Fenton Wells has shared his latest HO scale model from the Southern Piedmont shops.
The Southern Railroad ordered 200 steel-framed, 40-ton, steel center sill, truss rod, wooden stock cars from Kilby Car and Foundry in 1923 (car numbers 45200-45399). They added another 250 cars in 1925 from Tennessee Coal and Iron (car numbers 45400-45649).
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Bryan Steckler shares his work in backdating a pair of Resin Car Works Kit 19.01 Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ) automobile box cars. Here’s the scoop from Bryan!
When Resin Car Works announced their CNJ 19000 series automobile cars, I quickly bought a pair. The CNJ is a staple railroad of the Northeast, and one that has a limited amount of accurately modeled equipment.
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Fenton Wells kitbashed a cool Southern Railway box car and sent details and photos. Here’s his latest model building story.
As most modelers of the transition era know, the Southern had thousands of 36-foot double-sheathed box cars with steel underframes and truss rods. Small as they were the railroad didn’t fill their cars, so they served the railroad through the early 1950’s.
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Fenton Wells displayed an interesting HO scale box car kitbash at the RPM Conference in Naperville. He shared this summary from his Southern Piedmont Shops.
One of the fun things about this hobby is the inspirational people you meet and one of them prompted this kitbash. Clark Propst got me involved with this model. He sent me a prototype photo and some in-progress photos of his modeling. I knew that I must build this interesting car.
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