My first boxcar was an AMS boxcar, in 1:20 scale. It’s a very nicely detailed model.

I re-lettered it for the J&B.

This is another AMS car.   I lettered it for Doug Matheson’s Northland Railroad in Ottawa, Canada.

This one was made from a Phil Dippel kit.  It’s lettered for Fred Mill’s IPP&W railroad in Ottawa, Canada.  We visit there annually to operate on his large outdoor layout.

I scratch-built a couple of these based upon an East Broad Top (EBT) prototype.   Most of it is styrene with wood roof walk and brass grab irons and ladder.

An article detailing how to build this was published in the August 2007 issue of Garden Railways.

Another scratch built boxcar, this one used cast resin ends that I got from Bob McCown at LargeScaleCentral.    Click here to see some building details.

Bob McCown at Large Scale Central offered a “semi-kit” to model an EBT all steel boxcar. The kit consists of clear acrylic panels that form the basic box including the roof.  He provided a set of instructions to build up the rest of the car using readily available styrene shapes.

It was quite an enjoyable project!