An FMC "Per Diem" Boxcar

[MaineLines]

Welcome back Mike - I was hoping that this Plate C wouldn't languish in the File Library for too long. I tried to make the brakewheel on this one a little easier to repaint.

[MadMike1024]

Thanks to everyone for the good wishes and prayers. Hopefully her recovery will proceed apace.

[Ericmopar]

I'm a little late to the party, but I hope your wife gets well soon mike.

[Ericmopar]

When the time is right.



And... No one is going to ask me about my tankcar comment...
Tanks alot...
No Tankyou...

[MadMike1024]

I know this is the wrong place, but she comes home Thursday.

[Chacal]

[BoostedFridge]

I know this is the wrong place, but she comes home Thursday.

Great news Mike!!!

[krellnut]

Happy to hear that Mike.

[MaineLines]

Next up.

[BoostedFridge]

Next up.

That is a spectacular weathering job! I'm a big fan of your choice of road

[Ericmopar]

Sweetness!

[MaineLines]

Actually that is just the phototexture that I will be using as a reference to decorate the model.

[MadMike1024]

SP had those, as well as the WP....

The wife is home and doing well! Painting will restart soon.

[MaineLines]

That's great to hear Mike!

I've probably spent way too much time looking at these cars, but have noticed that the Yreka Western cars were plate C with offset double doors, the Western Pacific were plate B with centered double doors, and Southern Pacific cars were plate C with centered double doors.

[Ericmopar]

SP had those, as well as the WP....

The wife is home and doing well! Painting will restart soon.

Mike, are you sure S.P. had those? I was just looking around at FMC S.P. double door boxcar Google images and all I could find was combo doors and double doors that were centered on the car body. The S.P. double door cars that were offset looked like a different manufacturer and still had catwalks on the roofs. (Maybe Plate B from the 50s?)
I couldn't find a single image of a FMC offset double door, plate C car in S.P. colors.