B7a & BS class box cars

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There are radial roofs sold by a number of manufacturers.  I know 
that Ron Sebastian (DesPlaines Hobbies) offered a CoG car with a 
radial  roof and I believe he sold the roof separately.  I'm sure you 
might find ends that work too.

You might be able to kitbash rather than scratchbuild a reasonable version.

Dave

At 10:30 AM 11/24/2005, you wrote:

>Jim,

>   Thanks for the info. I guess I have my work cut out for me. I may just

>try and get as close as I can to what they looked like?

>Take Care and Happy Thanksgiving!

>Fred Mullins

>modeling the Atlantic & Danville

>remember "For Service See......the A&D!"

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>

> > Fred,

> >

> > Unfortunately for N&W modelers, the freight equipment was mostly designed

>by

> > N&W and built by outside contractors, i.e. Greenville, or at Roanoke

>Shops.

> >

> > N&W received 800 USRA single sheathed boxcars during WWI; the war

>emergency

> > H-4 triple bay hoppers were supposedly based upon an ACF design, although

> > none of N&W's version were built by ACF.  It is not until the 1950s with

>the

> > purchase of PS-1 boxcars and PS-2 covered hoppers that N&W began to

>acquire

> > "assembly line" rolling stock.

> >

> > N&W did not own any of the ARA or AAR boxcar designs.

> >

> > So there is really nothing, at the moment, that you could use.  If I

>recall

> > correctly, the B-7a had a radial roof.  The BS class went through various

> > modifications, i.e. BSa and BSb.

> >

> > You may be able to finds ends available, but for the most part, at this

> > time, you'd have to scratchbuild the cars.

> >

> > Jim Brewer

> > Glenwood MD

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> > Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 11:13 AM

> > Subject: B7a & BS class box cars

> >

> >

> > > Just incase folks missed my earlier post. I want to model some N&W class

> > > B7a's and BS class box cars. They are both 40ft cars. In HO scale. What

> > > would be a good starting point to do this? Red Caboose's AAR box cars??

>I

> > > would appreciate any help in this project.

> > > Thanks,

> > > Fred Mullins

> > > modeling the Atlantic & Danville

> > > remember "For Service See......the A&D!"

> > >

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