John, You've got the dates right in your email ;^) I suppose this means that you're asking that timeless question... how quickly did prototype steam era freight car paint schemes get changed?

Several possibilities exist, but none are easy styrene solution for the time frame you have in mind; I assume you’re in HO so here are some possibilities based on my own interests in the area

Those too-narrow 6' doors were typically too short also, because of the fat door tracks. So they were somewhat in-proportion to the eye. But it made it difficult for those Weston figures to unload

After my earlier post about route cards, I received a question about cars for which the route card board location isn't obvious. I had been working on a post about such things, so I just modified

Glad Ken posted this question as I have been meaning to ask this same thing. I model the year 1957, so I'd like to know which of the schemes being offered by Fox Valley could have still been seen on

Yes, and at least one manufacturer, Front Range Products, made that same mistake. -Andy Carlson Ojai CA ________________________________ From: jim_mischke <jmischke@...> What we call a

What we call a seven foot door is actually the prototype door opening width. If I recall correctly, this was first pointed out by C&NW boxcar expert Jeff Koeller at a Naperville presentation a few

Ken, The B&O billboard lettering on B&O boxcars started in 1955, the one you have is a 1962 variation. The only billboard lettering appropriate to your 1954 era is on hopper cars, with a large

My thanks to everyone who pointed me in the direction of the BBFCL and MFCL. I joined the MFCL and it looks very interesting. Dick Dawson Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2011 6:57 PM To:

D&RGW automobile car #60271 is actually a double door car.  It has a unique 9'-0" auxiliary door and 6'-0" main door on each side.   John Cook

Jim Brewer, My reply got kicked, so........................... The Virginia Tech web site has photos of 2 basket cars. The first is numbered 203164, an F-24. The second is numbered 203422,

The  C of G used USRA clone gons with the sides lowered to transport this material out of Birmingham Ala.  Todd Horton ________________________________ To: STMFC@... Sent: Monday,

Just when I thought the Topic of the Day was going to livestock.... somebody brings up pig iron... like when the engineer in the song "Rock Island Line" fools the man at the big toll gate just outside

So did the Hocking Valley then C&O in SE Ohio.  It would be interesting to see how small the "pigs" were by that time. Al Kresse

Steve, Tony, and others: the chart I tried to send did not come through Yahoo very well. I have a copy of AAR Pamphlet NO 19 "Methods for Loading and Handling Live Stock" issued April 1925, revised

I used the Dyna-Models lead cows as weight in my Central Valley NP Stockars. I never did actually weigh and add up the total however but I am quite sure they NEVER exceeded NMRA standards. Rob

Tony glad I could help. Now to further your wealth of knowledge and enable you to fill those stockpens and stockcars. Weight of animals: we will talk about market ready, ie ready for slaughter, as

Well, it shouldn't be too difficult to figure out how much the livestock weighs. Let's see now .... hmmm. a three lb package of hamburger weighs three lbs so a one lb canned ham would weigh ... Oh

Doug Harding wrote: Thanks, Doug. Very helpful. But heck. Now I have to decide how HEAVY my livestock is. Ah, the ever-elusive prototype reality! Such a challenge! Tony Thompson

Steve, that in general is correct. Railroads and Livestock Shipping Associations have published such data for many years. Here is a chart showing how many animals of a given size will fit in a