Ike, Thanks! That’s great. So it almost sounds like these cars got whatever 50 ton truck was available when they were upgraded. ;) Regards Bruce Bruce F. Smith Auburn, AL "Some

Thanks for that great photo Eric! Also interesting is the repair to the lower end sheathing of Big Four 46611 on the adjacent track. David Jobe, Sr. Saint Ann, MO

I have built, painted and lettered Funaro & Camerlengo double-sheathed Box Car, Rock Island 155945, flat resin kit 3061. I have posted photos and writeup on my blog I started to share photos and

Thank all of you for the information. I appreciate it. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Attached is an image of a Southern fishbellyside sill flat car hauling a long load of plate steel. The image is from the HistoricPittsburgh digital archive site and was taken at the Rankin yard in

Wow! That is service . . . THANKS Mr. Eichelberger Al Kresse

Bruce: Here is a Google Drive link to printable sizes of the two parts of Southern drawing SF-1126 showing the General Arrangement for Southern 116850-117349. It shows the brake line passing through

It was an East German ship at the Winterport docks, and the story you've heard is the truth. What you may not know is, the community welcomed these sailors with open arms. The East Germans loaded up

Richard, as I recall many of the steel reefers were rebuilt at Derby Shops by replacing their doors with a steel panel, removing the roofs and increasing the sides by a foot or so and adding cross

Sometimes I need to remember to check my own resources. Jerry Angier's & Herb Cleaves' "Bangor & Aroostook, The Maine Railroad" book on the BAR has two photos of the ex-MDT reefers, both in black &

Bob, Thanks. That's pretty much what I am doing, but then I 'reply' to the post, and copy and paste, and perhaps update, the header so in the future I will know where and when I saw the information.

Note that the BAR wood reefers are NOT all the same. Some had steelends, and this one (below) had wood ends. Tim O'

116177 - T-section VULCAN trucks, spring plank (banned in 1957?) 116691 - AAR U-section, spring plank 117008 - AAR U-section, spring plank (blurry image) 117644 - T-section VULCAN trucks, spring plank

Agreed! There were HUNDREDS of these BAR wood reefers in servicethroughout the 1950's. And all SP & UP (i.e. PFE) modelers can use them as well.:-) 1953 - 238 in service 1955 - 272 in service (note

​Folks, Given that I had today off from work, I dedicated it to moving some projects forward, including a resin SOUTHERN 41'6" flat car (116850-117349) kit from the Southern HS and Wrightrrak. A

Use your curser to highlight the text you want to save, click “Copy”open Word (if you have MS Office) and “Paste” in a blank document. You can save it in Word (.doc) or as a PDF.

​Chuck, Folks, It's pretty easy to post photos to the group. Go to the group web page (you can do that by clicking on the View/Reply Online link below and then select Photos from the list on the

That is the $64K question Tim. To me this is the most obvious gap in kit availability reefer-wise or freight car wise for that matter in HO with a variety of decades, reporting marks and paint

I have a set of the Champ decals, and my potato is definitely a richbrown color, not black or grey. So... the $64,000 question... is there an HO scale MODEL for theMDT reefers acquired by the Bangor &

Group, I have attached two photos of finished cars that would qualify for this project. Both are kit-bashes of Cannon Ball Car Shops X23 flat styrene kits that I built many years ago. There is