Thanks Chet. Now I wonder if any of the automobile cars that were not converted were used in LCL service? I think Kalmbach's first 1950s special issue has a color photo of one of these Wabash cars

Hello, What about the two cars just right of the telephone pole? Seriously, I may have missed it, but where is the photograph taken? Regards, Glen Mills 4a. Boston

The WABASH was always to the right of the doors of the S/S automobile cars. The cars that were converted to single 6' door cars had the WABASH moved to the left of the door and the reporting mark and

Good evening!      Am currently building in S a 1971 KINSMAN SF boxcar which has no series number.      Since, I am about to put AB brakes upon the underside representing the car as

I've been adding a number of posts about tank car modeling to my blog recently, the latest of which is at: http://modelingthesp.blogspot.com/2011/06/tank-car-modeling-2.html These go beyond my

Roger,Thank you.Can you tell me when your book will be available? Armand Premo

At the Denver NMRA convention I saw a display of new Walthers decals. There was a very complete set for PRR USRA SS box cars that caught my eye. All of the reweigh dates were identical to sets I

Al Westerfield wrote: But Al, that's almost the OPPOSITE reason--I'm talking about physically reversing the car so as to change its service. If cars like this went around a loop, the next time

Anyone who's seen us at shows knows our dirty little secret: every one of our cars has a different design on the second side. I never had the time to build enough cars to single-use them. My

Arnold Premo, please contact me off line(rhinman11@...) I have a response to your question that will include a photo also. Roger Hinman

A.T. Kott wrote: The term "artwork" is misleading. Rich Meyer admitted that MOST sets from Champ were from the "Railroad Roman" lettering he used. Unless he inherited it from Max Gray, I don't

Guys - I hesitate to bring this up, but... Back in the early 1980's, Bill Clouser told me that Champ "Rand McNallyed" all of his decal artwork, letter by letter. Rand McNally was notorious for

Tim - That is an interesting observation - were there freight cars that had the brake release rod only on one side? I have only seen cars with the rod passing under/through the centersill to both

Jerry Glow wrote: I accomplished it by an even easier route--did the two sides of a car differently (same car number, though). Since my layout is "one sided," that is, no reversing loop, I

--- In STMFC@..., "jerryglow2" <jerryglow@...> wrote: > > I purposly bought a 2nd Westerfield MP door and a half car so I could include such lettering... > > Jerry Glow > > --- In

I saw one of those on Mark fedderson's layout yeaterday...man, I'd like to have one. Maybe it's good thing Al called it quits? Clark Propst

I purposly bought a 2nd Westerfield MP door and a half car so I could include such lettering... Jerry Glow

Bruce Smith wrote: As Bruce implies but doesn't say, this is the case for double- door cars with staggered doors (the normal arrangement on automobile cars). By the 1950s, some railroads were

Folks, Combining two threads here, the photo posted earlier: http://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/5786323249/sizes/o/ in/photostream/ shows the end of a PRR X25A as the first car in

No, none of the 3 lines received USRA single sheathed boxcars, although both GN and NP had 40 foot and 50 single sheathed boxcars. gary laakso south of Mike Brock vasa0vasa@...