https://midwestmodelrr.com/brand/american-limited-models/ ATSF, used in company service. J. Stephen Sandifer

Morning Lester: What railroad was this tank car done for? Bill Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

Ron, I'm guessing but I think advanced age and inadequate cubic and weight capacity doomed these cars. By the late 50s 50 foot box cars were becoming the norm, often with 70 ton capacity, so older

I have a copy of the book Pacific Fruit Express, 2nd Edition by Thompson, Church, and Jones to sell. This book is in excellent condition. The publisher (Signature Press) is asking $75.00. I'm asking

I would like to get the demsions of the new American Limited 16,000 tank model that came out I believe last year. I would appreciate getting the tank length and diameter in HO Scale. Thank You in

Thanks for all the really specific replies. I'm comfortable with doing the X28A in SK, probably well-weathered, if I decide to do it at all. I'm also working on an X26C, an X29B and an X29D, all

Ron, It helps to provide a link to the photo 😉 Luckily, in this case PRR 121861 was pretty easy to find: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/rspicture.aspx?id=1176555 There is no question that 121861

The attached is a nice table of the X-28s. As you can see there were still almost 3000 still in service in 1958. I worked for the C&nw in the 1970s and saw plenty of PRR cars still in the CK paint

Hi Ron & Group! My October 1958 ORER shows 2921 X28A cars in service in the 120014-125000 block. Can't say much about the CK but that is certainly a solid number of cars to be around. There is no

I started on an F&C kit for a PRR X28A, with AB brake and Youngstown doors. There's actually one photo on rr-picturearchives, showing PRR 121861 in what might be the SK scheme, can't see the side

Photo: NYC&HR Boxcar 91144 A circa 1908 photo: of https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2016813936/ Click on "View Larger" to see more details. Boxcar has truss rods, Fox trucks and a "reverse

I have added the Branchline Freight Car and Passenger Car info to STMFC@groups.io I can not find a place to download items on RealSTMFC Francis A. Pehowic, Jr.

I typed the kit number into my search engine and it took me to TTH and the kits. Bill Welch

Where did you search on their website? Francis A. Pehowic, Jr.

For anyone interested earlier this week I ordered and received four undec. Atlas #20001448 (Branchline #1000C) with four ends and three roofs and various parts molded in grey styrene. These have the

Definitely a milk tank car of the BMT classification and most likely of 6,000 gal. capacity by that year with two 3,000 gal. tanks as Dennis describes. If yhou look above the reefer doors you can see

Dave Parker wrote: Some owners continued to stencil these lists on the car-ends into the 1930s, but many did not. It can often be hard to tell in photos of well-weathered cars with dirty ends.

Oops. Now I know!! Steve

Or better, not! Steve I forgot to tell you. Bob left them at the hotel, they are now safely back in union. They'll be added to and displayed at various meets, including cocoa Beach, Collinsville and

One small addendum: For those attending the Springfield meet this weekend and visiting Bob's Photos room, he may well have available our Pullman Library example drawings books to view. There are a