N&W 6004xx Series Boxcars

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Marty,
Does it bear any resemblance to the attached?
Jim Cochran

On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 3:36 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> Athearn in their HO scale Genesis line offered a 60' Pullman-Standard auto
> parts boxcar lettered for N&W.  The I have is number 600407.  It is brown,
> with a small half moon herald in the upper left corner, N&W reporting marks
> without serifs, and a large NORFOLK & WESTERN to the right of the double
> plug doors.  Most interestingly, it appears to be a paint out or patch
> job.  Athearn did not put a class number on it, and I cannot find any
> references to the cars in the Archives nor in my N&W freight car equipment
> diagram books, other than the number series listed in the index with no
> description.
>
> Does anyone know what the history is of these cars, who the original owner
> was, and when they served on N&W?
>
> Thanks
> Marty Flick
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