You can also try a local machine shop. They can order the correct size and cut it to length for you. Ken Braden

Fellas, Is this a wood 36' car? Brad Andonian Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad

Dennis, this is an even better photo of that type of Erie box car http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1269496 Tim O'Connor

Garth if you read the history of Poultry cars at http://www.hoosiervalley.org/history/turkeys-and-trains/ you will learn that by 1950 only 15 poultry cars existed and the last shipment of poultry by

I have a can of Krylon solely for use for "fixing" home-made decals after they come out of the laser printer. This is what MicroMark recommends with their decal paper. Has anyone had a problem with

Schuyler Larrabee] wrote: I'm happy to say I never had a tragedy like Schuyler describes, but I too have had problems in past years with Krylon. I too would recommend that it NOT be used for

I will NEVER use Krylon on a model again. Decades ago, I superdetailed an ABBA set of Athearn F7 units that I converted into the ERIE’s F5, 710 ABCD. I really pulled out all the stops and they

Doug, You weren't kidding. I just rambled through the whole private owner section of my 1958 ORER, and found not one poultry car. Curiously, they were still listed among the

I've been sent an ORER page indicating that the CN&L 2500-2524 and the later series 2525-2549 (which 2530 was part of) were 8'6" IH by 8'6" inner width ... so I'm assuming the outside width of the

I've been using Krylon clear flat finish in lieu of Testors Dull Coat for awhile now with no problems. Saturday I prayed a Red Caboose 10,000 gallon tank car kit with it as part of the weathering

Got lead shot in California recently for about the same price. Bill Vaughn

In 1952 the PRR was carrying live poultry on train FW-8 in block 5 as it was reclassed at Enola destined for the Live Poultry Terminal in Long Island City. Which specific cars I cannot verify. FW-8

"lajrmdlr@..." wrote: "Got #9 buckshot at a local gun shop about 15 years ago. Back then it cost $25.00 for 25 lb. Wonder if it can still be purchased given all the hoopla about lead these

Is there any chance you can get the weights as s[are parts from Red Caboose? If not the sheet lead makes the most sense. Mark L. Drake eBay ID member1108

Brad here are some websites to check out. Poultry cars ran pretty much anywhere people raised or consumed poultry. Most of the cars were no longer in use by the 40’s.

The C&O later purchased some of them from SR. Al Kresse

The Howe truss cars were built in 1924-1926. Later cars built in 1926-1929 were Pratt truss. Staffan Ehnbom

Sounds too narrow to me for cars built that late.. USRA single sheathed cars were 8'-9" wide over the sills, and 9'-4" over the eaves. The double sheathed cars were onlt 8'-6" wide over the sills, but

Got #9 buckshot at a local gun shop about 15 years ago. Back then it cost $25.00 for 25 lb. Wonder if it can still be purchased given all the hoopla about lead these days. Have foung all kinds f lead

Thanks, for the very prompt answer. Robert Oom