2: Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes boxcars 135 and
83 are examples of the two-foot boxcars. Photo cour-
tesy of BHI Publications from their Two Foot Gauge
Pictorial Guide Books, Peter Barney collection.
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San Juan Car Co. plastic, S-Helper Service (S-scale converted
to On30), Wiseman Model Services, Mount Blue Models laser
wood, and Morgan Hill Models laser wood.
Several modelers replied that they scratchbuilt their cars and
some commented about the length of cars they model. Some
use the 18’ Bachmann cars while others build their own to 30’
long, with most of them falling in the 20’ to 22’ range. In my
research on car lengths, I found that most two-foot prototype
boxcars were longer at 24’ and 30’. Most of the respondents
stated that they follow no particular prototype.
Sn3
The modelers in Sn3, for the most part, are Rio Grande mod-
elers. P-B-L is the dominant manufacturer in this scale and
