Re: [CBQ] Review & Questions: Atlas-O DS Box & Cov. Hopper

[Ken Martin <kmartin@cwia.com>]

Bill,

The CB&Q had 500 of the USRA Double Sheathed Boxcars. Numbered 
200500-120999 and classified as XM-24. Built in 1918 they disappeared 
fairly quickly after WWII.

Ken Martin

cbq_bill wrote:

> Atlas-O has released the following:
> 
> USRA Double Sheathed Wood Boxcars 
> Available in mineral red with white lettering with 4 road numbers 
> (120801, 120857, ??, ??). MSRP ~ $50 (3-rail).  The road number is 
> on the left and the BR logo on the right of each side.  "Everywhere 
> West" is on the sliding door in script.  These look great to me.  I 
> could not find any pictures of these DS wood boxcars in Mike Spoor's 
> CB&Q Color Guide.  Did CB&Q actually have cars like these? 





 
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