Model Forum / General / Railroads / June 2004

 Several stock cars out there, including Athearn

LifeLike has the Mather stock car
MDC has the 36 ft truss rod car
Central Valley has a kit for the NP stock car
Westerfield and Sunshine have resin kits for stock cars
There are others other there as well.

Howard

Here's one in HO:
http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/455-735003

Here are a couple in N:
http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/490-3441
http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/480-87801

-- Bill McC.

Check out the Athearn "40' stock car."
http://www.athearn.com/RollingStock/fc1/1773.GIF

Virtually yes.  In a nutshell - the meat packing industry has become
decentralized over the past few decades, meaning that instead of requiring
cattle to be shipped very long distances to packing houses it is accomplished
by much shorter hauls.

Accurail has some nice ones.

A good quality, modern shake-the-box stockcar is made by Accurail. I
don't own any, but have built some for a friend. They are quite simple
to build and make up into a nice looking car.

Lifelike make single and double-deck Mather Patent stockcars as part of
their Proto 2000 range. These have many separate detail parts, and so
require a little more effort to build. But they are by no means
difficult for a modeller of average skills, and build up into
beautifully delicate looking models.

http://marknewton01.fotopic.net/p4887992.html

The model on the left is straight from the box, that on the right has
been converted to K brakes, vertical brake staff, and Andrews trucks.

Central Valley make a kit for a radial-roof Northern Pacific stockcar. I
have a couple of these, which I have yet to build. I'd say they'd
require the most work to complete, of the three. But even a quick glance
at the sprues tells you that they are high-quality products.