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A relatively small railroad for which I’ve chosen just one signa-
ture car is Boston & Maine. In 1953, their freight roster con-
tained only 5300 cars, although 63% of them were boxcars. My
choice was their version of the 1923 ARA XM-1 single-sheathed
boxcar, to which they applied plate steel ends, making a dis-
tinctive appearance. There were 2000 of these cars, built by
Standard Steel Car Company in 1929 and 1930, and they sur-
vived well; more than 1900 of them were still in service in
1953. For more information and photos, you can consult Pat
Wider’s article in
Railway Prototype Cyclopedia
(Vol. 18, 2009,
pages 1–113). My model of one of these cars was built from
Sunshine resin kit 91.6 (14).
I will conclude with the Illinois Central, another fleet size in
the top 15 and a railroad with which the SP had a friendly con-
nection at New Orleans. I have always liked single-sheathed
15: The model, built from a Sunshine resin kit, repre-
sents one of 1000 cars built for Illinois Central in 1927.
In 1953, 941 of these cars remained in service, though
being renumbered to 16000–16975.
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