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Triplex
April 1st, 2008, 12:32 AM
I recently saw a model of a larger boxcar (60'+) in CP Multimark. It was light blue overall, and the multimark was inset from the end, and the black and white were reversed. I have a vague memory of seeing photos of this scheme long ago, but I don't know if they were real or model. I've never seen this in reality that I can remember. Do they exist?

Milne
April 2nd, 2008, 09:00 PM
Triplex,

Can you give us any more information on this car such as possible use, type of car or any part of the car number?

The Canadian Freight Railcar Gallery may be of use -

http://freight.railfan.ca/

Milne

Triplex
April 19th, 2008, 10:28 PM
Okay, it was a 50' car with a single plug door and roofwalk.

swissboy
May 1st, 2008, 04:49 PM
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The Canadian Freight Railcar Gallery may be of use -

http://freight.railfan.ca/

Milne

I just accidentally hit this thread, and I discovered this link. Thanks. Great help!

Ryan87
May 3rd, 2008, 09:27 PM
Nope never existed.

In fact the only official use of blue on CP equipment was on their trucking lines (Smith's Transport & CP Express)

Their was some patched boxcars in blue. (ex St Laurence)

Triplex
May 5th, 2008, 03:03 PM
And I guess the reverse-color multimark is just as fictitious. I'm suspecting this wasn't a custom paint job, but a factory-painted model. The roofwalk was molded on; it looked like an older HO model. But I've never seen another of these...?

Ryan87
May 11th, 2008, 08:02 PM
And I guess the reverse-color multimark is just as fictitious.

I honestly can't ever remember seeing anything (on rails) with the circle in the Multimark painted anything but white...

Krasny Strela
May 12th, 2008, 05:31 AM
Tyco product from way back.
50ft. Box Car (http://tycotrain.tripod.com/freightcars/id31.html)

Triplex
May 12th, 2008, 11:02 PM
Some Tyco cars I'm used to seeing all the time, like the BN green 50' box. Not this one, though.