I stand corrected. 100 were built in '55 for the GTW. Life lesson, check multiple sources. Pierre Oliver

It did, but those not pre-ordered appear to have flown off the shelves quickly. I lucked out to get one, but had to backdate the herald from the script lettering to "stepped". The model is of a

It's THAT uncommon. The Soo Line had a series of forty eight 50' steel cars built in 1936 (and pictured in the 1940 CBC, IIRC). As built, they had six foot wide doors, when rebuilt in the fifties with

Pierre, they were built in 1955. See Jan. 1996 RMC. Brian Leppert Carson City, NV

Thanks Al! That will work. Mine won't be newly painted. Ken Roth

Thank you to all who responded, Don Valentine

Gents, Back again... AS I wish to get these cars done right, please advise the paint color/shade to use. Brass is prepped and ready to paint! Thank you, Brad Andonian

Well there's a giant leap of faith if I ever saw one. Just because TLT had them painted, doesn't mean they are correct. In fact I just had a quick look in my 53 ORER and it shows no 40' overhead

In 1953, 200 ATSF 50' cars rebuilt '36-'38 were renumbered out of several series to DT&I 16000-16199. For the DT&I cars, the ORER indicates IH = 11-8 until 1956, then IH = 10-3 as the ATSF-installed

I had the misfortune to unload a 40 ft PS1 box car full of bags of charcoal on the hottest day in the summer. My employer opened the stuck door by wedging a 2X4 between the edge on the door and the

One of the road names offered on the CN type 8 hatch reefer was GTW so they must have had a significant presence in Michigan. On the subject of True Line 8 hatch cars, did the CP plug door version

thanks for posting these links Elden - enjoyed looking around the collection. Even found the necessary NP boxcar! Rob Kirkham

BUT.......just as they were replaced on the rest of the B&M's Connecticut River lines, those on the CPR Lyndonville Sub. were replaced by GRS searchlight signals in the post WW II years though I

Forgot to say if I were modelling one of these cars in service, I'd just paint it Floquil BCR and weather from there. The photos show several subtly different shades of weathered paint. AL B.

I have one on order from a dealer in Halifax, but have heard nothing from him, as yet. Cheers! Michael Gross La Canada, CA

Don Valentine wrote: Meat, of course, was one important cargo. As it happens, I have just finished weathering a TLT 8-hatch reefer and have written about in a blog post. But not just because of

Friends,   For those of you arriving early to the St. Louis area for this weekend’s St. Louis RPM meet, we have two events happening on Thursday, Aug 1st. First, the Litchfield Train Group is

He wants to use award winning wheelset! I recommend Intermountain. The work beautifully in Accurail or Bowser truck frames. Regards, Andy Miller From: STMFC@...

I recall that some Canadian meat products found their way into the US back then, fish being one that I recall. Perhaps Kosher product for New York City? I was told that the NYC had some Kosher

The CPR Lyndonville Sub. was 64 miles of former B&M from Newport to Wells River, VT, and an "odd duck" on the CPR system. Among other things, it was signalled using US&S double-armed Style B