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Accurail 50 Foot Welded Boxcars 10 years 3 weeks ago #3031

Rob OFFLINE Road Foreman of Engines Posts: 393 Thank you received: 57	According to photos I have access to, and the Jan 1983 RMC article on the 20000 series cars with drawings. The Robin's Rails car is dead on. Roof, ends, sides..... etc. The only thing I cannot attest to is where my doors came from. I think they were in the Robin's Rail kit as one choice of two or three different doors.
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Accurail 50 Foot Welded Boxcars 10 years 2 weeks ago #3033

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The Robins Rails car has the correct roof as it is a model of a PS-1 which is what the RDG 20000 series XLj cars are.

(It is only correct for RDG's third series XLj 20000-20199 and also for the RDG's XLd 19530-19391)

John Caples

MrBill wrote:

Bossler talks about the diagonal and X section roofs for the 1st and 2nd groups, but I can't tell from any of the photos exactly what roof was on the 3rd. From all the info presented here, the accurail car is very close for a 1st group car (if the bottom sill is made flush at the ends) .
And the Robins Rail PS1 is a very good model of a XLj(3rd), but is the roof correct on it?

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Accurail 50 Foot Welded Boxcars 10 years 2 weeks ago #3034

rdg1187prr OFFLINE Conductor Posts: 197 Thank you received: 38	Doors are also available from Details West for the RDG's 20000 series XLj. They are psrt number 253-168. I had to substitute doors on my Robbins Rails car as the early run undecorated kit didn't supply me with the correct doors. So bad news is check the kit before you buy it as it may or may not have the correct doors. John Caples
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Accurail 50 Foot Welded Boxcars 10 years 1 week ago #3070

t1nut OFFLINE Road Foreman of Engines Posts: 323 Thank you received: 55	John, Details West does not list that number in their catalog,
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Accurail 50 Foot Welded Boxcars 10 years 1 week ago #3071

t1nut OFFLINE Road Foreman of Engines Posts: 323 Thank you received: 55	Here is a photo of mine of CR 231776, ex RDG 20180, I think I am going to do my Accurail car as this slap over. Attachments: image_2014-05-02.jpg (27KB)
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Accurail 50 Foot Welded Boxcars 10 years 1 week ago #3072

t1nut OFFLINE Road Foreman of Engines Posts: 323 Thank you received: 55	Just an update on articles , Jan.1983 RMC - Eric Neubauer article with HO scale plans.May 1983 RMC - J Reilly McCarren modeling article, Oct. 1994 Mainline Modeler Terry Stuart article modeling a CR boxcar class BR50L which is ex RDG XLj 20000 series.
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