Bill and others,
Check out the Athearn web site. The cars in question are ATH71964 and ATH71965.
Doors look white to me. According to Athearn, these are NOT new cars, announced
in 2008 and are currently sold out.
Ray Bedard
> To: cbq@yahoogroups.com
> From: vje68@hotmail.com
> Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 06:00:28 -0500
> Subject: RE: [CBQ] New Athearn 40 ft box cars
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> Are you sure 'silver' as opposed to white (which was common among most RR's
> to indicate larger than normal doors, etc)
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> Gerald
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> From: gamlenz@ihug.co.nz
> Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 20:19:05 +1300
> Subject: Re: [CBQ] New Athearn 40 ft box cars
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> Bill
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> Some box cars built in the 60's had silver doors, such as 49000-399 (XM-4B)
> and 49400-49799 (XML-11, some later reclassified as
> XM-4C). Do you have any road number of details of the models?
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> Rupert Gamlen
> Auckland NZ
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> From: "BillG" <Qglick@hotmail.com>
> To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 1:31 PM
> Subject: [CBQ] New Athearn 40 ft box cars
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> > The main question is has any one have a photo of this car?
> > The only box car photo I have with a white door is the 50'
> > and/or 60' outside braced two door box cars. I kind of
> > assume Athearn would have only done these if they were
> > actual cars simular to this.
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> > Thanks
> > Bill Glick
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