---In STMFC@..., <timboconnor@...> wrote : I have done a bit of work on a BLI NYC steel box car with 7/8 ends andseem to recall past remarks in this group on the "troubles"with these cars. I know

It appears that Fenton, is in fact, a freight car expert and that he was trying to disguise his skills, to no avail. Should his nick name be “Warren”? Gary Laakso south of Mike Brock

AHM made a model tank car whose tank is a good starting point for modeling these cars. They show up regularly on eBay. I just checked and two are there now. One is lettered for Gulf and the other for

Michael, Andy Sperandeo did a little blog on modifying the unusual BLI trick mounting arrangement in order to substitute trucks from Tahoe Model Works, etc. These cars are notorious for the running

Steven; Coil up to around 1955 was shipped in either box cars, in the case of cold-rolled finished sheet, or commonly uncovered in gons with 3 or so over each truck, in the case of unfinished

Kadee is doing a Warren car soon, albeit with silver lettering: https://kadee.com/month/future/9010l.jpg https://kadee.com/month/future/9010l.jpg

The blue flag decals mentioned in Tony's blog were from: DM Custom Decals Donald Manlick 2127 South 11th Street Manitowoc, WI 54220 920-684-8688 I tried calling several times but after the

The C&O's designs were either based on Evans Products' in Plymouth, Michigan, or their Wyoming Shops outside of Grand Rapids, Michigan. The baseline for their evaluations were the spring-loaded PRR

Oh, and to add to the earlier message, there are a lot of misconceptions about steel coil loading. Steel could be highly protected (as far as early technology was concerned, or all the way to

Steve, Not mid-western roads, but the Denver & Rio Grande Western, Western Pacific and Sacramento Northern were handling coil for U.S. Steel from Geneva, Utah, to Pittsburg,

Fenton Wells wrote: The term "dark lower band" is a good visual description, but be aware it is in fact the entire lower sheet of the (removable) jacket over the insulation. This was commonly

Bob Chaparro wrote: Yes, I added a comment to my modeling post, identifying Don. In fact, Don passed away in February 2015 and the existing stock of decals was auctioned off. But I have not been

Mr Gatwood wrote, “Oh, and to add to the earlier message, there are a lot of misconceptions about steel coil loading. Steel could be highly protected (as far as early technology was concerned, or

Sunshine kits were for 8,000 gal.tank cars. These cars look like 10 or 12,000 gal tank cars. Dale Florence

If you have a Facebook profile you can watch this 9 minute b&wmovie made from a special PRR industry excursion tour of the steel millsand railroads in the area all around Youngstown Ohio. Lots

Any photos from the ATSF, Q or WP would be appreciated. Thank you Steven E. Cerka

I watched this the other day. The KO&G hopper was also interested as was the parking garage for autos near the end. (Autos may have been shipped by boxcar earlier in their life) Brian J. Carlson

Good eye. WRNX 5505 is shown as 11014 gal. in the 1955 Tank Car Capacities tariff. The other car, which appears to read WRNX 11392 to my eye, doesn't appear in either the 1955 or 1970 Tank Car

Steve, Try http://www.wplives.org/sn/gon.html and http://www.wplives.org/sn/steel.html . Most of the coils carried by the D&RGW/WP/SN operation were shipped in open gondolas,

I agree with Tim, but by going with that standard, it's going to be AWFULLY quiet here, as we cannot discuss freight cars as they most assuredly originated prior to 1900! Take Care, Brian R.