A very nice article titled "Fixing the Cause of Derailments" was written by Paul Hurly and printed in the May 2026 issue of Railroad Model Craftsman. Paul included this picture of my 86 foot CSXT patched auto-parts boxcar as part of his article. It was a real nice surprise to see have my model included in the article with a picture of it printed in the magazine, particularly considering that this boxcarcar is one of my favourites.
This former L&N boxcar is an Athearn blue-box model that I patched and weathered about 6 years ago. The stirrup steps have also been replaced and the reflectve stripes added.
With Paul's RMC article fresh in my mind, I thought I'd show a few other photos of that 86 footer.
This is the way the Athearn boxcar looked originally.
This is just a view to show the coupler box that I used to replace the original Athearn swing arm.
An older view of the side of the car not shown in the article.
And a look from the other end
And that'll be all for this week's post.
Summer's here ! Enjoy the warmer weather.
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