Shapeways, 3D printed in resin, Steven’s Creek wood, Mt. Blue
wood, Clever Models paper. Other kits and ready to run that
can only be found on eBay or at swap meets include: Joe Works
brass, Sandy River Car Shops, PolyMold 1970s resin, C&D,
Sango brass.
Conclusions
1. There are more manufacturers of boxcars in all scales then
you would think. Most of them are one-man cottage industries
producing a very limited amount of product.
2. What is modeled varies greatly among the scales. On30 mod-
elers are mostly freelancers although some follow the Maine
two-footers. Others follow industrial type of railroads. Sn3 is
mostly Rio Grande modeling. Of the layouts I saw at the St. Louis
National Narrow Gauge Convention, most were well-executed
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5: Model of a crude boxcar used by the Sewell/
Babcock lumber company in West Virginia. This is
based on dimensions and photos published in “West
Virginia Narrow Gauge: The Mann’s Creek.”
6: Tweetsie box car built from Train and Trooper laser
kit. The trucks are the proper ones for the car (McCord
archbars) and this is typical of the 32’ cars operated by
Tweetsie.
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