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Here are the 3 groups of boxcars. for these layout fillers Ive been doing one of each group with Tichy grabs but leaving the rest of them with the molded on grabs. There are 2 of the raised roof MRBT 36′ boxcars that I ended up using undec Accurail DS Boxcars as a starting point. I added the truss rods, larger upper door track covers, door rub strips and the L Angle vertical braces on the ends. The rest of the MRBT cars are built using the Roundhouse old time box car where I added the truss rods, end doors and door rub strips. For the IS/MI boxcars I used the Accurail cars again but added the lower truss rods, end truss rod along with the end vertical wood supports and removed the seams from the molded on roof and installed evergreen car siding to match the prototype. I also used Accurail roofwalks on the Roundhouse cars as theirs extended past the roof line. As usual i ran out of grabs and they came in since i took these photos so the 2 MRBT cars that will have them are still on the bench but hopefully will be done this weekend.
Joe
