Box Cars Are Great Starter Drawings

As I trim around the lettering on my Monon box car, you will quickly see why box cars are such a great project for lettering.  In the golden age of trains, box cars were used to advertise the railroads' nicknames or the passenger trains of the day.
From a time managment element, you will quickly see that a box car gives you a long time to work on lettering and painting versus a locomotive.  This gives you valuable practice time, as most of the mistakes and stress you will feel while drawing happen when painting.  Pencil lines can be erased, pen and ink is much more difficult to correct.
So when you see a train, keep an eye out for some of the interesting freight cars.  They truly are the best drawings to get started on.  Enjoy drawing trains.