Found In the Woods

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:

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!

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!