Photos of my DL&W Boxcar

[tom]

Here is a recent photo of one of my older projects. The Lackawanna boxcar started as a Branchline DL&W welded boxcar. Branchline did an excellent job on the DL&W lettering and paint. I made some upgrades to the car including making some minor modifications of the sidesills, Kato trucks, A-Line stirrups, a Kadee brakewheel, Kadee #178 couplers and a Plano etched metal running board.



Many of these Lackawanna cars lasted in these colors well into the Conrail era. For a later PC era I added ACI labels, consolidated lube stencils and reweigh paint outs. I weathered the car with PanPastels, pencils and an airbrush.



These Branchline boxcars were a welcome addition when they were released back in the late nineties and still look pretty good today. 

[wagnersteve]

May Day, about 12:49 p.m., EDT

Beautiful modeling, Tom. It brings back memories of seeing many freight cars still in full DL&W paint in 1981 at or near Syracuyse when I rode Amtrak from Boston, Framingham or Worcester, MA, to Rochester or Syracuse, where I switched for a bus to Geneva, where I believe I was met by a shuttle van or bus to take me to Keuka College south of Penn Yan for a summer program. That was two decades or a little more after the Erie and the Lackawanna merged.

[jako]

Moin

Nice weathering.

Greetings Sven

[wagnersteve]

May Day, about 12:49 p.m., EDT

Beautiful modeling, Tom. It brings back memories of seeing many freight cars still in full DL&W paint in 1981 when I rode Amtrak from Boston, Framingham or Worcester, MA, to Rochester or Syracuse, NY, where I switched for a bus to Geneva, where I believe I was met by a shuttle van or bus to take me to Keuka College south of Penn Yan for a summer program.

[csxt8400]

Very nice, Tom. A good eye catcher that doesn't scream for attention.

[Colin 't Hart]

Snow in May?

Love all the paint patches on this boxcar.

[tom]

Thanks everyone! I saw one of these Lackawanna cars in 1983 in my hometown sitting at a spur at the Westvaco papermill so I have always been intrigued by these cars. I'll have to dig up that photo

[pjm20]

Any advice on the paint matching of the upgrade parts?

[tom]

May 2, 2024 4:09:54 GMT -8 pjm20 said:

Any advice on the paint matching of the upgrade parts?

I think I used Polly Scale Red Oxide. Today I would try Mission Models Red Oxide.