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New member 28 posts Angelo New member 28 posts
Angelo

Dear friends, this is the first part of my model train roster about Pennsylvania Railroad (primarily) and others railroads.
In this topic I present the major common types of PRR boxcar (from top to bottom: X48 PS-1, X29, X26c USRA rebuilt, X26). The Pullman Standard -1 (X48 class for PRR) were used by Pennsylvania Railroad in only 20 units in the fifty years (my modeling era) but this boxcar type was very common among all other companies.

All models are weathered and improved with the addition of details to make them most closely to the original prototypes. They are set in my new layout and various dioramas.

ANGELO (Italy)

 

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rickwade Prolific poster (deceased) 6,447 posts
rickwade

Angelo, very, very nice!

Angelo, very, very nice! The boxcars and scenes are beautiful. I especially like your third picture with all of the detail. Boxcars are my favorite rolling stock - thanks for sharing!

Rick

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John Winter Prolific poster 1,001 posts
John Winter

Love them...

very nice job, they look great. John

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locoi1sa Regular poster 310 posts
locoi1sa

Great job Angelo.  Looks

Great job Angelo.

Looks fantastic. Don't forget the round roof X31 cars. The PRR had thousands of them in many different class subcategory.  http://prr.railfan.net/diagrams/PRRdiagrams.html?diag=x31a_sd.gif&sel=box&sz=sm&fr=

And the X32. The X31 bigger brother.

http://prr.railfan.net/diagrams/PRRdiagrams.html?diag=X32-E400196.gif&sel=box&sz=sm&fr=

Keep it up with what your doing.

Pete
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Angelo New member 28 posts
Angelo

X31

Thank you Pete! Many thanks to all.

I'm working on a pair kits (Bowser and Accurail) about X31 class PRR boxcars.
Need to be made some improvements.
I'll show the pictures here in this section and on my website, to finished work.

Angelo
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yardplan Active Member 83 posts
yardplan

Nerdy Details

What scale?

What code track?

For the outside-braced car, what was the service period (looking for an answer like 1920 - 1956)?

Since the Pennsy system was so extensive, was that car, or that class, used everywhere, or only in certain Divisions?  Thanks.
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mark_kroll Active Member 43 posts
mark_kroll

Great Work!

When I saw the first picture I had to do a double take to make sure it wasn't real.  Being born and raised in Pennsylvania I am a real fan of the PRR.  Really nice work Angelo
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Angelo New member 28 posts
Angelo

X26

The outside-braced boxcar type (as the X26 class of PRR) was introduced in service at the end of the 19 century.
The "pennsy" used its first 40' wood single-sheated boxcar with the X23 class from 1912. The X26 class was an evolution, with steel ends, and was introduced in 1916. Technically it was know as a composite single-sheated boxcar. Many thousands of this boxcar type were produced and used by PRR, certainly over their entire network, until the sixties.
My model is made by Tichy Train group. All my model trains are in HO scale.

ANGELO
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LKandO Prolific poster 3,839 posts
LKandO

AC&Y X26

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The X26 class was an evolution, with steel ends, and was introduced in 1916. Technically it was know as a composite single-sheated boxcar. Many thousands of this boxcar type were produced and used by PRR, certainly over their entire network, until the sixties.

FWIW... the AC&Y RR had wood sheathed boxcars in service well into the seventies. In the pictures I have they look so ancient sitting in trains between more modern boxcars.

Alan

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jimcol51 Active Member 70 posts
jimcol51

Wow!

Awesome job, Angelo! I love the weathering jobs on the box cars and the great job done on the scenery in each scene.

Jim C

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Angelo New member 28 posts
Angelo

AC&Y wood sheated boxcar

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FWIW... the AC&Y RR had wood sheathed boxcars in service well into the seventies. In the pictures I have they look so ancient sitting in trains between more modern boxcars.

It 'possible that something survives. Always!

Angelo
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