Weekly Photo Fun - May 9th-15th
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I've been working on my Railbox fleet. Here's an Athearn bluebox that I painted and decaled:

   

This type of Railbox, XAF10, went to Class Is in the early 1980s. Athearn RTR brought one of the XAF10s out in a later scheme that these cars didn't get, because they had already left RBOX ownership. However, I like the scheme, and I'm not sure how closely I checked this out before I got the car:

   

Most of the XAF10s were simply patched, keeping the yellow Railbox scheme but relettered for the Class Is. Athearn RTR brought one out fully painted for Santa Fe. I haven't been able to find a photo of a car like this on line, but it looks reasonable to me:

   

Here is the underframe. I've done this on some, but not all, of my cars. I do replace all Athearn bluebox or RTR coupler pockets with screw mount Kadees.

   

Here is an E&C Shops FBOX. I'm really sorry E&C, LBF, and Hubert's are defunct.

   

I've ordered a bunch of new tag decals, and this is in the queue.
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