PROTOTYPE DATA, MODELING TIPS, & LINKS
Prototype data located at this site
AAR box cars with 12 panel sides
Modeling Tip: Box Car Shell End Removal
Prototype data and modeling on other sites
Steam Era Freight Cars Web Site
Box car rosters (.pdf):
1932 ARA Box Cars
1937 AAR Box Cars
- These cars are represented by the square and round corner 10' IH PRS box cars.
Modified 1937 AAR Box Cars
- These cars are represented by the 10'6" IH PRS box cars.
Postwar AAR Box Cars
For a roster of Postwar AAR box cars of 10' IH, see Volume 8 of the Railway Prototype Cyclopedia.
S Scale links
For a good list of general interest S scale links, goto: www.nasg.org
The links below have been selected with the S scale prototype modeler in mind:
Des Plaines Hobbies Full range S scale manufacturer and dealer: RTR, kits, detail parts.
East West Rail Service Offering an S scale Soo Line stock car kit.
Grandt Line Maker of S scale detail parts.
MLW Services Maker of Canadian steam locomotive, passenger car, and freight car kits and parts.
Ridgehill Scale Models Offering some urethane freight cars of Canadian prototypes.
Smoky Mountain Model Works Maker of S scale urethane freight car kits. Southeastern US focus.
My other RR subdomains
Suncook Valley Railroad subdomain
Boston & Maine Railroad subdomain