N Scale

I am not an N scale modeler, so I must depend on the wisdom of others for this information. Thanks to Ben Hom, Charlie Vlk, and Dan Stinson

Atlas: UP Class S-40-12 (current production). In the 70s Atlas produced 86 ft bi-level Northern Pacific "Big Pig Palace" cars (Atlas #3121) designed specifically for hogs (stencil date is 10-64). SP also had these cars. The cars have "ATLAS AUSTRIA" cast on the underframe. These HOGX cars operated into the early 90s.

Bachmann: Resembles the HO Varney low sided car. Dubious prototype.

ConCor: 40' car based on the 40' single sheathed boxcar in general. CB&Q had some forty footers with same general appearance.

Life-Like: They have had several cars over the years, but none known to be prototypical.

Model Power: The 40 ft car matches UP Class S-40-12. The roof's diagonal panels are oriented in the correct direction (unlike the Athearn HO car) but are rather crude. The 50 ft car's prototype escapes me. The 50 ft car (ex Lima and copy??) is close in appearance to a small batch of late CB&Q stock cars, although the size is compromised to fit on the same die base as two other cars)

MDC: Same as their HO stock car, which sort of matches a Clinchfield prototype.

Micro-Trains: NYC 28000-28499 (Lot 757-S) convertible stock cars rebuilt from USRA SS box cars in 1947.

Revell/Rapido had a decent model of the St. Louis & Iron Mountain (???) car that was once an Ambriod kit. It had the curious offset from center door. The underframe is typical Rapido crude but Ultimate N Scale offers a resin conversion to upgrade the car.

Roco/Atlas/Walthers had a 40' car which was somewhat the same prototpye as the NYC convertible car.

Compiled by J. Stephen Sandifer