Category Archives: Freight Car

HO boxcar conversion

Posted on October 2, 2013 by narrowtracks

Two Sn2 boxcar models by Tad Miyano that are inspired by Monson freight cars.  One is scratch built and one is converted from an HO MDC old-time 36′ box car.  Do you know which started life as an MDC car?  … Continue reading →

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Memory lane – GDT ore car conversion

Posted on September 26, 2013 by narrowtracks

In addition to his GDT #4 shay locomotive, Darel Leedy built a fleet of Gilpin inspired ore cars.  Again, here are images and text provided by Darel in 2000. I use Grandt Line On2 Gilpin small( early ) ore cars … Continue reading →

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Sn2 WW&F Box Car Kits from Mount Blue Model Co.

Posted on July 3, 2011 by narrowtracks

The web site of Mount Blue Co. now indicates WW&F boxcars #303 and #309 can be ordered.  This is wonderful news… When asked if these cars were unique on the WW&F roster, some stated so. However, Frank Knight contributed the … Continue reading →

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A Sn2 SR&RL inspired boxcar – web article

Posted on May 25, 2011 by narrowtracks

  The Modelers Guild e-magazine has an article about scratch building a SR&RL inspired Sn2 Boxcar.  The image above was taken from that article. Checkout the article by following the link. http://modelersguild.com/e-magazine/follow-the-build/scratch-builds/212-a-sandy-river-a-rangeley-lakes-inspired-boxcar-in-sn2.html A few editorial comments from David Keith: Overall, … Continue reading →

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