What work were you planning on doing on the cars? I had not noticed
any changes needed.
The Athearn P-S cars in green are correctly numbered and lettered for
the XM-5 cars that made it to the green scheme. I talked with Athearn
when they ran the cars. They had photos of three XM-5s in green -
9805, 9824, and 9837. I am not sure if any other XM-5's received
green. To me it is surprising any of them actually made it to green
considering how new they were. In the photos, 9805 has a repaint date
of 11-68, 9824 has a repaint date of 5-68. When repainted green, the Q
left the Burlington Route herald boards on the cars but painted them
green. I don't know why they did not remove them. Perhaps they felt
that the BN herald would later be applied.
In my opinion the Athearn Genesis XM-5's are probably the finest HO
CB&Q boxcar ever made in plastic. I have 5 of them (3 red, 2 green). I
am planning on renumbering the one duplicate red car I have someday.
Then it goes on the layout with the other four.
Tom Mack
Cincinnati, OH
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "Rupert & Maureen" <gamlenz@...> wrote:
>
> Jerry
>
> 9800-9849 were class XM-5, built in 1963 by Pullman-Standard with an
inside
> length of 60' 9", with two 16' doors each side, and were painted
Chinese red
>
> There is a 1977 photo of #9810 on page 61 of Mike Spoor's Color
Guide, and
> there's an article in Mainland Modeller of February 1998 including a
> builder's photo of #9836. The article lists identical cars supplied to
> other roads if that would help. Contact me off List if I can help
further.
>
> Rupert Gamlen
> Auckland NZ
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jerry Jackson" <centralfloridashops@...>
> To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 5:42 AM
> Subject: [CBQ] A question about Athearn's PS 60' Genesis Box Car.
>
>
> > Hello,
> > I'm going to be working on Athearn's Genesis CB&Q car G4518. It's
> > painted in the merger green with road # CB&Q 9824. It's a 60' P/S Auto
> > Box Car. Does anyone know of any on-line information about these cars
> > or what numbers they received?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Jerry Jackson
> > Kissimmee, FL
> >
> >
> >
>
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