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
5
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.”
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