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 Posted - March 11 2007 : 12:10:07 PM
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I never bought one of these until a recent trip over to visit my Dad and I saw his RailBox examples and picked up one of the green Ashley Drew & Northern cars at a Springfield Illinois hobby shop.
Tooling includes everything short of the brake wheel cast on, but it is a nicely done car. The car is an ACF prototype.
ATLAS this week announced a 3rd run of this box car...
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Can one of our Southern forum guys comment on this Family Lines' reporting marks? Am I correct in saying "WA" is Western Alabama?
Here's the complete info on the new run due in July '07...
http://www.atlastrainman.com/HOFreight/tmho506boxcar.htm
Tony Cook
HO-Scale Trains Resource
http://ho-scaletrains.net
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 Posted - March 11 2007 : 2:02:25 PM
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WA is indeed for Western (railway of) Alabama. The "West Point Route" in the Family Lines banner, I believe. Only reason I know that is because I custom-painted a CSX Operation Redblock Chicago Division GP40, and the prototype was an ex-WA denizen.
From AL to Chicago?? I never would have guessed!
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