Gunderson boxcar - 1
I
recently purchased
an ExactRail 50-foot
Gunderson boxcar at a
local flea market. The car was
lettered GM&O and looked
accurate. As I researched the
car, however, I ran across the
GM&O Historical Society web
site and discovered that the
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio never
had these Gunderson-built
center-door cars. This was
very disappointing to me
because I model my freight
car fleet using prototype pho-
tos. I would have to repaint
the car.
Turning to my Morning Sun
color guides, I discovered
the perfect candidate. In the
Burlington Northern Freight
1. BN 318517 has just
been spotted at Shaw
Lumber. A similar SP&S
boxcar sits on the main
waiting to continue on to
its assigned destination.
Rebuilding an ExactRail
Gunderson
Boxcar
– By Bob Rivard
Photos by the author
Making a
disappointing car
into an accurate
model ...
MRH-Jul 2014
