Modern box cars in 1974

[Missaberoad]

So what is the Trainman ACF 50' 6" box car? What's its story?

First built in 1974, among the other roads that owned it it is the original Railbox car...

http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/rbox/rbox10095akg.jpg

[wcfn100]

I see two postings on the Atlas site for the single door 5077s and I don't see two versions. Can you explain the differences?

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Jason

[cjm413]

First built in 1974, among the other roads that owned it it is the original Railbox car...

http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/rbox/rbox10095akg.jpg

Atlas model is based on the later 5300 cuft Plate C cars rather than the earlier 5077 cuft Plate B cars

[Missaberoad]

Atlas model is based on the later 5300 cuft Plate C cars rather than the earlier 5077 cuft Plate B cars

Well that's a shame...

[cjm413]

Well that's a shame...

Keep in mind that the ACF Plate B cars had three original owners: RBOX, MP, and TP.

[squirrelhunter]

Would the ends off a Micro Trains FMC rib side boxcar and the rest of the body of an Atlas ACF precision design rib side box make a reasonable ACF 5077?

[amato1969]

Atlas model is based on the later 5300 cuft Plate C cars rather than the earlier 5077 cuft Plate B cars

I don't think this is correct; the Atlas model is most certainly accurate for plate B dimensions:

https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=39425.msg481548#msg481548

  Frank

[cjm413]

I don't think this is correct; the Atlas model is most certainly accurate for plate B dimensions:

https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=39425.msg481548#msg481548

  Frank

I haven't measured them, but here's what Atlas has to say:

"These box cars have a 50' 6" interior length designed to fit slightly larger Plate C dimensions. This yielded a capacity of nearly 5,300 cubic feet"

http://www.atlastrainman.com/NFreight/tmn506boxcar.htm

[cjm413]

Would the ends off a Micro Trains FMC rib side boxcar and the rest of the body of an Atlas ACF precision design rib side box make a reasonable ACF 5077?

Botchmann makes an ACF X-post box with non-terminating ends (and the wrong X-panel roof), but I havent taken a close enough look at the rest of the model with either prototype....

[amato1969]

The Trainman model is a different/later ACF prototype.

This is the FMC 5077 model : http://www.atlasrr.com/NFreight/n5077boxcar.htm.

If you're getting serious about "appropriate" cars for your era, I highly recommend an equipment register (ORER).  Can't tell the players without a program!

  Frank

[cv_acr]

Atlas has three (four) different models:

Trainman "50' boxcar" (ACF 5300 cuft plate C)

Master "ACF precision design" (ACF 5095 cuft plate B)

Master FMC 5077 (early and late versions) plate B

In HO they've also announced a plate C FMC 5347 cuft car, not sure if that's coming for N too or not.

The "precision design" car is an early 1970s design with terminating ends, this type was never fostered by RailBox, but plenty of Class Is from that period.