thanks everyone!

harryadkins wrote:Thanks Jim. I've seen tons of these cars all over the southeast. They used to deliver egg yolks in these cars to the mayo plant in my home town.

Harry


Thats really cool, never thought about eggs being hauled in them. I know what you mean though. I grew up seeing a lot of them as well except I think quite a few of them were loads of beer. !!*ok*!! I had completely forgot about them till i saw a pic last week and just had to have one. I'm going to work on the plate C cars that were better known in the Solid Gold scheme.

Re: FGE 50' plate B insulated boxcar

Unread postPosted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 11:59 pm
by imnew
Thanks Jim. !

Re: FGE 50' plate B insulated boxcar

Unread postPosted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 7:08 pm
by ex-railwayman
harryadkins wrote:Thanks Jim. I've seen tons of these cars all over the southeast. They used to deliver egg yolks in these cars to the mayo plant in my home town.

Harry


Yuck, all that egg yolk all over the floor, what a mess cleaning that lot up......and then they used it in Mayonnaise, hmm, remind me not to buy any jars of that then. !*roll-laugh*!

Great creation SCLJim, thank you very much, I was wondering if someone could do a Fruit Growers Express Boxcar, or, two..... !*YAAA*!

Cheerz. ex-railwayman.

Re: FGE 50' plate B insulated boxcar

Unread postPosted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 8:41 pm
by SCLJim
ex-railwayman wrote:
harryadkins wrote:Thanks Jim. I've seen tons of these cars all over the southeast. They used to deliver egg yolks in these cars to the mayo plant in my home town.

Harry


Yuck, all that egg yolk all over the floor, what a mess cleaning that lot up......and then they used it in Mayonnaise, hmm, remind me not to buy any jars of that then. !*roll-laugh*!

Great creation SCLJim, thank you very much, I was wondering if someone could do a Fruit Growers Express Boxcar, or, two..... !*YAAA*!

Cheerz. ex-railwayman.


No doubt. I bet that was a really nice clean out job.

Like I said, I will definitely be doing more of these. Solid Gold, Youngstown doors, offset doors, and tons of different eastern operators and paint variations. Some of the companies I am thinking about are NW, Southern, C&O, B&O, L&N, CRR, etc.

Re: FGE 50' plate B insulated boxcar

Unread postPosted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 3:32 pm
by philmoberg
Thanks kindly for this one, Jim. It's nice to see a model from the "second transition era," when a Plate C railroad system began to replace steam-era designs with the longer, and eventually taller modern designs. This is definitely a welcome addition to the fleet.

Re: FGE 50' plate B insulated boxcar

Unread postPosted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 5:18 pm
by BillPeck
You did good. !!*ok*!! I am looking forward to the rest.