Cars I’m Looking For: MILW 40′ 1 + 1/2 Door Composite Boxcar
Kicking off a new series on my personal blog highlighting freight cars that I am seeking models of. The models could be resin, plastic, brass or other. Many of these prototypes appear in photos from my Georgetown Branch collection and I would like to represent them on my layout.
First up is this Milwaukee Road boxcar:
![](http://blog.sluggyjunx.com/files/2022/01/MILW_592602.jpg)
Car number is 592602.
The 1943 ORER lists: Automobile, steel underframe, composite body, single sheathed, staggered side doors. #’s 592025-593024, 40’6″ IL, 8’6″ W, 10′ H, 10′ W x 9’8″ H door opening, 1’2″ W x 8″ H end doors. 3452 cu ft capacity, 80,000 lb capacity, 983 cars on roster.
The 1953 ORER: Boxcar, steel underframe, composite body, single sheathed, staggered side doors. #’s 592025-593024, 40’6″ IL, 8’6″ W, 10′ H, 10′ W x 9’8″ H door opening, 1’2″ W x 8″ H end doors. 3452 cu ft capacity, 80,000 lb capacity, 939 cars on roster.
I have yet to find a model of this car in HO scale. Apparently Micro-Trains produced a RTR version of this car in 2018 in N Scale, item 040 00 040. It looks pretty good. If only it was in HO!
![](http://blog.sluggyjunx.com/files/2022/01/145089_19.jpg)
So I’m putting out an APB for HO scale models of this boxcar. If you know of a potential source for this model, please let me know!