Freight Car Handbook (White River Productions)

Your Model Railroad How-To Guide from the Publisher of Railroad model Craftsman
by Stephen M. Priest, MMR, 2018 White River Productions
letter size, soft cover, 100 pages w/covers, US$24.95 (publisher's site)

the rear cover drawing

page 4 - 5

Freight cars make up the majority of rolling stock in North America. There are literally thousands of car designs and dozens of car types. This book is your gateway to some of these cars. Whether you are researching a particular car type, looking for a scratch building project, or just love rolling stock drawings, this book is for you. Included are hundreds of elevations, details, and plans carefully recreated by some of Railroad Model Craftsman's best draftsmen. All eras are represented in clear and accurate renderings. Both black & white and color are represented with the latter type showing complete car painting and lettering designs.

北米では貨車が車両の大部分を占める。文字通り何千もの車両設計と何十もの車種がある。この本は、いくつかの貨車の入門書である。あなたが特定の車種を研究している、あるいはモデル化する対象を探している、または単に車両図面を愛している場合に、役に立つだろう。収録した詳細図面は、RMC誌の最高の製図者によって丁寧に描画されたものである。それぞれの車両は時代に合わせて、クリアで正しく描かれている。モノクロとカラーの両方が最新の資料をもとに完璧なペインティングとレタリングデザインを再現している。

The following drawing inventory was made by me. Especially in parentheses are my judgment.

1. Introduction -Why Create Scale Drawings?

2. Autoracks
Thrall Bi-Level Autorack (open)
Thrall Tri-Level Autorack (open)
Tri-Level Autorack (NW side-covered)

3. Boxcars
40' Wood-Sided Boxcar (C&O 82000)
40' Wood Boxcar (single-sheathed double-door)
N&W B-8A 40' Boxcar (8' width superior-door)
SL-SF Outside-Braced 40' boxcar (SL-SF 34001 and 163523, 2 style door)
GN 40' 12-Panel Boxcar (GN 11099, Youngstown and Superior door)
SP Extended-Roof 40' Boxcar (high-cube, w/photo)
CP Plug-Door 40' Boxcar (2 style railroad name, w/alcohol heater)
General American GN 50' Boxcar (single sheathed)
Pullman-Standard 50' PS-1 Boxcar (8' Pullman door)
Canadian National 557000-series Boxcar (combination-door, Wet-Noodle logo)
Pennsylvania X51E 50' Boxcar (riveted, Shadow Keystone herald)
Pennsylvania X58 50' Boxcar (exterior post, plug-door, Hydra-Cushion, w/photo)
Pullman-Standard Southern 50' Boxcar (exterior post. w/photo)
Pullman-Standard C&NW Waffle Side Boxcar (w/photo)
American Car & Foundry 50' Boxcar (KCS 150258 w/photo)
Evans Blue Island Reefer -Early (USLX 10097, double-plug-door boxcar, Hydra-Cushion w/photo)
Evans Blue Island Reefer -late (USLX 11614, double-plug-door boxcar w/photo)
North American Car Company Outside-Post 50' RBL (w/Nesle and NACC logo)
North American Car Company Smooth-Side RBL (w/NACC logo and photo)
FMC 5347 Single-Door Boxcar (plate C, BH 25120, cushion service (the drawings not show cushion) w/FMC logo)
　(RBOX 38151, Railbox)
　(ASAB 7182, The Bay Line, cushion service)
　(AN 5575, Apalachicola Northern, cushion service)
　(SSDK 1087, Savannah State Docks Railroad, cushion service)
　(PHD 2002, St. Clair Blue Water Route, cushion service)
Pullman-Standard 60' Double-Door AutoParts Car (D&RGW 63835, smooth side)
Pullman-Standard 60' Single-Door AutoParts Car (CNW 91618, smooth side)
American Car & Foundry Single-Door 60' AutoParts Car (WM 49585, Precision Design)
American Car & Foundry Double-Door 60' AutoParts Car (GTW 306636, Precision Design)
Pullman-Standard 60' AutoParts Car (MILW 4000, double-door, exterior post)
Pullman-Standard 7315 CUFT Waffle-Sided Boxcar (double-door)
Pullman-Standard 4-Door 86' AutoParts Car (CNE 92067, w/photo(PC))
Pullman-Standard 8-Door 86' AutoParts Car (UP 980212 w/photo(B&O))

4. Flatcars
FT-60 Heavy-Duty Flatcar (w/photo(AT&SF))
CB&Q, NP & SP&S 52' Flatcar
Pullman-Standard 52' PS-4 Flatcar (P&LE 1144)
BN Centerbeam Flatcar (BN 624216, w/photo and Milw photo)
ACF 60' Auto Frame Flatcar (FTTX 95153, w/load)
NSC 73' Centerbeam Flatcar (TTZX 000000, color)
DW&P Bulkhead Flatcar (56'-7" long)
CP Rail 89' Flatcar (CP 315613)
Lehigh Valley Well Flatcar (LV 9955. w/photo (PC 768020))
Maxson Conrail Depressed-Center Flatcar (CR 766002, 8-wheel)
Pennsylvania F36 Flatcar (PRR 470229, 12-wheel)
ATSF 90005 FT-13 Depressed-Center Flatcar (ATSF 90005, 16-wheel, w/photo)

5. Hoppers & Gondolas
American Car & Foundry 52'-6" Gondola (w/PRR photo)
Evans 4780 Covered Hopper Car (BM 5400, w/photo)
ATSF 65' Corrugated side Mill Gondola (ATSF 168460)
National Steel Car Co. CP 100-ton Covered Hopper (cylindrical 8-round hatch, 4-bay)
BN Gondola & Youngstown Bulk Containers (BN 553910, w/photo)
Pullman-Standard 100-ton 4427 PS-2CD Covered Hopper (ATSF 303134, high-side)
ACL 5400 CUFT Wood Chip Hopper (ACL 84307)
ACL Phosphate Hopper (w/8-square hatch, 4-bay)
CP Rail Cylindrical Grain Hopper (CP 384678, 4-bay, 4550cu.ft. w/Packman logo)

6. MoW Cars
Paccar Side Dump Car
Union Pacific Railway MoW Flat Car (w/load)
Union Pacific Boom Car 909300 (w/load)
Union Pacific Wheel Car (w/load)

7. Piggyback Cars
National Steel Car Corporation TOFC Flatcar
Canadian Pacific Railway 63' TOFC Flatcar (CP 505725, w/hitches)
Greenville Steel Car Co. Flexi-Van Mark V (w/ATSF photo)
Bethlehem Steel 86' F-89-F TOFC Car (XTTX 150248)
ACF 89' TOFC Car (TTX 601303 yellow and TTX 601848 brown color)

8. Refrigerated cars - Reefers
Soo Line Wood Ice Reefer (SOO 22600, w/express trucks and vertical hand-brake stuff)
Western Pacific Ice Service Reefer (wood w/vertical hand-brake stuff)
Union Pacific Refrigerator Transit 50' Steel Car (w/4 ice hatches)
National Steel Car Outside-Braced Mechanical Reefer (w/photo)

9. Steel Coil Cars
Despatch-Built F50 Steel Coil Car & Hoods (PC 752100)
Evans-Built Steel Coil Car & Hoods (C&O 306628, Hydra-Cushion, w/photo)

10. Stock Cars
Grand Trunk Western Steel Frame Stock Car
Northern Pacific 85'-6" Double-deck Stock Car (w/photo)

11. Tank Cars
GATX 10.000-gallon Tank Car (welded)
American Car & Foundry Glenn-Pool Tank Car (KCM&O 25035 (Orient) and Glenn-Pool Tank Line CO.)
ACF 20,000-gallon Tank Car (w/SHPX photo)
Trinity 25,500-gallon Tank Car (GATX 54303)
Richmond Tank Car Co. 17,300-gallon Chlorine tank Car (w/Pullman-Standard photo)
ATSF TK-N & TK-O Class tank Cars (ATSF 98051, ATSF 101214 and ATSF 101132)
American Car & Foundry LPG Tank Car (SHPX 17204, United Petroleum Cars)
American Car & Foundry Type-27 Tank Car (riveted)
General American Tank Train 10450-series Car (w/flexible hose drawings)