Has anyone had a chance to take a close look at Con-Cor’s HOscale 1880-1930 era stock car? Is it reasonably (We all completely agree onthis term, right?) accurate for any actual prototype?

Just a reminder that there is a PDF Handout put together a few years ago by Ben Hom from my material that is still available on either the ACL/SAL B&O or PRR modeling magazine site (sorry I cannot

FWIW From the Atlas web site for their 40-ft N scale wood reefer: "This highly detailed model is based on the 40' wood refrigerator cars built by Pullman for the Northern Refrigerator Car Co. in

Bill, The Atlas, HO scael, 40-foot, wood-sheathed reefer is the former Branchline Trains model. IIRC, this represents an AC&F prototype design from 1927. Eric Hansmann El Paso, TX

Fred, Scale would help too… I spent 15 minutes searching for an HO scale model on to find that the only model with these features is the Atlas N-scale 40’ wood reefer model. I’m not sure what

Always helpful with questions like this is a link so we don't have to go searching ourselves. Given the car number and the fact that Atlas molds no FGE type reefers, my supposition it is not accurate.

This is a late response afer waiting for some background info: You are right it is the Lake Whatcom Railway. In addition to the GN16015 truss rod box car with arch bar trucks and KC brake they

Don't have access to my library, so can't look at the photo Aaron mentioned. Photos I have of armour cars show 40' cars of taller height, different slat arrangements, x brace on the door, a lower

A question for our reefer specialists: is Atlas Master Line 40' wood FGEX reefer any good? Or is it just another randowm car lettered for FGEX? It has a wooden roof and as far as i can see sliding

I have that book as well Aaron and I think you are right certainly fits the bill. Rob McLear.

Nelson, you asked earlier about PFE traffic in the upper Midwest, I have just uploaded a file - NP Reefer traffic Twin Cities Nov 9, 1947. Hope this shines some light. I realize the dates

Not to mention peaked vs radial roof.

Armour Stock Express. Postwar Freight Car Fleet, page 123. Aaron Gjermundson

Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the STMFC group. File : /Reefer traffic via NP east thru Twin Cities - Nov.

I see on Pierre’s blog someone asked if this could be a M&StL Fowler clone. Photos of M&StL stockcars are rare, very rare. I have one extremely fuzzy photo, which does look a lot like the car in

It looks to be a 36’ car, probably 8’6” inside height or less. Not many roads used that style of side truss, most had the diagonals going the other direction. The high letter boards and lack of

Looks very Mather-like to me, which should narrow it down quite a bit. The letterboards aren't familiar, though I haven't had my head into stock cars in a while. ....Mike Del Vecchio

Definitely not an NP stock car. NP 82000 series has 4 side panels either side of door - car in photo has 3. NP car has radial roof and car in photo does not appear to have radial roof. Matt

I wrote: "y first thought was this car is a Mather, but I've never seen one with letterboards like this car. (The cars leased by the NP lacked letterboards, including the one carrying reporting marks

Pierre Oliver asked: "I just put an image up on my blog, of a train crossing the Kettle Creek in St Thomas, ON.I'd like to identify the first stock car in the consist."