GREENVILLE 7100 60' Auto Parts Boxcars (accurate model please)

[Mark5]

Hey, it's 2020 and we still don't have a mostly accurate model of this car ... come on somebody! (make my day!) 

A bunch of roads had em (DTI, WP, PC, CONRAIL, UP, N&W, maybe more) - in pool service, they went all over.

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The above model is by Exact Rail (released some years ago) : https://exactrail.com/products/x-greenville-60-double-plug-door-box-car-nw-1

Info from Exact Rail:
Introduced in 1973, the Greenville 7100 Auto Parts Boxcar was built for auto parts service.  Railroads contributed freight cars as a part of equipment pools, and these pools served the automobile manufacturing and supply facilities of automobile makers.  The equipment pools were constituted in such a way that, once in a pool, one paint scheme was as likely to be seen as another, and some cars were hardly ever seen on home rails.  For the majority of its service life, the Greenville 7100 Auto Parts Boxcars were assigned to the Ford Motor Plant in Lima, Ohio—as designated by the pool number 322.  The Greenville 7100 Auto Part Boxcars were then distributed across service routes to facilities across the country that used components associated with these facilities.

Maybe Exact Rail will do em? (I doubt it) How about Bluford? Atlas? Somebody? 

Mark

[Philip H]

Fairly certain KCS picked up a bunch of these second hand.

[ljudice]

Are the MTL 60' parts boxes fixable?????

[Philip H]

Are the MTL 60' parts boxes fixable?????

I thought those were P-S based?

[Mark5]

Are the MTL 60' parts boxes fixable?????

Both of their Hi-Cube 60' boxes bodies are vertically compressed.

This comes up on the forum every few years or so:  https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=25216.0

[cjm413]

I thought those were P-S based?

Greenville (102 00 000), Berwick (103 00 000), something that looks like a PC X62 with the wrong ends (104 00 000)
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[Mark5]

Still hoping after all these years ... @scaletrains

[lock4244]

Hey, it's 2020 and we still don't have a mostly accurate model of this car ... come on somebody! (make my day!) 

A bunch of roads had em (DTI, WP, PC, CONRAIL, UP, N&W, maybe more) - in pool service, they went all over.

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Mark

I'd definitely be interested in these.

[Mark5]

Still waiting ...

Here's one in 2013:

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=3429218

[Mark5]

Still hoping for some good (non-dimensionally challenged) 1970s 60' hi cubes in N. This reminds me, I should reach out to Atlas and ask them to torch the MTL 102xxxxx and 103xxxxx tooling.

These survived into the 21st century: https://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2390458

@Atlas Paul

[Iain]

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Alas, HO but not N

[cjm413]

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Alas, HO but not N

NS 550-569 were built by Thrall

[Iain]

NS 550-569 were built by Thrall

yes, and a model is available in ho but not n

[cjm413]

yes, and a model is available in ho but not n

Are you referring to the Tangent model?  It's a later prototype with an X-panel roof, recessed panels next to the doors, different door hardware, etc. and would require a bit of surgery to match the NS cars...