CB&Q 35560 boxcar

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Mark Mathu - 04 Jun 2004 04:08 GMT

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CB&Q 35560 (Box)
Bellows Falls VT
1964

According to my 1/60 and 1/65 ORERs, this should be part of CB&Q 29000-37799
series boxcars
AAR designation XM
IL 40'-6", IW 9'-2", IH 10'-6"
6'-0"x9'-11" doors
3900 or 3898 cu.ft., 50 tons

This car caught my eye as a modeling project in HO scale. A couple of
questions:

1) Who built the car? I'd place a guess that it's a PS-1, but I'll leave it
up to you experts to pass final judgement.

2) What are the closest modeling options in HO? What would you do to improve
the appearance of the model?

3) Was this car painted boxcar red or Chinese red?

4) What would be appropriate HO decals for this car? (Microscale preferred,
but all ideas are welcome.)

5) Would the other side of the car have the "Everywhere West" slogan?

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Mark Mathu
Whitefish Bay, Wis.
The Green Bay Route: http://www.greenbayroute.com/

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Mark Mathu - 06 Jun 2004 22:50 GMT

> 2) What are the closest modeling options in HO? What would you do to improve
> the appearance of the model?

The top ideas are:

Intermountain Railway Company #41899
Modified AAR 40' Box Car (8 Rung Ladder, 4-4 Improved Dreadnaught End)

Branchline Trains #1400
40'-6" Postwar Boxcar

Any comments on which of these would be a better match?

As a minimum, either car would need a Superior five-panel door (such as Kadee
#2207); Microscale 87-412 decals should work to letter the boxcar.

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Mark Newton - 06 Jun 2004 23:40 GMT

>> 2) What are the closest modeling options in HO? What would you do
>> to improve the appearance of the model?
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>
> Any comments on which of these would be a better match?

The Branchline car.

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Mark Newton - 06 Jun 2004 23:37 GMT

> This car caught my eye as a modeling project in HO scale. A couple of
> questions:
>
> 1) Who built the car? I'd place a guess that it's a PS-1, but I'll
> leave it up to you experts to pass final judgement.

Mark, it's a 1944 AAR 40' car with 4/4 improved Dreadnaught ends. It was
built by the CB&Q in their shops at Havelock, Nebraska in 1947.

> 2) What are the closest modeling options in HO? What would you do to
> improve the appearance of the model?

Branchline Models produce this specific car as part of their Blueprint
series, which are high-end models with separate detail parts. C&BT shops
also produced this model. I haven't seen one of these, so I can't
comment on their quality.

> 3) Was this car painted boxcar red or Chinese red?

Chinese red.

> 4) What would be appropriate HO decals for this car? (Microscale
> preferred, but all ideas are welcome.)

You'd get most of what you'd need from Microscale 87-412, or Champ
HB-336. The Microscale sheet is for a FW&D car, so you'd have to source
the reporting marks from elsewhere.

> 5) Would the other side of the car have the "Everywhere West" slogan?

It should do, the Q normally placed "Way of the Zephyrs" nearest the "B"
end, and "Everywhere West" nearest the "A" end. But there <are> photos
showing cars that have been restencilled in the opposite fashion...!

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