Don't forget the Central Valley one-piece plastic under bodies to upgrade all the blue box Atheran and Roundhouse boxcars. I must have purchased a dozen to upgrade plastic boxcars and they came in

Please do not forget the work of the RPI group.'They were pioneers.Armand Premo

A lot of those articles were in Mainline Modeler, a magazine that for the time produced some cutting edge modelling, IMHO. Two gentlemen on this list should take a bow here. I have two of Dennis

Why not use the ones designed to fit - the Kadee Code 88 wheels? http://www.kadee.com/htmbord/page530.htm http://www.kadee.com/htmbord/page533.htm With the HGC sideframes the Kadee trucks roll as

Kadee's own code 88 wheels work just fine, and the trucks are available with them (or soon will be) Richard Hendrickson

There was a flurry articles by various members of the RPI's NEB&W club in the early to mid 1980's that started the ball rolling for me. Not long after, the Storzek Soo Line and Rutland DS box car

Andy,I used Bethlehem Car Works roofs.The original roof made the car too top heavy.Armand Premo

Ray The Accurail Sliding door refrigerator car is correct for FGE, WFE and BRE. I am not sure if Accurail has issued models with the correct stenciling for this list's era as yet which would be the

I have had good luck with Kadee ladders and grab irons.Armand Premo

Bill, Which came first IMWX cars of the Gould (later Tichy) cars? I thought the Gould cars camme first. Tom Casey The seminal styrene kit I think it could be argued was the "Innovative Model

For the record the N&W gondola was produced by list member Jim brewer under his Pocohontas Models banner. Bill Welch

As some of you will remember from posts I made in the fall of 2011, I want to put together materials to create a history of modeling freight cars more accurately and more prototypically. I now have

Andy, There is a drilling jig available for the Kadee bracket grabs. A member on this list, Peter Aue, had made one available. I've used it and it's spectacular. All future bracket grabs for me will

Are these still available? How do they compare to the ladders that come with Branchline and RC kits? Andy

And if properly adjusted you can play Foggy Mountain Breakdown on your truss rods :-) Andy

Andy, I have had relative good luck with Ted. I purchased several kits off eBay and got quick shipping and some additional parts I needed for my Southern endeavours. I also have 7 or 8 of his kits

I couldn't have said it better... the things were extremely tedious to put together but well worth the effort in the end. This can still be quite effective as Rail Yard Models has done on their kits.

Has anyone installed code 88 wheels in these yet? I was looking at the Reboxx web site and they recommended a 1.115" axle length for the older Kadee trucks. I tried them in a pair of the new A3s

Andy, I agree with your observations and I now feel better. I installed them on a Westerfield kit and had an interesting time installing them and getting them to 'behave'. They did look nice and

I ended up with a grand total of two... the Wabash box car and the N&W gondola. I was just thumbing through his ebay (completed) listings... I could have used that P&WV postwar box car but oh well.