Shortlines' IPD boxcars in the Seventies

IPD Boxcar Model Collection

Athearn ACF: add Decals (ANR MCSA MR MSE NLG PHD PW SRN)
Athearn FMC: replace the coupler pockets (BH CAD CIRR HSW)
Athearn PS-5344: replace the coupler pockets (CCR GMRC TASD)
MDC FMC: shorten the coupler pocets (ADN MTW PHD SNCT SSDK)
MDC PS-5277: shorten the coupler pockets (SM)
LBF: shorten the coupler pockets (GWF)
Walthers
Atlas
Bachmann

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ADN 8057, Ashley Drew & Northern (MDC/Roundhouse)


AMR 1070, Arcata & Mad River Railroad (Athearn/BB)


AN 5517, Apalachicola Northern Railroad (Athearn/BB) PS-5344 cushion-service


ANR, Angelina & Neches River Railroad (Athearn/BB)


APA 1710, Apache Railway (LBF Company)

ASAB 7149, Atlanta & Saint Andrews Bay Railway (Walthers/Mainline)


ATW 1024, Atlantic & Western (Atlas/Master)

BH 25132, Bath & Hammondsport Railroad (Athearn/RTR) [UNFINISHED] PS-5344 cushion-service

BMS

CAD 1109, Cadiz Railroad (Athearn/RTR) [UNFINISHED]

CCR 6139, Corinth & Counce Railroad (Athearn/BB) PS-5344 cushion-service [PROJECT]

CIRR 90036, Chatahoochee Industrial Railroad (Athearn/RTR) [UNFINISHED] PS-5344 cushion-service

CLC 3001, Columbia & Cowlitz (Athearn/Roundhouse)

COP 7341, City of Prineville Railway (Athearn/BB) [PROJECT] PS-5344 cushion-service

CPLT 7710, Camino Placerville and Lake Tahoe Railroad (Athearn/BB)


DM 2217, Detroit and Mackinac Railway (MDC/painted)

DVS 1041, Delta Valley & Southern

ESLJ 7724, East St. Louis Junction Railroad Co. (MDC??) [PROJECT]

GBW 7048, Green Bay Western (Athearn/RTR) [PROJECT]

GMRC 11028, Green Mountain Railroad (Athearn/RTR) [UNFINISHED] PS-5344 cushion-service

GNWR 300015, Genesee & Wyoming (Branchline/Blueprint)

GRN 8045, Greenville & Northern Railway (Atlas/Trainman)


GWF 1001, Galveston Wharves (Hubert's)


HCRC 824, Hillsdale County Railway (Walthers/Mainline)

HN 1063, Hutchinson Northern (Athearn/BB)

HS 2008, Hartford & Slocomb Railroad (Atlas/Master)

HSW 1013, Helena SouthWestern Railroad (Athearn/RTR) [UNFINISHED]

LEF 1288, Lake Erie Franklin & Clarion (MDC/Roundhouse)

LOAM 88000, Louisiana Midland (Athearn) [PROJECT]

LPN 52009, Longview, Portland & Northern Railroad (Athearn/Bev-Bel)

LRS 5090, Laurinburg and Southern Railroad (Athearn/Bev-Bel)


LVRC 4003, Lamoille Valley Railroad (Athearn/BB)

MB 5290, Meridian and Bigbee Railroad (MDC/Roundhouse)

MCSA 6119, Moscow Camden San Augustine Railroad (Athearn/Bev-Bel)


MDW 10107, Minnesota Dakota & Western (ExactRail)
　　　

MNJ 120682, Middletown and New Jersey Railway (Bachmann)

MNS 49751, Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway (Athearn/BB) [PROJECT] PS-5344 cushion-service

MPA 9000, Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad (Atlas)

MR 2164, McCloud River Railroad (Athearn/BB)


MSE 835, Mississippi Export Railroad (Athean/BB)


MTW 4176, Marinette, Tomahawk & Western Railroad Co. (MDC/Roundhouse)


NLG 5064, North Louisiana & Gulf Railroad (Athearn/Bel-Bel)


NN 201, Nevada Northern (Branchline/Blueprint)

NOPB, New Orleans Public Belt Railroad (MDC?) [PROJECT]

NSL 100035, St. Lawrence Railroad (Athearn/Genesis)

OCE 3399, Oregon, Carifornia & Eastern (Athearn/Roundhouse)

OPE 15173, Oregon Pacific Earstern (Athearn/RTR) cushion service

PHD 1008, Port Huron and Detroit Railroad Co. (MDC/Roundhouse)


PICK 1981, Pickens Railroad 1776-1976 (Athearn/RTR)

POTB 120, Port of Tillamook Railway (Athearn/RTR) FMC Cushion Service

POVA 35030, Pend Oreille Valley (Athearn-Roundhouse)

PT, Peninsula Terminal (MDC/painted) [PROJECT]

PW 278, Providence & Worcester Railroad (Athearn/Bev-Bel)


RR 476, Raritan River Railroad (Athearn/Genesis)

SAN PS-5344

SBVR 2047, South Branch Valley Railroad (MDC/Roundhouse)

SERA 5038, Sierra (Athearn/RTR)

SM 3371, St. Marys Railroad Co. (MDC/Roundhouse)


SNCT 1207, Seattle & North Coast (MDC/Roundhouse)


SRN 5187, Sabine River & Northern Railroad (Athearn/BB)


SSDK 1041, Savannah State Docks Railroad (MDC/Roundhouse)


TASD 78192, Terminal Railway. Alabama State Docks (Athearn/BB) [PROJECT] PS-5344 cushion-service

TM 3024, Texas Mexican Railway (Athearn/BB) [PROJECT] PS-5344

TPW 70109, Toledo Peoria & Western Railway (Accurail)


UO 1524, Union Railroad of Oregon (Athearn/BB)


VS

VSO 6052, Valdosta Southern Railroad Co. (Athearn/BB) [PROJECT] PS-5344 cushion-service

VTR 4014, Vermont Railway (Walthers/Mainline)


WRWK 5278, Warwick Railway (Atjearm/RTR)

WW 2003, Winchester Western (Athearn/no-brand) PS-5344 cushion-service

YW 25184 Yreka Western (Athearn/RTR)

[UNDER CONSTRUCTION]

Most of these are models released in the 1980s - 1990s. As you are familiar with, They are inferior to modern products in many ways. Some are too wide. Some have low roofs and short bodies. The press pattern on the roof and the position of the door are different. The grabirons and ladders are too thick and do not float from the car body. The more you look at it, the more disappointing it will be, as the paint color and lettering are slightly different. If you own the same product, you can sell it off at an online auction immediately. The inferiority is well known among fans, so set the starting price next to nothing. so that beginners who do not know anything can catch. That's it. Then the number of fans will increase. Even beginners will become more dissatisfied with these as the years go by. And sell it off. In addition, the next beginner will get it, and so on. So, I hope I can get a slight spill in the meantime. The reason I want these is that they are essentially cheap. Finding something different from the actual car is an entertainment like "Where's Wally", and it also increases my knowledge. It's a lot of fun to process the parts that is wrong. Derailing doesn't break, and broken steps can be fixed with my technique. Above all, it is enough to enjoy the beautiful design of the actual car. On the other hand, new products are expensive. Nonetheless, there is little I can do. The maker has taken all the fun of making a model. Problems such as fixing where the coupler gets caught are rather dissatisfied. I don't have the attachment that I processed a lot, and I keep it in a box so that it won't break, so I would forget to own it. All I can enjoy is the desire to own it, but even that will disperse over time. That's why I want to acquire old models.

これらの大部分は1980-1990年代に発売されたモデルだ。ここを訪れた貴方がよくご存じのように、現代の製品に比べると様々な意味で劣っている。あるものは車体幅が広すぎる。いくつかは屋根が低く、長さが短い。屋根のプレスパターンや扉の位置が違う。把手とハシゴは太すぎるし、車体から浮いていない。塗色とレタリングが微妙に異なる等々、詳しく見れば見るほど落胆することだろう。 もし貴方が同じものを持っていたら、直ぐにネットオークションで売り飛ばしたらいい。劣っていることはファンの間で知れ渡っているから、何も知らない初心者が飛びつくように開始価格を二束三文に設定することだ。 そうだ。そうしてファンの数が増えていく。初心者も年季が入ればレベルが上がり、これらに不満を持つようになる。そして売り払う。また次の初心者が入手する……という具合に繰り返していく。で、その間に僅かなおこぼれを私が頂戴できればと思う。 なぜ私がこれらを欲しがるかといえば、本質的には安いからだ。実車と異なるところを見つけるのは「ウォーリーを探せ」のような娯楽だし、それで知識も増える。至らないところを加工するのはとても楽しい。脱線したって壊れはしないし、ステップが折れたって私の技術で直せる。なにより、実車の美しい意匠を堪能するには十分だ。 一方、新しい製品は高価だ。それにも関わらず私が手を加えられるところはほとんど無い。カプラーが引っ掛かるところを手直しするくらいだ。模型を作る楽しみはメーカーが全て持って行ってしまっている。どっちかというと不具合は不満となる。手を掛けたという愛着が無いし、壊れないように箱に納めておくから持っていることを忘れてしまう。私が享受できるのは所有欲のみなのに、それすら時間と共に霧散する。 以上が私が古い模型を求める理由だ。