Reply To: Building a KO&G 250600-252099 boxcar

[peggyrothschild]

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The second boxcar in Joe Alnether’s Eagle from Winter 2003 article covers the building of a Kansas, Oklahoma & Gulf 50′ 6″ boxcar with a combination plug and sliding doors. Cars were initially lettered KOG but were later relettered TP. Cars were built by GATC in March 1966. Joe used a Details West BC-600 boxcar but Athearn has released the car and I easily found several on eBay for under $16. I striped the factory painted carbody using ‘ Scalecoat Unpaint’.

Joe used a Robins Rails door to match the prototype but I didn’t have any Robins Rails kits I could borrow the doors from so mine were scratch built from Evergreen styrene. I also carved off the brake wheel housing as its too low. Intermountain ladders were used for the ladders as I think they look better than most commercial plastic ladders. As with the M-I car I added the four reinforcement plates by the door openings. These were easier to make as they were welded on the car vs being riveted on the M-I car. Joe gives three decal sources for modeling this car; Microscale 87-1222, Odd Ball #264 for the door stencils and Herald King B-710 for the DF-2 markings. I have the 87-1222 set and the B-710 set so will see if I can make up the door marking from other sources.

There’s another photo of these car in Jim Kinkaid’s Mopac Color Guide on the top of page 48 lettered for TP. Photo was taken in July 1979 so the car has the COTS marking and the U-1 black square with the yellow dot.

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