Trevor's comment about being surprised at the number of Fowler boxcars in use got me thinking.
Below is a chart created by Ian Wilson, well known author and CNR historian, showing suggestions on how to recreate an accurate fleet of CNR boxcars in HO scale. It is rather dated, being over 10 years old, but the percentages are instructive.
CNR
BOXCARS JULY 1947
|
Model
|
Cars
|
15
|
30
|
45
|
60
|
75
|
Comments
|
|
Westerfield CPR
|
17534
|
4
|
9
|
13
|
18
|
22
|
377500
to 379645--86
402000 to
417149--13666
422750 to
426499--3581
438000 to 439099--62
450000 to 450131--68
451000
to 451071--71
|
|
Westerfield 4358
|
1992
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
420150 to 422749--1992
|
|
Westerfield 4301
|
2417
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
426500 to 428999--2417
|
|
Westerfield 4309, 4357 or 4360
|
2205
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
344700
to 346699--108
401600 to 401657--56
429000 to
431499--1920
436000
to 437999--121
|
|
Accurail, wood ends
|
4857
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
464000
to 464999--960
500000 to 500492--478
500500 to
503499--2935
514000
to 514499--484
|
|
Accurail, steel ends
|
1191
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
461000 to 463999--1191
|
|
Sylvan or Kaslo
|
9504
|
2
|
5
|
7
|
9
|
12
|
503500
to 505850--2307
505851
to 513152--7197
|
|
Red Caboose
|
19120
|
5
|
9
|
14
|
19
|
23
|
471000
to 487764--16623
520000
to 522499--2497
|
|
Branchline
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
522500
to 540759 (6' door)
540760
to 545759 (8' door)
|
|
Sylvan (future)
|
398
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
587000
to 587399--398
588500 to 590999
591800 to 592299
598000
to 598499
|
|
Other
|
1516
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
573500 to 574696 & 578000 to
579999 (steel frame auto cars)--1516
|
|
Miscellaneous
|
430
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
300000
to 337508 & 346865 to 347101 (36' wood cars, truss rods)--41
340200 to 344699,
376400 to 377429, 431500 to 435999 & 439100 to 440278 (36' wood cars,
steel underframe)--143
470000
to 470249 (steel rebuilds)--246
|
|
|
61,164
|
15
|
30
|
45
|
60
|
75
|
|
Of course these percentages will undergo major revisions as we get into the 50's. By the end of the decade most of the wood sheathed cars will be gone. But for 1951, the era I model, the ratios are close to being accurate.
I also have a secret stash of Red Caboose and Branchline kits. (Everybody remember kits?) So I'm set.
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