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Not sure where to put this.. Is there a prototype for this car?
« on: February 14, 2018, 10:30:53 AM »
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I picked this up at the recent Pandemonium at Timonium for a good price, mostly because Container Corporation of America had a plant on the Canton Railroad near Eastern Avenue next to 95, and I recall fondly watching them switch railboxes full of rolls of corrugated to their platform.  But I never saw a car with their own markings on them.



A quick Google search for several variants of "CCA Boxcar" netted me some model photos, including several scales and Lionel, but nothing in the way of a prototype car.  Curious as to the era they may have run, and whether or not they existed at all...  The markings indicate a build date of 3-63, so it works with my mid 60s time frame.

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Re: Not sure where to put this.. Is there a prototype for this car?
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2018, 10:40:23 AM »
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Re: Not sure where to put this.. Is there a prototype for this car?
« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2018, 11:33:13 AM »
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Kinda low number on the CCA , but appears to be real . Interestingly also found this with the same reporting marks .



AND THIS
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/rslist.aspx?id=TLDX

AND THIS
http://freight.railfan.ca/cgi-bin/search.pl?marks=TLDX&display=short



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Re: Not sure where to put this.. Is there a prototype for this car?
« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2018, 11:51:08 AM »
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TLDX was Pullman leasing.  There were a lot of different paint schemes.

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Re: Not sure where to put this.. Is there a prototype for this car?
« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2018, 12:00:38 PM »
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Yay!  Thanks, guys!  I didn't think to look up the reporting marks. 

I guess I can go ahead and type up a car card!

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Re: Not sure where to put this.. Is there a prototype for this car?
« Reply #5 on: February 14, 2018, 03:19:07 PM »
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I think we can say with confidence that Jason found the photo reference that was used for the model. Kudos. Who knows if there was more than one proto.

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Re: Not sure where to put this.. Is there a prototype for this car?
« Reply #6 on: February 14, 2018, 04:15:21 PM »
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I think we can say with confidence that Jason found the photo reference that was used for the model. Kudos. Who knows if there was more than one proto.

This was all discussed (somewhere!) when the MTL model was released. :D Apparently there was a 20 and a 23.

http://www.irwinsjournal.com/umtrr/index.htm?http://www.irwinsjournal.com/umtrr/mt0606.htm

The proto has 10' doors, and (of course) cushioned underframe.


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Re: Not sure where to put this.. Is there a prototype for this car?
« Reply #7 on: February 14, 2018, 04:23:36 PM »
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MTL has done a few of the TLDX cars.  I know at least Jewel Tea and Libby's.

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Re: Not sure where to put this.. Is there a prototype for this car?
« Reply #8 on: February 15, 2018, 01:40:01 AM »
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There was also a TLDX 22, so probably a TLDX 21.  "Canadian Freight Car Gallery" has photos for 20, 22, and 23:
http://canadianfreightcargallery.ca/cgi-bin/search.pl?marks=TLDX&display=short
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Re: Not sure where to put this.. Is there a prototype for this car?
« Reply #10 on: February 15, 2018, 02:02:15 PM »
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It needs the draft gear of a cushioned underframe, but it is legit.
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Re: Not sure where to put this.. Is there a prototype for this car?
« Reply #11 on: February 16, 2018, 12:06:20 AM »
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hum . . . .

http://canadianfreightcargallery.ca/cgi-bin/image.pl?i=tldx24&o=ptlx

could it be this?

http://www.trovestar.com/generic/zoom.php?id=112588


Well, aside from the Athearn car needing a rib job, a new door, and top sills along the roofline, sure. BTW, the Athearn model roof has trouble staying in place.
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Re: Not sure where to put this.. Is there a prototype for this car?
« Reply #12 on: February 17, 2018, 11:18:47 PM »
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Kinda low number on the CCA , but appears to be real . Interestingly also found this with the same reporting marks .


They went even lower. TLDX 11-15 were leased by Schmidt's Beer

http://canadianfreightcargallery.ca/cgi-bin/image.pl?i=tldx14&o=ptlx
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