Having at one time lived close to Valliant, OK,I saw an awful lot of 50-footers with TOE marking roll thru town. My favorite is the blue car with narrow red & yellow striping, much like the one in this photo from the Fallen Flags RR site.
Not an afterthought...just different sized steciling that was custom made for that road. They had 6 versions of that "&"
Not much left of the old Dierk's Lumber empire, but they donated a few steamers. Number 207 still resides on the Tulsa fairgrounds.
Looks like we are reviving an almost decade-old thread here. If we were to get this car as a special run, which model would we use? The offset double plug door configuration is a bit unusual. I don't know of many HO models that would fit the bill. There are some good candidates for a 'stand in' model, but none have all the main spotting features. Athearn has an FMC car with the modern exterior-post look, but the doors are centered and not plug type either. I found a few other TO&E cars in the same scheme. It looks like they had some high-cube waffle-style cars, which are similar to the Roundhouse model. Again, wrong door configuration (single plug), but a kitbash or aftermarket door kit could fix the issue.
Just wait... Nick at Moloco will do that car eventually...that is a great car but few railroads had them... I think Milwaukee road, Columbia and colowits (spelling?) And I want to say SCL or FEC but I can't remember...I will try to get more info
Ok so they are PC&F double plug door boxcars built in 7-80 and the cubic capacity is 5347 or 5377 I can't tell.
There is one more common carrier but I can't find it...I remember the boxcars I saw from the 80s... just can't remember what I did with all those pictures...