I am drawing the medallion for decals for Protocraft - I have a few photos where the medallion is just white lines and letters on a car side. But I also have a photo of DMIR 3173 that clearly has

If like the C&O bulkhead flat cars of the era, they had a locker nested into the bulkhead structure to carry tarps and tie-downs.  Al Kresse

My earlier post got me to thinking about my own count of 36-ft & 50- ft Boxcars. Most of my built models are in padded storage boxes so I have to rely on my memory, plus looking at the kits on the

Hi Bill, I've done these with a press fit plus super-glue. All are still in place. So long, Andy

I have one of the Intermountain B&O bulkhead flatcars. The reweigh date is "WA 3-65" and has a routing stencil "WHEN EMPTY RETURN TO B&O RR SHOALS IND" supposedly for wallboard loading. The car has

I have been building so many wood sheathed cars that I have never had an opportunity to use Peter Aue's excellent Drill Template (available from Yarmouth Model Works) for Kadee's beautiful bracket

And, the Newfoundland cars were conveniently narrow gauge. Ron Merrick

And in the northeast to a degree as well owing to the huge number of 36 ft. cars the New Haven owned and rebuilt. F&C now offers a great one piece resin casting kit for these cars with our choice

In a message dated 8/9/2013 12:56:19 P.M. Central Daylight Time, rtbsvrr69@... writes: By the end of the steam era (1959) only 2% (15,137 total) of the cars were shorties, and virtually

Bill, I realize you are looking at the post-war fleet, but during WWII there was significant under-40 boxcar fleet, even ignoring the massive CP/CN fleets. Ignoring the CN/CP fleets, in 1943, the

The following Freight Car Monographs are surplus to my library: No.5. Southern Modern Freight Car Roster, by E A Neubauer and D G Casdorph - $19.95 No 6. Freight Cars from Trenton (A

Live from the NASG convention is Scranton PA we have the debut of the brand new plastic X29 from Des Plaines Hobbies/Scale America. There are currently 3 versions. New 2D-F8 trucks will be available

"CofG - Appears to be accurate for a short-term paint design used for only a year or two in the very early 1950's. See Culotta p.28." These cars were only painted this scheme for a short time period

Does anyone know what the "QWC" designation means means for VIRGINIAN gondola car trucks as specified later in a N&W diagram sheet?  Also, what relative style would they be closest to . . . Andrews,

Hi Alan,   Yep; that sounds like my work!  :-)   In 2008 I did a presentation at Naperville on "postwar shorties", as a primer for people to notice these older cars, and to explain how they could

Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the STMFC group. File : /All Short Boxcars, 1930-1959 (Ray Breyer).xls

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Al Brown wrote: Thanks, Al, This is what RP CYC 24 says. I should just go with that instead of trying to interpret fuzzy photos. But I appreciate the help. Tony Thompson Editor,

Richard Hendrickson wrote: "Bill, I wouldn't put too much stock in those numbers. Aging 36' box cars lasted longer on smaller and less prosperous railroads (and on Class 1 RRs like the Southern,

<I also have a few undec MDC 36-foot kits around in case they may be good for something.> Bill Welch Bill, MDC 36 ft. double-sheathed boxcars are good for bunk house conversions, either as single