FVM Milwaukee Road Box

[SkipGear]

These arrived at the shop unexpectedly Wednesday. I'm surprised nobody has posted pictures yet. Another very nice car from FVM and a great odd car in the mix for a transition era freight.

[Chris333]

I plan on getting a few, just didn't want to "pre-order".

That does look nice!

[Dave Schneider]

Thanks for posting the photos. The reason no one has been talking about these cars is that very few people have them yet. Where did you get this car? I have six on order from FRT and my order is still "In Progress". I can't wait for them to arrive.

As for the model, these look great. The ride height looks better than their Soo Line cars (which are also really, really nice). With the various paint schemes and model types, I can see myself buying quite a few of these. I have about 10 resin rib sides from various sources, but they don't look nearly as good as these. I may have to park those in some dimly lite spot.

Best wishes, Dave

[central.vermont]

Can someone tell me what era these would be. I model the transition era
with a cut off date of 1960. Which ones do I need to buy?  ;D ;D ;D ;D

Jon

[wcfn100]

Wow, what's up with the Spongebob square ribs on the ends?

Aren;t they supposed to look like this:

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1259793


Jason

[bobcat]

Did other roads have these or were they a Milwaukee car only?

[ljudice]

They look really nice - along with the other FVM cars...

I have found that the Atlas 50' boxcar underframes fit the FVM cars (with a little filing, etc) - and lower them substantially - along with changing to Atlas trucks.

[Dave Schneider]

Can someone tell me what era these would be. I model the transition era
with a cut off date of 1960. Which ones do I need to buy?  ;D ;D ;D ;D

Jon

Rib Side Cars has a nice page that describes various phases and paint schemes. You can find it here:
http://ribsidecars.com/ribsidecars_016.htm

All of these paint schemes lasted into the 1980s-90s...now the numbering series changed repeatedly.

Did other roads have these or were they a Milwaukee car only?

The Western Pacific had at least one car, but that is the only other road that I know of...

Best wishes, Dave

[sirenwerks]

Hmmm, I wonder if Fox River will be doing the 50" single door short rib, and some of those converted chip cars?

To follow up on Dave's statement, the WP had a total of two 1948 short rib phase 1 cars. These 40' single door cars were purchased in '62 and remodeled with 9' Youngstown doors and several interior options. They were assigned to haul appliances for Amana. They carried the Western Way sans serif scheme and Spartan Easy Loader symbol on the door.

[SkipGear]

Double Door and Short Rib cars have been announced.

[up1950s]

I have the 2 types on order but weren't there supposed to be 4 types , one with the yellow stripe ?

[Dave Schneider]

I have the 2 types on order but weren't there supposed to be 4 types , one with the yellow stripe ?

From what I've seen announced on their web site, there are three body styles, Long Rib, Phase 1 Short Rib, and a Double Door. They have multiple pant schemes for each body style, but I haven't seen the yellow striped scheme announced as of yet. So far only the Long Rib and Double Door styles have been available for pre-order.

Best wishes, Dave

[up1950s]

I have the 2 types on order but weren't there supposed to be 4 types , one with the yellow stripe ?

From what I've seen announced on their web site, there are three body styles, Long Rib, Phase 1 Short Rib, and a Double Door. They have multiple pant schemes for each body style, but I haven't seen the yellow striped scheme announced as of yet. So far only the Long Rib and Double Door styles have been available for pre-order.

Best wishes, Dave

Thanks Dave

[Robbman]

Wow, what's up with the Spongebob square ribs on the ends?

Aren;t they supposed to look like this:

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1259793


Jason

Shhhh....

[wazzou]

The ends are a little disappointing.  They must have used Intermountain's HO scale drawings to cut the dies.