boxcars
Boxcars...
Boxcars are the most common type of car you see on
the
Chessie System. Lots and lots of them are out there in all
sorts
of shapes and sizes. Boxcars come with one or two doors on
each
side.
They come smooth sided, waffle sided, and externally braced.
Chessie
had all types. The typical Chessie boxcar was all dark blue
with
yellow lettering. If you see what looks like a boxcar but it
has
yellow sides, then you are looking at an insulated boxcar.
Many boxcars did not get
repainted
into Chessie blue. Almost every single 40 foot (the smallest
size)
boxcar did not get repainted. One of the three I know that
did,
is
seen below as 19335cs-c&o. The larger 50 and 60 foot
boxcars
did get repainted into Chessie blue. Boxcars even came in
the 90
foot range, those cars were used to deliver auto parts and the
like.
Unique amongst
Chessie boxcars are the C&O purchased Railbox boxcars.
Purchased
in 1983, the C&O did not repaint them. They just blocked
out
the RBOX letters and applied there own. If you see a green
Chessie
boxcar, that is a maintenance of way boxcar. Check on the
prototype
picture page or the mofw page for those.
Click on the links below to see the model
boxcars.
Accurail
Boxcars
(3
pictures) B-029, B-132
Athearn
Boxcars
(14
pictures)
B-?,B-006,B-019,B-034,B-040,B-062,B-093,B-113,B-117,B-119,B-124,FGEX
Atlas
Boxcar
(4
pictures) B-098, B-121, B-127
Bachmann
Boxcars
(2
pictures) B-053
Bev-Bel
(Athearn)
Boxcars
(1
picture) B-048 A
Bev-Bel
(Robin
Rails) Boxcars (5
pictures)
B-?, B-032 A, B-120 A
Details
West
Boxcar
(1
picture) B-009
E&C
Boxcar
(1
picture) B-048
Front
Range
Boxcars
(1
picture) B-040
McKean
Boxcar
(1
picture) B-043
Roundhouse
Boxcars
(1
picture) B-?
Walthers
Boxcars
(12
pictures) B-024, B-060, B-066, B-074, B-108, FGEX
