6014

Short Box Cars

1951 - 1969

item# A004-0000002

The 6014 short box car has the distinction of having the longest life and the most road names of any single box car. All 6014s are frequently referred to as plug-door box cars. During its nineteen-year life it experienced numerous changes. This web page will identify a cross section of most of the variations. We will list the available road names and/or advertisers and characteristics associated with all of the 6014 box cars.
During its long production run, the 6014 was manufactured in six different variations. Originally introduced as the Baby Ruth / PRR boxcar in 1951, it also carried Airex, BOSCO, Chun King, Frisco and Wix Filters logos.
Standard features of the 6014 include: molded color body (which changed depending upon the variation), metal frame, non-opening doors on each side and a single simulated brakewheel molded as part of the body.

The white Frisco box car is the easiest 6014 box car to locate. The most difficult one to find is the uncatalogued Wix Filters from 1959. The length of these short box cars are approximately 8 1/2" long (coupler to coupler).
The following list is in the order of year of introduction.
 Baby Ruth / PRR - Produced from 1951 - 1956. The most common version came with an unpainted white body and black lettering. For 1951 it was equipped with staple-end trucks and then bar-end trucks from 1952 - 1956. This is the only 6014 version to have a leading prefix of X, with 'X6014' printed on the car. There is a hard-to-find version with an unpainted red shell and white lettering. Researchers believe the unpainted red version was produced only in 1956.
 Chun King / PRR - An uncatalogued item from 1956 and only available in one uncatalogued set. It is found with an unpainted red body and white lettering and alway included bar-end trucks. This is a very difficult car to locate.
 Frisco -  First produced in 1957, the 6014 remained in the catalogue up to the end of the postwar era in 1969. During these 13 years, the 6014 was manufactured in several different color and truck combinations.

• 1957 - Red body and white lettering and bar-end trucks.
• 1958 - Red body and white lettering with AAR trucks
• 1960s - White body with black lettering and AAR trucks.
• 1969 - Orange body with blue lettering and late AAR trucks. This is a hard to find variation.
• There is another hard-to-find version with a coin slot in the top, similar to the 6050 Savings Bank box car. This white version is from the 1960s frequently shows signs of fading or yellowing.

6014 Short Box Car
Variation	Years
Baby Ruth - White Shell	1951 - 1955
Baby Ruth - Red Shell	1956
Chun King	1956
Frisco - Red	1957 & 1958
Frisco - White	1957, 1958, 1962 - 1968
Frisco - Orange	1969
Bosco - Orange	1958
Airex	1959
Wix Filters	1959

 BOSCO / PRR - Produced only in 1958, but available in three different color schemes. The most common has a red body with white lettering or an orange body with black lettering. There is a hard-to-find version which is a white body with black lettering. The BOSCO was always manufactured with AAR trucks.
 Airex - Produced as an uncatalogued item in 1959. It came with an unpainted red body and white lettering and AAR trucks.
 Wix Filters - Produced as an uncatalogued item in 1959. It came with a white body and red lettering and was only available in one uncatalogued set. This is the rarest of all 6014 box cars.

6014 Short Box Cars
	Condition	Price	Comments
	6+	$18.00	Up for sale is a nice and clean white Baby Ruth / Pennsylvania box car. This freight car has nice, crisp side graphics and the catwalk ends are not chipped nor damaged.
	7	$39.00	Here's a complete, undamaged white Frisco box car with black lettering. This freight car is a bit odd as it has arch-bar trucks on each end. The side lettering is crisp and complete and the trucks are complete and undamaged.
	7+	$28.00	Up for sale is a very clean red Baby Ruth / Pennsylvania box car. This freight car variation was only produced for a single year: 1956. The box car is clean, complete, undamaged and has a nice red exterior with clean, white side lettering.
	7+	$82.00	Now available is the somewhat rare 1959 red Airex box car. This car box was produced for a single year and is difficult to locate. There is nothing broken nor damaged on the freight car and the trucks and couplers are complete and undamaged.
	7+	$83.00	Here's the somewhat rare red Airex box car produced for only a single year: 1959. This freight car is clean, complete and nothing is chipped, cracked nor broken. The exterior letters are complete, not worn and the colors are vibrant.
	10/OB	$88.00	Up for sale is a new, never used white Frisco box car from the early 1960's with the rare -335 box. The wheels on this freight car are Mint and show no signs of ever being on the track. Additionally, there are no signs of rust nor oxidation.
	7	$18.00	Here's a complete. clean red Pennsylvania / Baby Ruth box car. There is no damage to the body and the bar-end trucks with metal tab couplers are complete and fully functional.
	7	$28.00	Now available is the red Bosco box car from 1958. This freight car is complete, undamaged and free of rust and oxidation. Both trucks and couplers are complete and fully functional.
	7+	$28.00	Here's the early version of the Baby Ruth box car. This rare, one year version has a red exterior with white lettering and bar-end truck with tab couplers.
	7+/OB	$33.00	This is an extremely clean Pennsylvania / Baby Ruth box car from the early 1950's. The box car body is complete and free of nicks, chips and cracks. Additionally, the exterior lettering is complete and not worn nor faded.
	7+	$35.00	Up for sale is a beautiful red Frisco box car. This freight car was produced in the late 1950's and this version has clean, complete AAR trucks with functional couplers at each end. The frame and trucks are clean and free of oxidation and rust.
	7+	$95.00	Now available is the 1959 AAR box car. This car box was produced for one year only, so this version is quite the catch. This hard to find item is in great condition rating close to an 8!.
	8	$65.00	Here's the somewhat hard-to-find orange Bosco box car from 1958. This one has vibrant exterior colors with clean, crisp side lettering.

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