Empire Belt 60' Boxcar Project

Greetings All,

The first Patti O Paint Shop Project of 2019 is in the books!

Once again 1:1 Sir Neal is the catalyst behind the joint NYCTL / APRR project sending down three undecorated Atlas 60' double door boxcars to be painted Ford Blue and lettered for the Empire Belt Railroad. The cars will be assigned in pool service out of Rock Ridge Yard servicing IDEAL Auto Parts on Sir Neal's A.P.R.R. NJ Division , ACME Auto Parts on PC Ralph's K.P.D. Layout and the Ford Plant on my N.Y.C.T.L.

The specially painted E.B.R.R. 60' boxcar is leased from the Brae Corporation thanks to the government "Incentive Per Diem" program.  

Here's the Atlas 60' double door boxcars primed and ready for paint. The Paint is Ford Blue from Dupli-Color that can be found in auto parts stores.

Cars, doors and parts of the underframe are painted Ford Blue. The steel weight interior is rattle can painted Krylon 'leather boots' brown and the underside of that is black.  

Mocking up the lettering for the newly painted cars. Go ahead say it...'Are you mocking me?'...Made you smile didn't it.

The underframes are assembled with Kadee #5 couplers substituted for the Accumate couplers that were included with the car.

The trio of cars have been completed. The 'Return to A.P.R.R. Rock Ridge Yard When Empty' decal was made by our late friend Engineer Ed. With these cars in pool service out of Rock Ridge Yard I thought they'd be a nice touch. The 'Leased From BRAE Corporation' is in the upper left corner.

These two cars are heading out to the A.P.R.R. and K.P.D.

Meanwhile on the N.Y.C.T.L. it's time to get this car into service.  1/87th scale Kar Knocker has pulled the blue flag, released the car,  and called for a yard switcher to pull the car from the shop

The new E.B.R.R. 60' boxcar and a brown NYC 50' boxcar repaired with jade green doors ala the Penn Central are shoved towards Terminal Yard.

Empire Belt 608279 is now ready for service and will be heading out to IDEAL Auto Parts in the next train to Selkirk from Terminal Yard. 

E.B.R.R. 608279 is getting its first load at IDEAL Auto Parts at Rock Ridge NJ on Sir Neal's A.P.R.R. NJ Division layout.

E.B.R.R. 608279 heads north on the River Line passing Ulster Ave on Ralph's Kings Port Division layout with a load of auto parts for the Bedford Park Ford Plant on my N.Y.C.T.L. layout.
 
E.B.R.R. 608279 has delivered its first load of auto parts from IDEAL Auto Parts and is now empty and ready for pick up. 1/87th scale Sir Neal and Conductor John have come over from the E.B.R.R. North Side Yard to check out the car. 1/87th scale Alco Joe has directed his conductor / brakeman to make sure the interior of the car is clean before they accept delivery and to shut the doors before they move the car.

E.B.R.R. 608279 is back at Terminal Yard and being blocked into an outbound train to be reloaded and keep the Ford assembly line on schedule. Look for it in an upcoming virtual ops / P.C.C.M.

Thanks for reading!!

See Ya Soon!!