Bill Welch and I share thoughts on our St. Louis RPM experiences in the latest Resin Car Works blog post. Photo gallery links are included! http://blog.resincarworks.com/st-louis-rpm-summary/ Eric

Jim Thanks for your information on the RF&P/PE cars. It looks like this knocks them out as USRA cars, and even clones, though they do have a similar appearance. Based on your

Hello Garth, Bill, and list, At first glance the RF&P cabs may appear to be USRA design, but they actually pre-date the USRA proposed caboose specs by some time and are dimensionally different. The

The B&M cabooses were second hand from the Lehigh & New England. B&M C-90 - C-92 were from the L&NE series 574 - 578, built by Magor in 1931. B&M cabooses C-93 - C-95 were former L&NE 571 - 573, built

Eich, . . . Because it is written . . .Good story! John Barry ATSF North Bay Lines Golden Gates & Fast Freights Lovettsville, VA 707-490-9696 PO Box 44736 Washington, DC 20026-4736

Hi Seth, The Boston & Maine had noting really close to any USRA designed cabeese. Cordially, Don Valentine Virus-free. www.avast.com

Jim: Thanks for the good info on an uncommon box car! Actually, the cars never left Southern ownership. They were repainted and lettered for the A&EC but never “lost” their Southern numbers. It is

Lake Erie Franklin & Clarion (LEF&C) too. Jim Kubanick

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Bill: The overland RF&P caboose is correctfor the PE. Check the Copeland PE book for pictures. Paul C. Koehler

Pittsburgh and West Virginia had wood USRA-style cabooses before they acquired steel cars. Caboose 804 looks like it is. I don't have my resources handy, but I'm thinking at least 804-812 could be

I photograhed severl of the Pacific Eectric cabooses at the Orange Empire Rail Museum (Paris, Ca) about ten years ago. I don't know if these were the same cars as at Pomona. This raises a question.

You should note that the F&C car is correct with straight draft sills. The 1918 cars did not have the fishbelly center sills. They were built to save steel during WW1. There is an article about them

Seth, I am not familiar with that article, nor the photo. The B&M did have some shorter wood-body cabooses, usually (always?) with three windows. Their resemblance to the USRA cars seems pretty

Seth, The RF&P had cabooses which appear to be USRA or clones. I have no information about them, except that in 1950 several were sold to the Pacific Electric. Ira Swett's CARS

My notes on that photo say it is Northtown Yard, Minneapolis, in 1958. Ithink the info came from the Ebay seller.

I obtained two factory decorated A&ECboxcars as I'm always on the lookout for some “y'all” roadfreight equipment to add to my N&W Shenandoah Valley line modelrailroad. I consulted Ed Hawkins'

Dave, according to the Gordon Odegard article in the Jan 79 MR the B&M did. There is a photo of a B&M car but I could make out the number and was unable to find anymore photos of B&M cars on the few

Clinchfield owned several w/their own unique steps. I bought two F&C kits to build models. Sorry but do not have time right now to enumerate. I do have photos of three numbers, 1020, 1021, and 1029. I

Seth: I don't recall ever hearing any of the B&M cabooses referred to as "USRA". I am some distance away from my copy of the late Tim Gilbert's book on the B&M's cabeese, but I'll try to remember to