Milwaukee Road ribbed-side boxcar

The latest addition to my vintage HO rolling stock is this built-up Model Die Casting Roundhouse diecast Milwaukee Road boxcar. I purchased the kit assembled but without trucks mounted, though some Roundhouse sprung trucks were included in the kit box (the kit was originally sold without trucks). I’ve put the car — at least temporarily — on more recent Athearn trucks of the same type. I still need to replace the dummy couplers on the kit with operating couplers; I’ll probably use Kadees or Kadee clones, but I may end up installing Mantua couplers instead.

MDC Roundhouse Milwaukee Road boxcar - built-up kit
Kit-built MDC Roundhouse diecast HO scale Milwaukee Road ribbed-side boxcar (side 1).
MDC Roundhouse Milwaukee Road boxcar - built-up kit
Kit-built MDC Roundhouse diecast HO scale Milwaukee Road ribbed-side boxcar (side 2).
Top of MDC Roundhouse kit box
The top of the kit box for the Milwaukee Road boxcar.

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