Frank's Roundhouse - Who Done It?

This page is called "Who Done It?" because the decorator of these cars has not been confirmed. They are included in the Frank's Roundhouse section because they have similar characteristics. Additional information regarding the decorators of these cars is requested. There are similar unidentified cars on the Kris Model Trains Curiosities page.

Boxcars

Bangor and Aroostook 6464275 boxcar

Bangor and Aroostook 6464275 State of Maine Products boxcar; red, white and blue; black and white lettering and graphics; sliding red, white and blue panel doors; full ladders. Photo courtesy of the T. Cosgrove collection.


Berman City - Giardinaville 160359 boxcar

Berman City - Giardinaville 160359 Fast Freight Service boxcar; forest green; white lettering and graphics applied with decals; sliding forest green panel doors; full ladders. Photo courtesy of the T. Cosgrove collection.


Blue Mountain Middle School 1992 boxcar

Blue Mountain Middle School 1992 boxcar label

Blue Mountain Middle School in Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania 1992 boxcar; blue; white lettering and logos; sliding blue panel doors; full ladders. The sticker on the car underframe indicates that the school was a 1992 National Drug Free School Award Winner. The Limited Edition number on the sticker is 185. Photos courtesy of the M. Smith collection.


Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl Champions boxcar - side 1

Side 1

Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl Champions boxcar - side 2

Side 2

Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl Champions boxcar; blue; multicolor lettering and graphics applied with decals; sliding silver plug doors; half ladders; particle board chassis. Photos courtesy of eBay seller timmerg.


Ferrocarrilles Nacionales de Mexico 76873 boxcar

Ferrocarrilles Nacionales de Mexico 76873 boxcar; orange and red; black and white lettering and graphics applied with decals; multicolor N de M logo decal; sliding orange and red panel doors; full ladders. Photo courtesy of the T. Cosgrove collection.


Meyer's Toy Store 1987 Raritan River boxcar

Meyer's Toy Store 1987 Raritan River boxcar box

Meyer's Toy Store Raritan River Limited Edition boxcar; red; white lettering; blue and white logo; sliding red panel doors; full ladders. "SERVING THE HOBBYIST SINCE 1914," the car is dated 1987. The white storage box is also pictured. Meyer's store is located in Livingston, New Jersey. Photos courtesy of the T. Cosgrove collection.


Meyer's Toy Store 1989 boxcar

Meyer's Toy Store 75th Anniversary Limited Edition boxcar; pumpkin orange; navy blue roof and ends; white lettering; blue and white logo; sliding pumpkin orange panel doors; half ladders. "SERVING THE HOBBYIST SINCE 1914," the car is dated 1989. Meyer's store is located in Livingston, New Jersey.


Neuman Wholesale Drug Company 175 boxcar

Neuman Wholesale Drug Company 175 boxcar; white; blue lettering; blue and green graphics; sliding white panel doors; full ladders. According to a former Neuman senior manager, these boxcars were developed as a promotion for manufacturers who sold to Neuman. Pictured above is a "blank" car. A finished car would have the manufacturer's logo applied and be added to a train set that operated in the lobby of Neuman's headquarters in New Jersey. At the time, Neuman Distributors was the largest privately owned pharmaceutical wholesaler in the United States. The company closed in 2000. The boxcar has a built date of August 1993. It came in a white box with "Neuman Whol Drug" penciled on the end flap.


Reading Lines 276 boxcar

Reading Lines 276 boxcar; orange; black lettering; black and white diamond logo; sliding orange panel doors; full ladders. An adhesive sticker for Ellie's Lokie Shop of Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania is affixed to the underframe. Photo courtesy of the B. Fetterman collection.


United States Marine Corps boxcar

United States Marine Corps boxcar; red; black lettering; yellow and blue Marine Corps logo; sliding red panel doors; full ladders. Photo courtesy of B. Trappen.


Zamboni Ice Resurfacers 469031 boxcar

Zamboni Ice Resurfacers 469031 boxcar; glossy blue; white lettering and graphics applied with decals; sliding white panel doors; full ladders. Photo courtesy of the M. Smith collection.


Refrigerator Cars

Lackawanna 1150 refrigerator car

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western 1150 refrigerator car; dark green; yellow lettering; red and white Lackawanna logo; multicolor graphics; stamped dark green plug doors; full ladders. Photo courtesy of the B. Fetterman collection.


Lehigh Valley 1476 refrigerator car

Lehigh Valley 1476 Railway Express Agency refrigerator car; dark green; yellow lettering; Lehigh Valley flag logo; multicolor graphics; stamped dark green plug doors; full ladders. Photo courtesy of the B. Fetterman collection.


Lehigh Valley 18412 refrigerator car

Lehigh Valley 18412 refrigerator car; red; yellow lettering; black and white diamond logo; multicolor graphics; stamped red plug doors; full ladders. Photo courtesy of the T. Cosgrove collection.


Pacific Great Eastern 4669 refrigerator car

Pacific Great Eastern 4669 refrigerator car; boxcar red; white and black lettering and graphics; British Columbia logo; stamped boxcar red plug doors; full ladders. This car was sold by Crown Model Products, but it's unknown if Frank's Roundhouse decorated it for Crown. Photo courtesy of the T. Cosgrove collection.


PRR Cove Lions Club 1993 refrigerator car

Pennsylvania Railroad 1993 Cove Lions Club refrigerator car; tuscan; white and yellow lettering; white keystone logo; sliding tuscan panel doors; full ladders. The car is dated 1993 and has ice hatches on the roof. The Cove Lions Club was located in Loysburg, Pennsylvania. Photo courtesy of the B. Trappen collection.


Pepsi 5768 woodside refrigerator car

Pepsi-Cola 5768 woodside refrigerator car; white; red roof and ends; red and black lettering; Pepsi bottle cap logo; sliding white woodside doors; full ladders. This car is similar to other Lionel woodside refrigerator cars redecorated by Frank's Roundhouse, but has not been confirmed. Photo courtesy of the T. Cosgrove collection.


Shippensburg University refrigerator car

Shippensburg University Red Raiders refrigerator car; white; blue and red lettering; red, white and blue logo; stamped white plug doors; full ladders. Photo courtesy of B. Trappen.


Stock Cars

Lehigh Valley 2534 stock car

Lehigh Valley 2534 stock car; yellow; red roof and ends; black lettering; black and white diamond logo; sliding yellow stock doors; full ladders. Photo courtesy of the B. Fetterman collection.


M-K-T 4013 stock car

Missouri-Kansas-Texas 4013 stock car; red; white lettering applied with decals; sliding yellow stock doors; full ladders. "MKT 4013" is decaled on the car ends. Photo courtesy of the M. Smith collection.


Penn-Dutch Farms stock car

Penn-Dutch Farms stock car; red; black roof; white lettering; multicolor circle logo; sliding white stock doors; full ladders. The reporting marks on the car end indicate it was decorated for the Toy Train Museum in 1993. Photo courtesy of the B. Fetterman collection.


L & A Southern Belle 15008 stock car

Louisiana and Arkansas 15008 Route of the Southern Belle stock car; red; black roof; white lettering and logo; sliding white stock doors; full ladders. Appears to have been redecorated similarly to the Penn-Dutch Farms car above, as the reporting marks on the car end are the same. Photo courtesy of the M. Spanier collection.


Elgin, Joliet and Eastern stock car

Elgin, Joliet and Eastern, Chicago Outer Belt stock car; red; black roof; white lettering and logos; sliding white stock doors; full ladders. It's decorated like the previous two stock cars, except there are no reporting marks on the car end. Photo courtesy of the T. Cosgrove collection.


Jersey Central Lines 4906 CNJ stock car

Central Railroad of New Jersey 4906 CNJ stock car; yellow; green roof; black lettering and graphics; sliding green stock doors; full ladders. Photo courtesy of the Blue Room collection.


Jersey Central 21530 CRP stock car

Central Railroad of New Jersey 21530 Central Railroad of Pennsylvania stock car; yellow; green roof; black and green lettering and graphics; sliding green stock doors; full ladders. The Central Railroad of Pennsylvania was a short-lived attempt by the Central Railroad of New Jersey to avoid New Jersey taxes on their Pennsylvania trackage. Photo courtesy of the Blue Room collection.


Jersey Central 1444 NJDX stock car

Central Railroad of New Jersey 1444 N.J.D.X. stock car; yellow; green roof; green lettering and graphics; sliding green stock doors; full ladders. Photo courtesy of the Blue Room collection.

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