Bill, As specified in the ACF bill of materials for lot 3281, M-K-T 97001-97300: Sherwin-Williams (150)/Pittsgurgh (150) Katy Standard Red - sides, ends, roof, running boards; black car cement - u/f;

Hello Group, Just a quick question regarding the MKT 97001-series box cars… When built, did these cars get painted in box car red or Sloan Yellow? Or perhaps the painting of this order was split

All Up today... more from the freight car photo series on the ErieLack archive site... part of the NPS Steamtown collection posted by Pat (Richard) McKnight; FGE 25339 - built 1-13... photo

I have the original Jim Sand’s slide of MKT 97193. I can read the data on the side, BLT 1-49. It definitely has a raised panel roof, but the angle is such that I cannot tell if there is a secondary

That's it! Thanks! Brian Ehni (Sent from my iPhone)

Tim, Thank you for the education. Much appreciated. I am also planning on attempting to model a couple of cars of this class. Do you have any suggestions for modeling the correct ends? Cheers, Bill

Or you wait for the Yarmouth series of kits . . . Bill Welch

From the ground, I think it may be hard to see the difference betweenthe "Stanray" (SRE) rectangular panel roof and the ACF"carbuilder" roof. Both have stamped rectangles in each panel but the ACF has

Thank You All for answering. I now have that file and can work on a model. Al Smith Sonora CA

Speaking only for older ORERs that I have handled, they seem to have been printed on something like old newspaper quality paper. They were, after all, a periodical with a short shelf life. After

Al, I am not sure if this image will be of much help in answering your questions… but worth a shot… http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/mkt/mkt97193ajs.jpg To my very untrained eyeballs it appears that

Randy Hammill wrote: Yes, archives increasingly permit photography with a phone. But if you need to flatten out the book to get the pages flat, with an older volume of the ORER, that's almost

Ed Hawkins hawk0621@... [STMFC] wrote: Al, I stand corrected as I just noted that under the heading "Postwar AAR" box cars are several separate lists including this one having the

Allan Smith smithal9@... [STMFC] wrote: Al, The M-K-T 97100-97300 cars in question were covered in RP CYC Volume 26 as part of my article on ACF box cars having the builder's proprietary

Al, Suggest you check again: http://www.steamerafreightcars.com/prototype/frtcars/2017EdHawkinsMaterial/Postwar%20ACF%20Proprietary%20Corrugated%20Ends%20(1948-1950).pdf. Easy to miss -

If you could physically read them, could you take a picture with your phone? No risk of damaging the books that way. Randy -- Randy Hammill Modeling the New Haven Railroad 1946-1954 |

Al I don't know the exact details, but they're very likely listed in one of Ed's new spreadsheets. There is a photo of 97190 in Morning Sun's "IC In Color" (p.70) that clearly showscarbuilder 4/4 ends

> I don’t see one on the north side, but there is one the south side, next to the tracks. Near the intersection of West Broadway (I-20 Business) and Poplar. This may help to narrow it

I give up.Armand Premo

I have conductors lists from the Sierra RR in 1952-1954. One car on the list is MKT 97165. I have a photo from an article in Modelrailroading of car 97095. The photo is a broadside shot and does't