Frank's Roundhouse - Woodside and Billboard Rolling Stock

The first five pictures on this page are redecorated Lionel MPC woodside-style cars. The last six photos are Lionel MPC billboard-style cars. These cars were not assigned a Frank's Roundhouse stock number.

Frank's Roundhouse Erie woodside refrigerator car

Frank's Roundhouse Erie 27688 Union Refrigerator Transit Lines woodside refrigerator car; yellow body color with brown roof and ends; black and yellow lettering and graphics. Photo courtesy of the B. Fetterman collection.

Frank's Roundhouse H.A. Weldy yellow lettering woodside refrigerator car

Frank's Roundhouse H.A. Weldy and Company Gun Powderworks woodside refrigerator car; brown body color; yellow lettering and graphics. Decorated by Pleasant Valley Process for the Tamaqua, Pennsylvania Historical Society. Photo courtesy of the B. Fetterman collection.

Frank's Roundhouse H.A. Weldy white lettering woodside refrigerator car

Frank's Roundhouse H.A. Weldy and Company Gun Powderworks woodside refrigerator car; brown body color; white lettering and graphics. Decorated by Pleasant Valley Process for the Tamaqua, Pennsylvania Historical Society. Photo courtesy of the D. Haydt collection.

Frank's Roundhouse Lehigh Valley woodside boxcar

Frank's Roundhouse Lehigh Valley 5432 woodside boxcar; tuscan body color; white and black lettering and graphics. This car came equipped with boxcar doors instead of refrigerator car doors. NBT number 605-1323, PVP 84-01. Photo courtesy of the T. Cosgrove collection.

Frank's Roundhouse Wyoming Valley woodside refrigerator car

Frank's Roundhouse Wyoming Valley Coalcracker Express 6801 Franek's Polski Kielbasa (Polish sausage) woodside refrigerator car; white body color with red roof and ends; black and red lettering and graphics. Jaki was Frank Rash's uncle. Photo courtesy of the M. Smith collection.

Frank's Roundhouse Wyoming Valley billboard refrigerator car

Frank's Roundhouse Wyoming Valley Coalcracker Express 6801 Franek's Polski Kielbasa (Polish sausage) billboard refrigerator car; white body color with red roof and ends; black and red lettering and graphics. Jaki was Frank Rash's uncle. Photo courtesy of the T. Cosgrove collection.

Frank's Roundhouse Lehigh Valley billboard refrigerator car

Frank's Roundhouse Lehigh Valley 2543 Route of the Black Diamond billboard refrigerator car; red body color with black roof and ends; white and black lettering and graphics. Photo courtesy of J. Trotta.

Frank's Roundhouse Pennsylvania billboard refrigerator car

Frank's Roundhouse Pennsylvania Railroad 97167 circle keystone billboard refrigerator car; yellow body color with brown roof and ends; black and yellow lettering and graphics. Photo courtesy of the M. Smith collection.

Frank's Roundhouse Reading Lines billboard refrigerator car

Frank's Roundhouse Reading Lines 275 MRBX billboard refrigerator car; orange body color with brown roof and ends; black and white lettering and graphics. Pleasant Valley Process decorated some of the Reading cars for Frank's Roundhouse. Photo courtesy of the B. Fetterman collection.

Frank's Roundhouse Lackawanna billboard Milk Car

Frank's Roundhouse Delaware, Lackawanna and Western 975 billboard refrigerator Milk Car; gray body color with red roof and ends; white and red lettering and graphics. Photo courtesy of A. Savary.

Frank's Roundhouse Carnation billboard Milk car

Frank's Roundhouse Carnation Milk 25000123 "From Contented Cows" billboard refrigerator car; yellow body color with brown roof and ends; black, red and yellow lettering and graphics. The lettering and graphics are decals. Confirmed as a one of a kind never produced prototype. Photo courtesy of the T. Wardle collection.