Wrong way doors and Indestructible ends? My guess would be LV. Maybe Erie, but they were down to five double sheathed, 36' boxcars by 1945. Ray Breyer Elgin, IL

What year are you looking at? The C&EI got their 40' Mather boxcars at some point between 1926 and 1930, and they lasted to about 1954. In the 1920s, the C&EI didn't use the large initials on their

in the 50's a company used the old flour mil in Franklin, MN to grind corn cobs and shipped them by rail to either Chaska or Shakopee to be bagged for use as floor dry. sam

Corn was often stripped from ears for feed or for industrial processes. Corn on the cob would be shipping a lot of waste product if the primary interest was the kernel. Then it would be shipped like

its here: http://www.protocraft.com/category.cfm?Categoryid=36 but haven’t posted the C&EI Norm

good to know Norm -- but I could not find anything but O scale on the website

Po-ta-toes, po-tat-oes as far as I am concerned. At least we are not trying the "throw a turnout" ;) Steve Lucas.

no - they are in stock. Norm at Protocraft

Charlie--Look at Ted's Relaunch Decal Set. “Relaunch” Decal Set | Speedwitch Media “Relaunch” Decal Set | Speedwitch Media Product Description This set is

I've been following along on this thread and I see the other box car. The double sheathed box car behind the gondola sparks my interest. Here's the direct link to the photo on Tony's

Charlie -- contact Ted Culotta. I think he took over printing some of the HO scale Protocraft decals. If it's the tall skinny letters you want I think those are what Protocraft did.

Paul I did before my post, they only carry diesel, passenger and one caboose set. Nothing on boxcars cars. Charlie Duckworth

---In STMFC@..., <jack.f.mullen@...> wrote : The bulge plates and flooring clips Dennis describes are shown of the GA drawing he cites, but don't seem to have been used in production. This appears to

Jay, The construction you describe, with flooring extending under the side sheathing, is common for stock cars and composite gons, but I don't know of any SS boxcars built that way. From builder's

Check with the C&EI Historical Society. They have some decals. http://www.ceihs.org/ Paul Hillman

Charlie Protocraft made an HO C&EI box car set but I think it's been discontinued. Tim

---In STMFC@..., <jayrs9@...> wrote : 1. Many of the prototype photos seam to show the side sheathing sitting on top of the floor, suggesting that the floor boards run from the edge of the side

I'd like to decal my HO P2k Mather boxcar as a C&EI car. Are there any decals available for this car or some that are close? Charlie Duckworth

Richard, grains of all sorts were shipped in boxcars, including corn. But the corn was husked, shelled and dried before shipping. All photos I have seen show the dried kernels being loaded into

Hello Group: My name is Richard Stallworth and I am an old member who just returned to model railroading. Parenthood distracted me for a long time. Anyway I've been following the conversation