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Hi everyone,
Here are five more boxcars. These are from the 782xxx-783xxx series, and there are few differences among them. Today's oddball is 782705 which sports that odd shade of boxcar red/tuscan, corporate style font BNSF lettering, but no logo. It also is a noticably different car, with the ladders extending all the way to the roof on one end. The roof also appears to be more peaked than the other cars. Slightly diagonal ribs by the doors are one more difference I noticed. As for the rest of the cars, the variations are only in paint as far as I can tell. I can't help but point out (once again) that there is one thing that is the same for almost all boxcars. None have roofwalks. I challenge you to find a BNSF, or for that matter any boxcar that has roofwalks in the 80's or 90's. There are very few specialized exceptions. One of my modelling peeves is seeing modellers run boxcars with roofwalks in what otherwise looks like a very nice modern (80's or 90's) train. It especially kills me to see members of clubs at train shows running BNSF locomotives followed by boxcars with roofwalks. I know from talking to many of these people that they really intend to model a modern train, and they are somewhat appreciative of learning this information on the prototypes they are modelling. Of course, then they have to deal with the frustration of what to do with all those boxcars that they thought looked so neat but would really be more at home behind a Great Northern locomotive. I try my best to catch these people early so they don't blow too much money on nice looking boxcars from the 40's, 50's and 60's. Enjoy! |
