In about 1993 I built my first detailed freight car kit, a Tichy PFE reefer. I would have been about 47 then and the black grabs against the orange sides looked awful, despite using the enclosed

My eyes have reached the point where I need help, particularly when it comes to adding details, including creating starting points for holes to be drilled for handrails, etc. on both diesels and steam

Do you mean extensive? Jared Harper Athens, GA

Bill, If you cant find the CD that you received at the Naperville RPM yearsago, I can bring a hard copy of the Lepkey list of steam era freight carsto Chicagoland RPM in October if you would like.

I have a couple of photos that may be useful to you but because of the way they were shared with me, I can't really post them here. Contact me off list: agecompanyphotog@... For general discussion:

Fran, You've gotten good advice from all the previous posters. No source of information is perfect as Steve stated with his experience with the Santa Fe stock cars. How close do you want to get? And

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Thanks all for help and suggestions. In reference to Eric H's suggestion, I do have the B&O Summary of Equipment for my time period which I use to make sure my B&O fleet is correct. I am looking for

The SP H&TS website has something that can be printed out in color but it may be too modern for us. This is a topic I have only recently developed an interest in and have rounded up three more kits in

I believe that the Southern Pacific Historicsl Society magazine "Trainline" had an article on creating plaster board loads along with pbotos. This wss three or four years ago Bill Pardie Sent from my

Here are a couple. Contrary to your request, I included two without loads. 1940s N&W car drawings (no load) https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/selectdocs.php?index=rs&id=636 Jan. 1958 N&W (no load)

Bob and Bill, WP 50' flats from series 2401-2700 were converted with bulkheads of at least two different styles for wallboard service in 1951-53. The cars were renumbered

Can anyone point me to a photo source that has/might haveimages of plasterboard loads on flat cars, especially pre-1960? I've tried Railpictures.net and I'm struggling through

Fran, Why not pick up an official B&O Summaryof Equipment? The B&ORHS bunch has copies of 1956 and 1957 available. My1925 version has been very handy to cross reference with a 1926 ORER for my1926

There is a delay between tabulation and publication, so if I wanted B&O or whatever through September of a given year, what year/month should I request? Nelson Moyer Sent: Friday, August 18, 2017

The California State Railroad Museum has an expensive collection of ORERs. Give them a call with information on what issue of the ORER that you need for the B&O and they can most likely photocopy it

Michael, I have a picture (from Bob's Photos) of a GN boxcar, likely from this series, taken in 1951, and lettered for bulk cement service. Interestingly, none of the ORERs I have perused have any

A couple notes: The GN had a series of boxcars devoted to cement haulage during the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam. These might be part of that--note what looks like outlets on the car

Tim, Thanks much. Yes, this is the predecessor to the USS Provo works, which were built during WWII. The government actually built the plant, but leased and later sold it to

SHPX indeed gave low numbers to multi-compartment cars: see RP CYC 10, pp 76-105. Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.