Careful, the Hutchins roofs used on boxcars was different than those of the FGE/WFE/BRE System in that the roof panels between the ribs did not have the corrugation pressed in as on the boxcar

It is message 119500. Jack Burgess Randy, Andrew Dahm of Westerfield Models posted a few weeks ago that he offers Hutchins roofs as a separate part. I would give you a STMFC message number to

This is a news item from Hudson, MAwhich perhaps will amuse a few STMFC members, maybe more. Hope you enjoy thestory while seeing in your mind's eye a perfectly running 100 car train in HOscale. A

Charles interesting reading. As always excellent research. I do wonder about the intended use of the blueberries in the loads. I question your idea the blueberries were destined for Griffin-Touhey. I

That's a lot of Blueberries! Neat bit of history, Scott McDonald

Good afternoon all, Fans of the CN 8-hatch overhead brine tank reefers may enjoy the waybills for a shipment two of them made to the U.S. as recorded in the Ahnapee & Western waybill collection.

Tony, Thanks for the clarification on nomenclature. I spent hours searching on this forum to understand Dreadnaught, Improved Dreadnaught, Inverse Dreadnaught , and Reverse Dreadnaught and had

I’ve got photos of an Armour and M&StL stock cars I will assume wereleased from General American. The cars appear to be of the same design. I’mcurious to know if other roads or companies lease

Randy, Andrew Dahm of Westerfield Models posted a few weeks ago that he offers Hutchins roofs as a separate part. I would give you a STMFC message number to refer to, but I cannot figure out how to

Protocraft's paint packages are available only from Protocraft. while not yet on the web catalog you can order directly. Just email me at norm@... with the specific model you are doing and we will

Yes unfortunately there is no way to purchase just the core body structure itself, formally at least it would appear. I would suggest writing them and see if they would sell you the body core. To make

Randy Arnold asked: "I looked at the Accurail web site and see that they are not offering roofs as separate detail parts, which on of there kits would one have to buy to get the correct

Dan - would you be interested in selling just the Essential Freight Car issues?Thanks, Clark Cone

My gut feeling is that hide traffic was destined to New England and did not originate there. The large, and now gone to the best of my knowledge, Lawrence Leather Co. operated in Peabody, Mass.

Thanks for the info Norm! I am still unsure as to where I can get this paint. Where can I get TCP-923 or its equal? I am modeling early Frisco cars. Thanks for any info you can provide. Tim

LNE 8691 is part of the 8501-8750 series built byMagor in 1934. They had Dreadnaught ends and Standard Improved roofs as built.As far as I know, all replacement roofs were always Standard Diagonal,

I'm looking for builder reference numbers (lot orO.O.) for the following series. The typical sources such as diagram bookshaven't been useful. I'm hoping someone has builder photos which ofteninclude

Bill I did one of your kit bashes as described in Prototype Railroad Modeling I believe it was vol I, great fun. I looked at the Accurail web site and see that they are not offering roofs as separate

I know many of these cars were rebuilt with new roofs, but did this car also receive new ends, or was it one of the "X29" style cars delivered with dreadnaught

mguill1224@... wrote: "Yankee Clipper offered an HO kit for a WAG boxcar.  Most of those cars came from the B&M.  I run one on my layout even though I do not have a tannery."   These were done