Prototype and model photos accompany this article about 60-foot boxcars that carry municipal waste. There is a sidebar on how to make the car's decals using WordPerfect for DOS.

Scale drawings of this car.

Describes the history and evolution of boxcars.

Railbox is made up of high quality, free-running, general-service boxcars capable of running all of the nation. ABOX refers to those boxcars with 16-foot door openings rather than the default 10 feet. It has a 6-foot plug door added to the standard 10-foot door. These started appearing in May of 1978. The article includes prototype photos and scale drawings.

Prototype and model photos.

When were running boards banned? Did boxcars haul grain?

Includes the prototype history, followed by a description of the product review of the Crown Custom Imports model of this 74-foot 1931 boxcar.

Includes model and prototype photos of this car modeled in HO-scale. Also includes several historical scale drawings.

The author discusses the modifications he made to the MDC's model of this prototype. The weathering on the author's model is particularly striking (rust spots).

The author describes his unique method for artificially creating shadow using pencils on his models.

Prototype and model photos. Detailed photos of constructing the grab irons. Painting and weathering shows how to simulate a boxcar belonging to a former railroad but that name has been over-painted.

The first installment of an on-going series of articles that cover the transition era. The first article covers the St. Louis - San Francisco single-sheathed boxcar. Includes prototype photos, builder's roster, available HO models, and a sidebar on the tools needed to modify those models.

This installment covers the 1937 Great Northern's double-sheathed boxcars. Includes prototype photos, a roster listing, and lots of how-to-model information. A sidebar describes how to build an accurate, rectangular box.

Prototype and model photos of the NP's 10000-series double-sheathed boxcars. It has an excellent sidebar on how to make grab irons.

St. Louis Southwestern's (Cotton Belt) double-sheathed boxcars which were built from 1923 to 1925. Includes prototype photos, and many model photos. A side bar on modeling AB brakes is also included.

The article covers the Southern Pacific's single-sheathed boxcars, and modeling the B-50-13 and -14 cars. A side bar on modeling KC brakes and release rods is included. Several close-up detail photos of the model are also included.

1932 ARA 40-foot steel boxcars owned by the MP, SAL, and WM. Includes model and prototype photos.

This article covers the PRR's X31 round-roof boxcars. Includes many prototype photos and some modeling photos.

Lehigh Valley "Wrong-way" boxcars. Includes model and prototype photos.

Soo Line single-sheathed boxcars. The Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie purchased 750 of thes cars in 1912. The article has model and prototype photos and a modelers parts list.

This installment covers the Santa Fe's rebuilt USRA reefers. Includes prototype and model photos.

This is the first of two installments covering the Pennsylvania X29 boxcar, of which there were almost 19,000 on the road. Several prototype photos are included. The last part of the article covers how to model this car in HO-scale, with several finished model photos.

This is the second installment of the PRR X29 boxcar. Also covered are the X28 automobile transport cars, and how to model both in HO scale.

Based on the D&RG design, these four-wheeled cars were made from various commercial parts. The article include model photos, scale drawings, and a parts list.

Using this boxcar model, the author created a model of the KCS #250236. Includes prototype and model photos.

Two MDC kits were used to build this model of the 60-foot car that was new in 1993. Includes prototype and model photo, and drawings.

Model photos and scale drawings.

Includes prototype and model photos, as well as "surgical" photos of the upgrading the author did to his out-of-production Train-Miniatures "X-29" boxcars. Includes a detailing parts list.

Prototype photos and a scale drawing of the unique ribbed-side house cars.

The author describes how he built a sizable inventory of CPR boxcars to represent the interchange on his layout. Includes lots of prototype information about these cars. There are also lots of photos of step-by-step modifications made to the models.

Building a replica of the IC's 11280 boxcar. Mostly text, not many step-by-step photos.

The author descibes how one could model the unique short line boxcars with custom decals. Includes scale drawings of a typical ACF Railbox car.

This installment covers modeling the PRR's X26c using the Sunshine resin kit. Includes model and prototype photos, service information,

Discusses the PRR's X37b class using the Sunshine resin kit. Includes a full description of the prototype, with photos of the prototype and the model.

The article is an overview of the classes in service from 1944 to 1968. The meat of the article is two tables, one listing all the boxcar classes and the other listing the possible models for these classes (HO-scale only).

This installment covers the Class C29b. Detailed history, rebuilding information, prototype photos, and references are included.

Describes how the author created an accurate model of this car. The article includes many large close-up photos, a scale drawing of the prototype car, and a sidebar and what models are available in HO, N, and O-scale.

The M&St.L had 700 boxcars built in 1952 that were painted a signature green. In addition to the history, the author also describes how to model this car.

The author kitbashed some 40-foot boxcars to include the horizontal rib configuration.

Includes only model photos.

The author uses his collection of boxcars to show the various paint schemes the Santa Fe Shock Control cars when through in their 25-year service. These cars provided smoother transportation of their content.

This article describes the 62-foot long insulated boxcars that are assigned to transporting beer for the Coors company. The article includes model and prototype photos and detailed construction photos of where the author took the Eel River Models car and converted it into one of these models.

The article details the history of this one box car with a listing of all the other boxcars, a map of the interchange points where this particular car has been sighted, and many close-up photos of the car.

This article is a photo essay of the modern boxcar (starting in 2003).