Schuyler, I'm going to agree with Bill on the gray. Looking through Jim Eager's RIO GRANDE COLOR GUIDE TO FREIGHT AND PASSENGER EQUIPMENT, I see several cars which were painted

21 posts in July and August of this year. Larry Buell

Schuyler, P-B-L sells Rio Grande MOW gray paint in 1 oz bottles. I've usedtheir paint a number of time and have had no problems spraying it. Their partnumber 1-STR-04 Bill Hoss In a message

No, not changing roads here, but a friend’s asked me to paint a car for Rio Grande MOW. He says that the equipment was painted silver, and he’s got direct memories of seeing this equipment before

Nelson, that’s a little uncalled for. For all you know, Mark’s 55 years old and only recently into the hobby. I have fellow club members of that or older age, who only recently have discovered

I am not sure Gary, the weld joints are hard to see in the photo I have. Bill Welch

Mark, you must be a millennial, because you’re seeking instant gratification without any personal effort. You don’t even recognize the assistance you’ve been given by several members of this

Bill, are you going to use some of the Archer welding lines on the roof? Gary Laakso Northwest of Mike Brock

Mark, Do not let the thought of doing your own research be a scary thing. There are a number of reasonably user friendly resources out there. The STMFC folks are one of them that I rely on regularly.

...and also National B-1s on ERIE's 28600-28899 series of GSC 1947-built AAR ALT Std 2-bay hoppers. (ref: RPCyc Vol 1 - p94 build table) -------------------- Richard Brennan - San Leandro

Mark, yes, the National Type B and B-1 were general purpose trucks, aswere trucks with and without spring planks, and could be found on all types ofrolling stock including tank cars. Later, National

Erie used them on some box cars. Sometimes a lot of cars would use more than one type of a trucks. Ed Mines

Most of the Georgia USRA steel rebuilds painted in thier Aluminum & Black scheme seem to have been fitted w/a butt welded steel roof when they were rebuilt. Based on a Jim Parker 1956 photo from

Your expectations remind me of quests to Nepal to find out "the meaning of life". -Andy Carlson Ojai CA

Understood Nelson, I'll use them as I please on private road cars, my google search didn't yield the results I was looking for I had hoped to find some assistance here but such is life. Signed- Mark

Mark, there is no easy alternative to doing your own research. For example, the CB&Q used different trucks on different lots of the same class of boxcars and gondolas, and yes, they used National on

You can ALWAYS do what you please... but that's a bit counter to the STMFC Yahoo! group Description: "Emphasis is to be placed on the study of the prototype with a goal of producing models of them

Erick do you know of any particular use for said trucks? If not, no reply was needed. Signed Mark L. Drake still in Florida USA

So I am guessing I can use them as I please, that's the answer I needed Signed, never under protest, Mark L. Drake On Sunday, August 6, 2017 1:39 PM, "Richard Brennan rbrennan@... [STMFC]"

Mark What Bruce is saying is that these truck designs (National B-1 etc...) were evolutionary product refinements by the truck manufacturers... and supplied by the car builder as specified by the