Illinois Terminal 60' Boxcar

[dti406]

The Illinois Terminal Railroad had two 60' Boxcars, they were assigned to the Amoco Oil Company refinery for the shipment of refined oil products.



The ITC leased these cars from Evans, and there is no history on who the manufacturer was but the cars were very similar to the Greenville and Thrall cars of the period.



Since I had a number of Robbins Rails Greenville cars in stock, I removed the plug doors down to the car sides and made a door out of Evergreen Sheet Plastic and then used Evergreen 1x3 strips to make the doors themselves along with the upper door track. In addition I changed the wheelbase from 41' to 46' to match the prototype. I added a Moloco Hydracushion Assembly to the frame and Plano Coupler Walkways over the Details West Etended Coupler Pockets.



Painted the car with Scalecoat II Reefer Yellow along with Black for the underframe, then used Floquil Platinum Mist to represent the galvanized roof. Car was decaled with Mark Vaughn's decals for this car. (The other car did not have the slogan on it.)







Rick J

[gnsteve]

Nicely done Rick. I find it fun to do a car that's slightly out of the ordinary. It will give guests to the layout room another thing to talk about for a while.

Steve

[annarborfan]

Nice job, ITC had some interesting cars for a smaller road.

[tankcarsrule]

This is a nice project brought to very successful conclusion. In other words, a great looking car.

Regards, Bobby

[icghogger]

Outstanding work, Rick!!

[NS91]

Outstanding Rick! The Illinois Terminal is one of my favorite railroads. The door looks great and its very well thought out.