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Post by Raeder on Oct 24, 2010 22:10:42 GMT -5
Any ideas what the prototype is for these cars? I picked up a pair of them for a couple bucks, but I have no idea what they were originally used for. These are the Athearn Blue Box 40' excess height boxcar, and I'm thinking I might modify them into Cemex palletized cement carriers. I heard somewhere the prototype was an appliance carrier, but I have no idea where I heard that, or how correct it might be. Any ideas what the real car was, and what it did? Here are the cars I am talking about  |
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Post by carlmarsico on Oct 24, 2010 22:53:32 GMT -5
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Post by carlmarsico on Oct 24, 2010 23:15:17 GMT -5
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Post by Raeder on Oct 26, 2010 19:04:11 GMT -5
Thanks Carl!
I have to say, I'm amazed by some of the knowledge around here. I figured someone could tell me what the cars were used for, but coming up with the exact class and builder is amazing!
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Post by carlmarsico on Oct 27, 2010 2:52:31 GMT -5
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Post by Raeder on Oct 31, 2010 19:51:17 GMT -5
Ohhh, hey that auto parts service means they might actually fit in with the 86' boxcars I have...good to know! Thanks!
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Post by carlmarsico on Oct 31, 2010 20:39:41 GMT -5
Using these cars in auto parts service with 86' cars would depend on the era you are modeling. By 2006, pretty much all 40' Hi-Cubes were either scrap metal or downgraded to MOW service. (The B-100-32 and B-100-34 are not Hi-Cubes and lasted much longer in revenue service)
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Post by spshastaroute on Oct 31, 2010 23:57:44 GMT -5
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Post by Freightrain on Nov 13, 2010 19:45:03 GMT -5
I have been to the copper mine in your link, the place is Miami, AZ, 82 miles East of Pheonix, US60 runs right through the operation, I loaded at a building on the south side of US60 while the actual mine is north of the road, hauled copper wire in a 53' Dry Van from there. Each pallet held 7,000 lbs of 1/4" copper wire with 6 pallets per truck, the flatbed trucks hauled the anodes and electrolytic copper cathodes, the railroad still serves the mine (I think its the Arizona Eastern RR), and the area has a very modelrailroadish look to it, steep grade running up and around the mound that the mine sits atop of. A pretty neat place. The railroad used to run through from Pheonix to Bowie, AZ but the tracks have been removed from Pheonix to Miami, AZ, so basically its a long branchline/shortline RR that starts in Bowie and ends in Miami, If you travel along US60 west out of Miami, you can still see the old right of way, this is also a very mountainous region in the Tonto national forest. |
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Post by Raeder on Nov 18, 2010 8:32:22 GMT -5
I'm starting to like the idea of modeling one of the fifty foot cars more and more. The cars in the photos don't look like they'd be too hard to build, either. I have been chiseling the cast on grabs off while I wait for glue to dry on my other projects, so we are making slow progress. Probably strip the shells next, after that I'll have to acquire the paint and decals.
I could see the copper anode loading being done around here, too, as there is a mine and railroad in Montana that loads anodes on flatcars, so I'm thinking the same could have been done with these boxcars. Of course, then that gives me a reason to get a GP7 or GP9 and Model a Butte, Anaconda, and Pacific loco. Not that I need another project...sigh...
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