White River Division

Welcome, follow along with George Dutka in his journal which documents the additions and future thoughts for the HO scale White River Division model railroad and to his continuing historical New England railroad research. The White River Division is now in its 19th modeler's season. The "modeler's season" runs from November to April each year. Inspiration comes from the Boston and Maine, Rutland and Central Vermont Railway during the 1950's with extra posts by Don Janes and Keith MacCauley.

Tuesday, 3 February 2026

Auto Parts DD Boxcar

Ready to roll on the WRD.

This is one of the cars I took from Peter Mumby's collection that I am not sure if he assembled and weathered or was a show find. It was missing a coupler and the shell needed to be attached better. The weathering is nice but I added a bit of my touch to the roof and very little to the sides...George Dutka

The roof recieved a bit of a medium gray PanPastel treatment on the raised panels. Some raw umber shade is used on the walks and edges of the roof.

The patching and rust steaking was already on the car when it arrived home.

3 comments:

Tato3 February 2026 at 08:00
Athearn BB?
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Eric3 February 2026 at 08:58
That's a great looking car, George. I have Athearn D&TS 4035 and it's always nice to see it on the layout. Yours has nice detailing on the ladder/grabs and doors, and no Athearn door claws!
Eric
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George Dutka4 February 2026 at 11:16
No Keith it is not a blue box car might be a front range model.
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