Mystery Box Car

[steve1]

I picked this up at Mansfield show the other week. It doesn't have a maker's name on it and I wonder if the experts here might know.

 

It's a  and has sprung trucks with plastic wheels (Which will be replaced)!) and a pretty basic under frame. 

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanks

 

steve

 

 

[34theletterbetweenB&D]

The maker's name that popped up in my head was Con-Cor.

[Rods_of_Revolution]

After doing a quick bit of research, it's a Varney Scale Models model.

 

See the discussion, and an image of the car you have, here: http://www.tycoforums.com/tyco/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=12923

 

Cheers,

 

Jack

[steve1]

That's it! Sorted in 2 hours, the power of RMWeb.

 

Thanks Jack.

 

steve

[dckuk]

Varney; that goes back many years. An iffy representation of a B&O wagon-top box car...

Edited March 16, 2020 by dckuk

[Covkid]

3 hours ago, dckuk said:

Varney; that goes back many years. An iffy representation of a B&O wagon-top box car...

 

 

Nice for a cheapie I guess, but I picked up a "preowned" Fox Valley wagontop boxcar last year which is very nice and more authentic.    

[dave1905]

Its an iffy representation of a PRR X31-X31A round roof boxcar.

 The round roof allowed a higher interior for loading auto parts, airplane parts and vehicles.

 

The B&O round roof was a similar idea but a completely different construction.  The PRR car was a "regular" boxcar with different roof panels.  The B&O car had stamped panels for one half the car which were attached at the top to make the car body.  The roof and the sides were one huge stamping.