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By Mike Fleming · #141667 ·

When was the last time Con-Cor had any New Tooling? Bill Welch

By Bill Welch · #141665 ·

Mike, Maybe it would be odd for these cars, but in later days stock cars were very useful in MW service for carrying materials that let off potentially dangerous vapors. Possible loads

By Garth Groff <sarahsan@...> · #141666 ·

Re: Con-Cor Stock Cars

By Mike Fleming · #141664 ·

Con-Cor Stock Cars

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?

By thecitrusbelt@... · #141663 ·

FGE Reefers w/Fishbelly Center Sills

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

By Bill Welch · #141662 ·

Re: Atlas FGE reefer

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

By rwitt_2000 · #141661 ·

Re: Atlas FGE reefer

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

By Eric Hansmann · #141660 ·

Re: Atlas FGE reefer

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

By Bruce Smith · #141659 ·

Re: Atlas FGE reefer

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.

By Bill Welch · #141658 ·

Re: Arch Bar Stencil On Boxcar (Surviving Boxcar)

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

By Staffan Ehnbom · #141657 ·

Re: Looking to ID a car

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

By Douglas Harding · #141656 ·

Atlas FGE reefer

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

By Fred Jansz · #141655 ·

Re: Looking to ID a car

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

By rob.mclear3@... · #141654 ·

Re: Reefer traffic in SW Minnesota

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

By np328 · #141652 ·

Re: Looking to ID a car

Not to mention peaked vs radial roof.

By Tim O'Connor · #141651 ·

Re: Looking to ID a car

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

By npin53 · #141650 ·

New file uploaded to STMFC

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.

By STMFC@... · #141649 ·

Re: Looking to ID a car

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

By Douglas Harding · #141648 ·

Re: Looking to ID a car

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

By Douglas Harding · #141647 ·

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