Hi Eric: Nice list but I wondered if you are listing these cars because they need to be modeled or just as an example of cars that had large quantities built by Railroads? Andrew Dahm

All of those listed were important cars and commonplace in the era you model. During their long lives both mechanical and lettering standards changed, and selling a large production quantity will be

Back in 2012, a group of pre-Depression modelers compiled a list of freight car models for mass productionconsideration. In many cases here, 10,000-20,000 of the prototypes wereproduced. The

It would be interesting to see a list of "signature" cars and find out what types have been offered and what has not been offered. - Steve Hedlund, Everett WA

I will add that for me, modeling WWII era "pipeline on wheels" trains, a sprinkling of these cars in the fleet does exactly what I need it to do. Much like the stair step effect of different box car

Doug Harding wrote: "What else is there?"   Signature cars for major roads that have not been sufficiently explored or analyzed, and the biggest elephant in the room is the New York Central.  What

Mike you have shown the true beauty of this list, Education. Now I know what a UP HK-50-4 is, a ballast hoppers. Thank You. And based upon the information you shared, I can now make an intelligent

Clark, I haven't wanted to add to the (often incorrect) blather on the list about the prototypes for this model, but I can tell you, based on photo documentation, that the lines were dropped in 1945,

Armand Premo asked: "While conducting a recent archeological dig through my horde [sic] of decals I discovered Champ sets for Algoma Central and Columbus & Greenville. Can anyone tell me of any

 While conducting a recentarcheological dig through my horde of decals I discovered Champ sets forAlgoma Central and Columbus & Greenville.Can anyone tell me of anyboxcar kits that would be

Denny Anspach wrote: Denny, I too felt I could use shelf space otherwise, and bought the DVD (not CD) set of the MR issues. I have found them very good replacements, and have now recycled all my

Hello, I was talking with some other modelers/railfans about these new 6K tank cars. It was mentioned by an individual that in the national fleet of tank cars very few were multiple compartment

Denny, The MR disc is very good for searching for specific topics. While its search tools are quite simole they work well. The readability on line or as a print out is just fine. I cannot speak to the

Denny- While the digital collection might have curtailed my need to complete the missing pre-1945 issues I am not ready to dump my hard copies. The resolution on the scans, while adequate for most

Hello: I have available the 4/4 Dreadnaught ends and Hutchins roofs. I will list more details about them on Friday. Andrew Dahm westerfieldmodels@...

Friends, the past issues of MR on disk have now been out for some time, and I am interested in how useful the CD has been for those critical modelers long experienced with actively referencing the

Dave North wrote: "There are a number of items in the line that are out of stock, and based on discussions we have had, I doubt that will change."   I also take that little, if any, upgrading of

Al Brown wrote: There were a very few cars with one big and one small compartment, evidently built that way with equal-size domes. There were also cars with a big center dome and a small side

Doug Harding writes: "What is a UP HK-50-4?" Well, of course, a UP HK-50-4 [ as well as the similar HK-50-3 and HK-50-5 ] were ballast hoppers. The HK-50-5 might actually be a better choice because

Very interesting that the SVX cars appear to have one compartment twice as big as the other. Now *that* would be an unusual model. Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla. ---In STMFC@..., <stmfc@...> wrote: