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The Erie Railroad Boxcars Part 2 - 1
I
n part 1, I covered the history of the Erie boxcars from
these four different number sequences: 75000-75499,
75500-75999, 76000-76499, and 76500-76999. I also out-
lined my approach of building masters of each car series car
side, end and underbody.
This allows me to cast as
many copies of these parts
as I need to construct my
Not having a particular model
available need not be a problem. Build
most any car body you need with
these techniques ...
The ERIE Railroad
Boxcars Part 2
– Don Hanley
Model Photos by the author
1
1: The photo that started this odyssey, Erie 76185 and
76638 at Mansfield OH. Note the difference in the
cars. Erie 76185 has a solid side sill with and interior
height of 9’-3” and 76638 has the tabs along the sides
with an interior height of 9’-4”. (Author’s collection
and used with permission of George Elwood Fallen
Flags Railroad Photos).
Erie car fleet. Not having commercial models available doesn’t
keep me from getting an accurate car fleet for my planned
1950s Erie layout.
In part 2, I pick up where I left off, first with step 7a to finish
off the floor for the 76500 car. Then I move on to building the
masters for the roof. In part 3 next issue, I will do the end mas-
ters, then move into the casting process and finish up with how
I assembled, detailed, and painted/decaled the cars.
MRH-May 2013
