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Hello Steam Era Modeler: We are pleased to announce that Westerfield Models is having a NATIONAL TRAIN DAY SALE! This sale will be in effect from 12:01 am May 11 through 11:59 pm May 21, 2018 and

Doug Forbes has been developing a model for a wood coal gondolaused on the Illinois Traction System in the early decades of the 20thcentury. The prototype is very similar to a Penny gondola of the

This photo is from the Pauldorpat.com website, which features the Seattle-now-then column: https://i1.wp.com/pauldorpat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/armour-building-then.jpeg?ssl=1 Comment from

These cars retained this look when the aux doors were disabled and they were re-classed as Bx-35 single door box cars. Unfortunately, all the photos I've seen of the Bx-35s are after their rebuilding

Here is the builders photo that was used to model this car. It was stripped off my last text. Charlie Slater Sent from Outlook

Thanks Charlie, excellent photos!

The underframes by the late 1940's and early 1950's were rusting out, and like most of the 50 foot Fe-class cars received new bolsters, end sills and draft gear pockets. (see page 58 of the SFRH&MS

The Fe-U does not have the massive underframe. (see photo) They were also not painted off white but the builders photo was for better visibility of the construction. All the cars were delivered in the

Charlie, et al, that other classes received the "tabs" is great to know. Scratch one possible spotting feature! And I note in the Fe-15 photo you included that the side sill reinforcement is of the

The Santa Fe USUALLY but not always just change the first letter to a "W", however sometimes they were simply marked as "We" and box cars as "Wx" sometimes they were mismarked as coming from the wrong

The Fe-5 and 15 also received those large channel side sill tabs in later years, as did the Fe-19. Charlie Sent from Outlook

Steve I had exactly the same thought. And wouldn't a Santa Fe auto boxof that era have a massive fishbelly underframe?

Could it be scratch built or kit bashed? The underframe appears to be Athearn, with the snap on coupler covers. The ends look like the old stamped metal ones. The hat section framing and sides look

I can't seem to get ebay to show me closed auctions anymore. Is this normal?

Sorry, forgot the link.

Feebay just sold a HO wooden kit (built) that seems to be a fair copy of an Fe-U. Who made this, I'd like to get a couple. Thanks, Bill Woelfel

I would recommend sourcing the drop grabs elsewhere. Ed Edward Sutorik

After Media Blasting twelve models Monday the crew at the Clearwater Car Shops was anxious to get to start on followup work and after washing up key areas of two models, brushed on Future/Pledge on

Eric, I then suppose the car below is a former Fe-19. The class We-19 almost seems too easy. Photo taken in South Los Angeles, March 1975, complete with an insouciant pigeon on