James River Branch: Roster

Roster

My collection is best described as fluid—items that are here today may be gone tomorrow. But for the survivors listed below, they'll meet one or more of several criteria:

Roads of interest. While these would mainly include those of the Northeast—chief among them the CRR and Reading— my area of interest is a fuzzy triangle that extends west to the greater Chicago area and south to the Virginias.
Car types of interest. My preference is for older, short body freight cars; you won't find any over 45 feet in length.
Era of interest. Transition, for the most part; there are a few exceptions.
Attractive livery. Examples include the Great Northern and Union Pacific Challenger schemes.
Nostalgia. I grew up admiring John Allen's Gorre and Daphetid, so that car is a permanent resident in my roster. A few others are present because they remind me of tinplate cars I had as a child.
Fodder for projects. The Denver & Rio Grande Western is of no interest to me, so the Märklin wooden coaches are destined to be repainted someday, possibly for a modern-day tourist line.

Linked roadnames open popup images; if boldface, they link to articles on how the car was painted and/or modified.

40-foot single door steel boxcars (Micro-Trains)
Baltimore & Ohio	B&O	465000	boxcar red; white lttr.
Baltimore & Ohio (crate load)	B&O	467004	boxcar red; white lttr.
Baltimore & Ohio	B&O	468599	boxcar red; white lttr.
Baltimore & Ohio (Timesaver) (1)	B&O	470688	boxcar red; white lttr.
Baltimore & Ohio (Timesaver) (1)	B&O	470721	boxcar red; white lttr.
Buffalo Creek Railroad (1)	BCK	2010	boxcar red; white lttr.
Chesapeake & Ohio	C&O	18499	boxcar red; white lttr.
Erie Lackawanna	EL	70094	light grey; maroon lttr.
Gorre & Daphetid (1)	GD	8409	boxcar red; white lttr.
Great Northern	GN	2530	dark green; white lttr.
Lehigh Valley	LV	62008	boxcar red; white lttr.
Lehigh Valley	LV	62545	white; black lttr.
Missouri Pacific (Eagle)	MP	46887	blue; black & white lttr.
New York Central (Pacemaker)	NYC	174728	maroon; black/white lttr.
Penn Central	PC	103601	jade green; white lttr.
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie	P&LE	20375	boxcar red; white lttr.
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie	P&LE	25516	boxcar red; white lttr.
Reading	RDG	106007	green; cream lttr.
Union Pacific ("Be Specific")	UP	193450	boxcar red; yellow lttr.
Western Maryland	WM	27899	mineral red; white lttr.
40-foot double door steel boxcars (Micro-Trains)
Delaware Lackawanna & Western	DL&W	11133	boxcar red; white lttr.
Grand Trunk Western	GTW	585881	boxcar red; white lttr.
Illinois Central	IC	136996	orange; black lttr.
New York Central	NYC	77140	jade green; white lttr.
Union Pacific (Challenger)	UP	9147	grey; yellow lttr.
40-foot plug door steel boxcars (Micro-Trains)
Chessie System/Baltimore & Ohio	B&O	293952	dark blue; yellow lttr.
Illinois Central	IC	160513	orange; black lttr.
Pennsylvania	PRR	19492	boxcar red; white lttr.
Western Maryland	WMRX	9	orange; black lttr.
Western Maryland	WMRX	14	orange; white lttr.
40-foot stock cars (Micro-Trains)
Chicago Burlington & Quincy	CB&Q	52145	boxcar red; white lttr.
New York Central	NYC	25022	boxcar red; white lttr.
38-foot straight-side gondolas (Micro-Trains)
Lehigh Valley	LV	33350	boxcar red; white lttr.
Maine Central	MEC	3203	black; white lttr.
Maine Central	MEC	3204	black; white lttr.
Michigan Central	MCRR	15314	black; white lttr.
Michigan Central	MCRR	15319	black; white lttr.
Pennsylvania	PRR	351477	boxcar red; white lttr.
Pennsylvania	PRR	352812	boxcar red; white lttr.
Pennsylvania	PRR	352819	boxcar red; white lttr.
40-foot flatcars (Micro-Trains)
New York Central (generator load)	NYC	480755	black; white lttr.
Pennsylvania	PRR	470168	boxcar red; white lttr.
Pennsylvania (MOW, tie load) (1)*	PRR	49428	yellow; black lttr.
Reading	RDG	99002	black; white lttr.
Reading	RDG	99002	black; white lttr.
Reading	RDG	99002	black; white lttr.
40-foot bulkhead flatcars (Micro-Trains)
Delaware & Hudson (boiler load)	D&H	8008	red; yellow lttr.
Illinois Central (pulpwood load)	IC	60469	black; white lttr.
Pennsylvania	PRR	469300	boxcar red; white lttr.
PS2 2-bay covered hoppers (Micro-Trains)
Chessie System/Baltimore & Ohio	B&O	604116	yellow; dark blue lttr.
Chessie System/Chesapeake & Ohio	C&O	600855	yellow; dark blue lttr.
Central Railroad of New Jersey	CNJ	803	red; white lttr.
Central Railroad of New Jersey	CNJ	817	red; white lttr.
New York Central	NYC	883180	light grey; black lttr.
New York Central	NYC	883227	light grey; black lttr.
Pennsylvania	PRR	257128	light grey; black lttr.
33-foot open 2-bay rib-side hoppers (Full Throttle)
Baltimore & Ohio	B&O	320048	black; white lttr.
Chicago Burlington & Quincy	CB&Q	189328	red; white lttr.
Erie	ERIE	220635	black; white lttr.
Lehigh Valley	LV	18242	boxcar red; white lttr.
New York Central	NYC	838007	boxcar red; white lttr.
Norfolk & Western	N&W	84157	black; white lttr.
Peabody	PCCX	6448	yellow; green lttr.
Pennsylvania	PRR	220478	black; white lttr.
Pennsylvania (circle keystone)	PRR	697668	boxcar red; white lttr.
Pennsylvania (shadow keystone)*	PRR	220309	boxcar red; white lttr.
Pennsylvania (MOW, gravel load) (1)*	PRR	494738	yellow; black lttr.
Reading	RDG	73008	black; white lttr.
Reading	RDG	73022	black; white lttr.
Seaboard*	SAL	36238	mineral red; white lttr.
Virginian	VGN	12608	boxcar red; white lttr.
Western Maryland	WM	10867	mineral red; white lttr.
Western Maryland (speed lettering)	WM	10447	mineral red; white lttr.
33-foot open 2-bay offset-side hoppers (Full Throttle)
Baltimore & Ohio	B&O	640537	black; white lttr.
Central of New Jersey (Blue Coal)	CNJ	10032	dark blue; white lttr.
Chesapeake & Ohio*	C&O	49362	black; white lttr.
Chesapeake & Ohio (Progress)*	C&O	59645	black; white lttr.
Chessie System/Baltimore & Ohio	B&O	234981	dark blue; yellow lttr.
Delaware & Lackawanna (Blue Coal)	DLW	81468	dark blue; white lttr.
Lehigh & New England	LNE	12355	black; white lttr.
New Haven (Blue Coal)	NH	121247	dark blue; white lttr.
Reading (Blue Coal)	RDG	82155	dark blue; white lttr.
Reading (speed lettering)	RDG	83032	black; white lttr.
Reading (speed lettering)	RDG	83033	black; white lttr.
40-foot open 3-bay 70-ton offset-side hoppers (Full Throttle)
Central of Pennsylvania (Blue Coal)*	CRP	12046	dark blue; white lttr.
Chesapeake & Ohio (Progress)*	C&O	79301	black; white lttr.
Delaware & Hudson (Blue Coal)*	D&H	7066	dark blue; white lttr.
Lehigh & New England (Blue Coal)*	LNE	18472	dark blue; white lttr.
New York Central*	NYC	904247	mineral red; white lttr.
Reading (Blue Coal)*	RDG	40328	dark blue; white lttr.
45-foot open 3-bay rib-side hoppers (PennZee)
Norfolk & Western (Full Throttle)	NW	14863	black; white lttr.
Reading	RDG	41668	black; white lttr.
Virginian (Full Throttle)	VGN	216243	mineral red; white lttr.
31-foot 2-bay welded fishbelly hopper (Freudenreich Feinwerktechnik)
Reading	RDG	80108	black; white lttr.
26-foot "beercan" tank cars (3RWorks)
Emery	UTLX	85921	white; black lttr.
Emery	UTLX	85925	white; black lttr.
34-foot single-dome tank cars (Märklin)
Baker's Chocolate	GATX	31067	white; black lttr.
BASF	ACFX	19236	olive green; white lttr.
DuPont	GATX	63389	yellow/green; black/white
Ethyl Corporation	EBAX	6039	light grey; black lttr.
General American Tank Car Co.	GATX	19283	black; yellow lttr.
Gulf Oil Corporation	GRCX	2119	black; white lttr.
Hooker Chemicals	SHPX	5867	orange; black/white lttr.
Humble Petroleum Products	HOX	31601	silver; black/red lttr.
Penn Salt	GATX	67972	yellow; dark blue lttr.
Shamrock	GATX	6105	dark green; white lttr.
Shell	SCCX	1192	orange; black/red lttr.
Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. (Mobilgas)	SOVX	78901	silver; black lttr.
Union Carbide	CCBX	501	green/white; same lttr.
Union Texas Petroleum	ACOX	9922	black; white lttr.
40-foot single-dome tank cars (Micro-Trains)
Mobil	MOBX	11125	white; black lttr.
34-foot wood-side refrigerators (Father Nature)
H.J. Heinz	HJHCO	426	yellow; red lttr.
Supplee-Wills-Jones (Gold Medal Milk)	SWJX	6	olive green; white lttr.
42-foot steel-side refrigerators (PennZee)
Armour	TRAX	12117	yellow; black/red lttr.
REA Express	REX	7536	dark green; white lttr.
Swift Refrigerator Line	SRLX	5744	red; white lttr.
Northeastern center-cupola steel caboose (Micro-Trains)
Erie Lackawanna	EL	700	boxcar red; white lttr.
Lehigh Valley	LV	95054	white; black lttr.
MOW	—	—	green; yellow lttr.
Reading	RDG	92813	red; white lttr.
Reading	RDG	92826	red; white lttr.
Reading	RDG	92826	red; white lttr.
End-cupola steel caboose (Märklin)
New York Central	NYC	93724	red; white lttr.
46-foot wood-side passenger cars (Märklin)
Denver & Rio Grande Western	coach	Alamosa	dark red; gold lttr.
Denver & Rio Grande Western	coach	Camp Bird	dark red; gold lttr.
Denver & Rio Grande Western	coach	Durango	dark red; gold lttr.
Denver & Rio Grande Western	baggage	212	dark red; gold lttr.
Locomotives: GP7 (AZL)
Reading	RDG	632	dark green; gold lttr.

(1) Special or custom run
* Full Throttle trucks & couplers
** AZL trucks & couplers

Last updated: 5 July 2010