Can any of you tell me if Frisco owned any high cubes with the 'quad sets' of doors on each side, as opposed to the ones with a single pair of doors? I have seen nice Athearn HO models of the latter, as well as in N scale by Bluford Shops, but can't remember ever seeing a Frisco high cube with two sets of doors on each side....
Tim, The Frisco did not own any of the 8 door version 86' high cube box cars with 2 pair sets of side doors (4 doors total each side). Please see http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/188-87001. The Company did operate the 4 door version with slight variations from at least 3 manufacturers including Thrall Car Company (SL-SF 9100 - 9109) built 1964, Pullman Standard Company (SL-SF 9120 - 9133) built 1967-1968 and Greenville Steel car Company (SL-SF 9134 - 9138) built 1969-1970. The Athearn version is of this type car is most similar to the Thrall Car Company version. Please see http://www.athearn.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=ATH1979. The Walters version of this type car is most similar to Pullman Standard version. Please see http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/188-86182 (N scale), or http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/932-35010 (HO scale). Hope this helps. Thanks! Mark
Mark, thank you!! Assume nothing; as in I always assumed that if any railroad owned at least 1 type of these high cubes, they'd operate BOTH types!!!! Your answer explains why I'd never seen any of the 8 door versions!!!
