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An example of a modeling detail on this car: the reweigh place
and date shown are “P50,” a Pennsylvania Railroad symbol
designating Enola Yard, one of the largest freight yards in the
world, and the date, “6-51.” This car was built in early 1949 and
like all new cars at that time, would have had to be reweighed
in 30 months, thus this choice of reweigh date. Other than
new cars, most cars only had to be reweighed every 48 months
after January 1, 1949. A written description of reweigh rules is
available on Google Drive, through this link: modelingthesp.
blogspot.com/2011/03/reweigh-article-from-rmc.html .I usu-
ally use Sunshine Models decal sets for reweigh and repacking
lettering, from the regional “Repack and Reweigh” sets. The
same kind of detail can be seen on all but the newest other
cars shown throughout this column.
14: Boston & Maine 72597 represents a 40-ton box
car, an ARA XM-1 design with plate ends. There were
2000 of these boxcars for this relatively small railroad
and they are a good example of a signature freight car.
The model was built from a Sunshine resin kit.
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