Bill, since I have both the WrightTRAK and old Pacific-HO kits, I can tell you the kits are identical and represent exactly the same prototype. The Pacific HO/Silver Streak/Golden Spike kits were

Hi Ron - Soo Line's equipment diagram 2-N covers Soo series 45100-45498, even (200 cars), and W.C. series 136800-137198, even (200 cars), built in 1950-51. According to the diagram, 45100-45248,

I've found a couple photos of the SOO 136-137000 series 40' box (the Branchline cars) that show what seems to be a Barber or similar truck with the springs set prominently outboard. The truck that

Wow, what a good idea. I would imagine they would only need the two sides. There must already be drawings for both iterations of the two improved Dreadnaught ends and the diagonal paneled roof that

Similar cars for Warren and Columbian Gas for "natural gas" date back to 1929/30. I have decals for both. Jerry Glow The Villages FL http://home.comcast.net/~jerryglow/decals/

Bill . . . Sometimes it takes me a while to integrate the professional life I lead with the modeling side. My office recently had an entire building, about 70,000 SF two story gymnasium and

Tony Thompson has an interesting article in July's RMC for swapping the tanks and frames on two cars, to yield a 8,000 gallon General American car, and an ACF 8,000 gallon insulated ICC Clas 104 car.

Does anyone know Andrew Marshall of Haddonfield, NJ? If so, would you ask him to contact me. Thanks. - Al Westerfield

Wathers for awhile now has been wanting to do the 50-foot Mechanical reefers built by FGE for FGE/WFE/BRE in the mid 1950's. This project is still alive, although sometimes it seems like it is on

Ben, The W&LE rebuild appears to be a 30000-series auto car, rebuilt in 1934 and 35 from 29000-series SS auto cars. Here's a link to a

The premier issue of the NYCentral Modeler will be posted on the NYCSHS website on August 1st. This first issue features many topics that the modeler of the New York Central System will find

That skinny building rising along the left side of the photo: Is the Mather Tower, built by Alonzo Mather's Mather Stock Car Co. just before the stock market crashed. It is distinctive as one of the

Thomas Baker wrote: modeling. What a weathering job! From what stenciling is still visible the cars appears to still carry its as built paint and stenciling. The car appears to be a M-26a built in

Ben, My data shows Hutchins radial roof for C&O 7000-7649. The list of 1932 ARA cars published on the STMFC, which was a list assembled by several people but is credited in my name, simply states "R"

The C&O diagram simply says "Hutchins" without further detail. The roof is question is that same one that DT&I used on their USRA ds rebuilds. DT&I identified that roof as "Cambre" on their

Eric Hansmann wrote: "I don't recall discussion on this list about the prototype fidelity regarding  the roofs of these Atlas models.   I think this C&O car has the Climax Radial

Most likely W&LE 30000-30149, double-door auto boxes rebuilt 50 a year in 1934-6 from single-sheathed boxes 29000-29199 built by WSC&F in 1916. The Shorpy photo doesn't show it, but these appear to

Cambre radial roof. David Thompson

Tom, Way bac when the Virtual Modelers group was still active and we did the M26 as a project, this photo was the inspiration of my M26! Problem was that making it THAT dirty made it hard to read

Ben, the end of that WLE car caught my attention, too. I'll be very curious what you can find. SGL Hedlund asked: "I have run across a Shorpy photo of what appears to be of USRA origins