Hi List members, At the risk of overwhelming everyone, here are some more images... SLSW and GT 36 foot boxcars http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ggb2004000405/resource/ and again

Oops, wrong list! Apologies! - Claus Schlund

Hi List members, Some views of Hunter

Hi List Members, Can anyone ID the boxcar on the left? Is this what is called a Warren truss? http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/owi2001015034/PP/resource/ - Claus Schlund

I will have to remind them about that error in the presentation. I think that there are a few others, I haven't looked at that in a while. I have done quite a bit of research into their archives

West Palm?!?!? Wow! I should hie me to UCF and look up Orlando. AL B.

Steve, Please e-mail me off list at harperandbrown@.... Jared Harper Athens, GA

I don't know if I can agree with that Bill. Car exteriors were painted after the whole car was assembled, so why wouldn't they paint the WHOLE car according to the Rutland's instructions? On the

Armand, I don't think anyone would disagree that unpainted galvanized does not mean "silver" or "aluminum" colored paint. I don't know of any XM box cars that had such painted roofs, although there

Steve I was just going by what I found on the Union Tank Car company's own web site. See the page numbered "1901" -- http://www.utlx.com/pdf/TankCarHistory.pdf Tim

The original cars were used extensively for PR purposes for the general public,but mainly for potential customers and may have had painted roofs.I have taken pictures from above and the paint did not

That same article by Chris Martin states that the roofs were painted yellow. Cars 100-107 were delivered to the Rutland in time for the county fair that year. It is unknown if PS offered the 8 cars to

I'm well aware of the "yellow/silver roof". discussions.. But this thread has presented some additional information that I was not aware of and might shed a little light on this. Erie cars of

Hi Tim, Sorry, but there were more like 4 to 5 thousand V cars built, in all, most of which were 6500 gallon size, but a fair number were 8, 10, even 12000 gallons. Regards, Steve Hile

Tim,You reopened an old wound.Silver roofs or Yellow roofs or merely an over-spray which was not uncommon.Actually the roofs were unpainted galvanize and not painted silver.Armand Premo

Yes, I am a member of the Yellow-Roof Society. That doesn't mean I don't believe some had unpainted Galvanized roofs. I haven't done a lot of research yet, but I suspect the Yellow Roof, Silver Roof

Phil Uh-oh, you're not one of the "yellow roofers" are ya? :-) Clearly, some had yellow roofs, some did not. Has anyone ever figured out which cars had which? I'm looking at a nice photo of brand

I have photos of 156, 168, 170, 193, 194 and 197. Several of the 150-199 series also have been published in issues of the RRHS magazine. Phil -- Phillip Blancher http://about.me/phillipblancher

Bill I have 14 photos on my disk drive of Rutland PS-1's and not one is from 150-199. Weird. You probably know that Kadee is usually downright persnickety about having a photo to work from... Tim

Bill, These have not been done by Kadee, but they have been by "The Steamshack", a hobby shop in Rutland, VT as kits or RTR. Roger Dumas owns The Steamshack and is involved with the RRHS. The later