Odd SBD Boxcar...

[ljudice]

Is this a 40' waffleside??? Never knew they existed... This one is now in MOW use...

http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=577281

[Atlanticflier]

Yes, and didn't Bachman make the smooth side and waffle side 40' versions a long time ago ? ...........................

Steven

[hegstad1]

Yes.  I believe the Great Northern had a bunch that they built in their own shops.

Andrew

[Mark5]

Yes, and didn't Bachman make the smooth side and waffle side 40' versions a long time ago ? ...........................

Steven

Bachmann did do Hicube 40' in waffle & smooth.

[Kisatchie]

Bachmann did do Hicube 40' in waffle & smooth.

I have some Bachmann 40 Hi Cubes in both rib side and smooth side. No waffle sides, unless they made 3 Hi Cube versions.

[ljudice]

i don't think this is a high cube...

[sirenwerks]

Um, that's not a hi-cube, and Kisatchie's right, only smooth and rib side for that Bachman car. I know MT did a hi-cibe 70-footer (?) with waffles, but wasn't it MDC that did a non-hi-cube 50-footer with waffles?

[ljudice]

yes, this looks like a PS car, which the MDC model is...

No doubt a kitbash is possible - taking a look at it myself here...

[Mark5]

Bachmann did do Hicube 40' in waffle & smooth.

I have some Bachmann 40 Hi Cubes in both rib side and smooth side. No waffle sides, unless they made 3 Hi Cube versions.

I sit corrected.

[Mark5]

i don't think this is a high cube...

Pretty obvious.

[Radisson.mcguire]

It's funny one of those 40 ft waffle side box cars is actually sitting in Montgomery Alabama

[peteski]

Wow, that's an old thread and when my juvenile saw the subject line I thought "silent but deadly". 
Also, there is Kiz's post here with no Ms. Dee in the signature? 

[Doug G.]

I have examples of all the Bachmann 40 foot Hi-Cubes. Actually pretty nice cars. Ribbed and smooth-side. No waffles.

Yes, I was just a youngster of 54 when this thread started.

Doug

[screeh]

Is this a 40' waffleside??? Never knew they existed... This one is now in MOW use...

http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=577281

That's pretty cool, thanks for sharing!

For a moment I was wondering if this might have been for phosphate service (SCL had several types of outside braced 40-footers with roof hatches) but a comment on the image page indicates it's formerly Atlanta & West Point, and I don't know if they carried phosphate traffic.

This would be fun to kitbash.

Cheers,

Stu

[davefoxx]

Um, that's not a hi-cube, and Kisatchie's right, only smooth and rib side for that Bachman car. I know MT did a hi-cibe 70-footer (?) with waffles, but wasn't it MDC that did a non-hi-cube 50-footer with waffles?

Well, I’m eighteen years late with a response, but Bryan was right: the OP’s link was to a photo of a standard height 50’ former Seaboard System boxcar, and, yes, MDC did offer models.  These are a couple of the HO scale version:



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