I'm not sure this wouldn't attack the base paint but 91% Isopropyl Alcohol and Q-tip may work. Good luck Jeff Coleman

Model Railroader mentioned using Pine Sol to remove lettering about ten years ago. I bought a bottle, but I’ve never used it. Somebody with access to their archive may wish to do a search and

Looking good RJ. Paul Doggett England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Very interesting that the Pine-Sol didn't affect the paint, only thelettering. Has anyone tried this on other brands of freight car models? I assumethey don't all use exactly the same paint

One of the manufactured products made in Maine was clothes pins -certainly a common item in your era. Your BAR box car could be delivering a load ofthose to a warehouse. :-) Another example is wooden

FWIW, I have a set of the Broadway ARA hoppers for C&O where I wanted to remove the factory lettering. Normal tries of Solvaset and Microsol didn’t phase it. So I tried the Pine-sol soak that’s

Don't know what possessed a western road guy to build a New England 1927 BAR SS boxcar (F&C #6550), but I did. Nice little kit. I know nothing about the BAR, any of your East Coasters know when the

Hi I would be interest as well. I would take 5 to 10 of them. Tim Meyer

To keep things unclear, here are some notes I have on lettering drawings. A drawing from Mar 1943 labeled for CMO 21400-22414 has a revision in 1956 noting ‘Lettering Chicago and North Western

HI Tim, I just found my C&NW MOD-1 decal set and it has only the ACF and PS cars builders photos. The ACF car 73348 was built 5/42 with the Route of the 400 and the PS built 71342 was built 11/41

Hi Rob The Protocraft boxcars are modeled after the ACF cars. Thanks Tim Meyer

The CNW and CMO cars were offered in O scale brass by Protocraft and Norm has a few pictures online: https://www.protocraft.com/category.cfm?Categoryid=40 I have the decals also but they are buried or

There is a picture of CNW 82484 with the Overland Route slogan in "The Postwar Freight Car Fleet" by Kline and Culotta. The caption notes there were multiple slogans on the series. Don Burn

Neither of these series is in the C&NW color guide. Ron Merrick

Hi I am looking for information on what slogans were applied to the following boxcars as built. CMO 21400-22414 Lot GATC 2885 CNW 81452-82650 Lot GATC 2946 Thanks Tim Meyer

I agree with Dennis about the orthochromatic film and it's rendition of reds and oranges. It's made color interpretation of aircraft camouflage and markings difficult in my other hobby. But I do think

Thanks for the help. Tim Meyer

An excellent suggestion - there are FIVE daily trains and fares areas low as $22 one way! I mean, that's cheaper than a taxi from Midway toNaperville. And there is hourly BUS service from the St Louis

Fly to Chicago, Amtrak to St. Louis!

Andy, You best bet is to take a flight at a non popular flight time, and be willing to forego non-stop flights. Tom Casey