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PART 1: AMERICAN CAR &. FOU DRY tAU CARS) HO SCALE: ATHEARN &. ACClIRAll l S SCAlE: AMERICAN MODElS I 0 SCALE: WEAVER. I Z SCAlE: MICR.O--lRAINS
MODELING MODERN BOX CARS
By Jim Eager

[PAINT & DECALS] ---I PO""R BOX & E S FR E 0 E 7-,-DOX CA B

S M 2144, series 2001-2155, built in June 1979. St. Marys Railroad also ordered cars with 10-foot plug doors. Light blue lettering on a yellow car is not the easiest to read, and by the '90s most of the lettering was unreadable. -D. Scott Chatfield photo, Willow Springs, Missouri, May 1995 HO Scale Decals: H erald King B-1540

HS 5387, ex-GRN 8000-8049, built in November 1976. South Carolina shortline Greenville & Northern acquired 50 ACF cars. Many of the former"shortline" cars are now owned by GE Credit. GE also owns the former Hartford & Slocomb, now simply the HS Railway, and has restenciled many of their box cars with "HS" reporting marks. -D. Scott Chatfield photo, Atlanta, Georgia, October 1991 H O Scale Decals: H erald King B-960

ASAB 7149, series 7 100-7149, built in 1977. The once-bright green and yellow of this Bay Line box has faded to olive and mustard. Doors are frequent casualties, so it's not uncommon for old IPD box cars to sport new doors. -D. Scott Chatfield photo, West Colton, California, October 1998 HO Scale Decals: H erald King 6-802

WC 49707, ex-MNS 49700-49724, built in April 1978. Minneapolis Northfield & Southern operated one small group of these ACF cars, that first went to Soo Line after their merger, then went to Wisconsin Central when the Soo sold those lines. -D. Scott Chatfield photo, Green Bay, Wisconsin, November 1991 HO Scale Decals: H erald King 6-1300

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