This section contains articles on modeling specific LVRR freight cars. Information on prototype LVRR freight cars, with just a list of available models, is contained on the prototype Freight Car page. A good site for information about the accuracy of models of non-LV cars is John Nehrich's NEB&W Guide to HO Scale Rolling Stock Kits.
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LVRR's Apollo & Mercury TOFC/COFC Trains
LVRR's Green USRE-Leased 40 ft Boxcar Rebuilds
LVRR's 52'-6" Fishbelly Mill Gondolas
LV 8516, by Tim O'Connor
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Tim used photos in the Morning Sun CNJ/LV color guide, the 1996 Railmodel Journal, and Trainshed Cyclopedia #17 as guides for detailing this Proto 2000 50 ft automobile boxcar. He noted that the prototype side sills were slightly different from those obtained using the scored marks on the inside of the P2K kit, so added styrene strip to get the correct shapes. He also added a roping loop, used to pull the car with an electric winch on a siding, over the B-end truck in the photo above. (The car he was modeling seemed to have only this one loop, but other cars had one over each truck.) A photo-etched Apex steel running board was used to replace the wooden running board supplied with the kit. |
This page last updated on 02/28/2004 .