Fenton, take another look at my post on this subject. The lines disappeared in 1945. By the early '50s many, if not most, GATX cars had been repainted without them. All that's necessary is to

So Gentlemen, based on backdating the GATX to an early 1950's what will everyone use for the white stripes above and below the reporting marks ( assuming they were there on the prototype)? Would love

I took two 1958 version cars and changed 8's to threes. I have no prototype photo, so asking if there Is there any other change that is needed to back date to early 50's. Lester Breuer ---In

I for one am thrilled to see the return of C&BT. As already mentioned they are the only source for many freight cars. But more than that they are a return to KITS! I have more freight cars than I

Steve a good start would be the series of 46 articles that Ted Cullotta published in Railroad Model Craftsman, titled “Essential Freight Cars”

Doug Harding wrote: We should be a little careful here with terms. "Distillate" can be a general term to denote ANY product distilled from crude oil. Its meaning has varied over time. Today it

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 On Monday, October 21, 2013

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