That is what I recall as well. In fact, I was looking for decals for the new run of Moloco 50' boxcars for CGW, and was able to find at a brick and mortar without having to place an order direct

Got a phone call from a friend stating he’d placed a $150 order with Oddballs – check cashed on May 15th – and had not received the order yet. When he email to inquire he received a ‘canned’

Hi to all I have recently purchased here in Aussie a couple of UP stockcars S40-6 that were put out as a kit by the Union Pacific Historical Society trouble is there are no instructions in either

Cyril Durrenberger wrote: For anyone interested in these T&NO cars, there are photos in my Vol. 3 on SP Freight Cars (Auto cars and flat cars). Tony Thompson Editor, Signature

there are loading diagrams (probably earlier than the '50s) that show pulpwood stacked on end in gondolas. CJ Riley Bainbridge Island WA

The D&IR, DM&N (later combined to form DM&IR) had pulpwood racks installed on many flat cars to haul pulpwood.  These dated back to the 1920's.  They even installed bulkheads on some Russell log

Robert Deis asked: Valley used on the Pre-War M-53? I would like to use Floquil or True Color paint as both are solvent base paint. The recommended commercial paint to match was Tamiya Color Red

Plupwood was also shipped in boxcars and stock cars in the 1915-1940 era in NC. Fenton Wells -- Fenton Wells 3047 Creek Run Sanford NC 27332 919-499-5545 srrfan1401@... [Non-text portions of

A lot of it depends on which part of the country you're modeling. In the upper Midwest, pulpwood never moved on bulkhead flats. The standard pulpwood log here was eight feet long, and were always a

Paolo Roffo wrote: Ordinarily rough lumber moved on flat cars, finished lumber in box cars (often with double doors when available), but there were exceptions. And there are lots of photos in

Can anyone supply a formula to duplicate the box car brown color Fox Valley used on the Pre-War M-53. I would like to use Floquil or True Color paint as both are solvent base paint. Thank you for your

Hello all - I'm new to this list, so pardon me if this has been covered before. Before the advent of center-beam flatcars (let's say early 1950s), how would finished lumber en route to a distributor

Eric Thur wrote: "First, for both kit versions, when drilling the Right side grab irons, the "top two" grabs get drilled "Above the bolts", The "Bottom four" "Below the bolts. This can clearly be

My photo of SP MW 5868 looks nothing like Jerry's sample. In the photo I took, "SP MW 5868" is left of center (and the access port), without periods, while "SCALE TEST" is on the right. Centered

The MoPac ones are indeed orange, for my timeframe of mid-60s. I did one from the Walthers car. Ron Merrick <snip>

Bruce Smith Wrote: "In addition, they had a recently released READING 36' XMp with wood or steel doors and with roof hatches/floor hopper for Hershey Cocoa service" All, If you are planning on

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Bill; I got both the G28 and X26 and both body castings are very nice. Nice fine rivet work. One-piece bodies. You may want to substitute details for

I have a picture of SP 5868 and several of SSW 99203, both of which are this type car. Contact me offline if you want me to send them to you. Thanks! -- Brian P. Ehni From:

They seem to be fairly generic with minor differences. MP had some see: http://www.forums.rrarchives.com/download/file.php?id=4102 From what I understand, they were orange in earlier times. I did a

Thank you Bruce and Eric I am personally pleased to see the 36-foot cars. These shorter cars and the 50-foot cars together made up about 14% of the XM car fleet in the USA in the post-WWII era. I am