Use an InterMountain drop bottom gon, leave off the laser cut wood sides and bottom. Weather heavy with black chalks to represent soot. Would not be that hard to model. Doug

 Hi Mike and List members, If I had to guess, I would say it USED to be a MILW composite gon. Claus Schlund

Cinder car set out on a siding to be shoveled out for roadway stabilization? The load was still hot and caught the car's wood interior on fire? There appears to be evidence of loose cinders between

Go back 7-8 slides to see and interesting patch job on a C&O gondola Bill Welch

A model of a burned out gondola like that would be cool. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

No one would believe you if you modeled one of those vacuums. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

Hi, I am looking for decals for a Sunshine 7’ 8” Mather boxcar kit. I would like to find, in order of preference, PH&D, C&EI, or C&IM. Does anyone have an extra set or can anyone suggest a

I have a Sunshine Port Huron and Detroit 7'8" Mather boxcar kit. The kit came with MRS decals rather than PH&D. Does anyone have a set of PH&D, C&EI or C&IM decals that they are will to sell of

Circa 1960 photos from the Hagley Digital

https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/12296332025/in/photostream/ Interesting series of photos of a car on fire. Mike Turner MP-Z35

Circa 1955 photo from the Hagley Digital Archives: http://digital.hagley.org/PRR_20735?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=a78db4790871f32d894d&solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=48&solr_nav%5Boffset%5D=23 Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Raw sugar (brown) from southern Louisiana sugar mills was shipped in tired 40' boxcars to refineries in New Orleans to be reprocessed into white sugar. Loaded in both ends, the doors were often left

Precisely what I do...I build the basic body with no details then work out the 'mechanical' parts of the trucks and couplers. I try very hard to not seal the couplers in draft gear but to make them

Bud, I think we need to see the photo to answer your question. Gene Green

The budget minded Mather Company dod in fact use bent metal rods to form their SILL STEPS. The only stirrups I know of in transportation are on horse saddles. The Klasing handbrake was geared and that

Seth, Yes, these are definitely the PS1s that were later marked DODX. When this happened, I don't know. My 1958 ORER still has these cars listed under USNX. A very interesting

Not a builders photo, but a photo at the builder. https://flic.kr/p/jJBqLk A number of cars line up on the delivery track at Pullman’s Michigan City Indiana plant taken from a train on Monon’s

Hello, Am collecting information on a possible modeling project of a Mather Patent 40' single sheathed boxcar in S scale. A friend sent me pics which show the bulky looking vertical brake wheel

Hi Lester and Dan. Lester, you have an impressive selection of picks! I recall the dentist suggestion many years ago, which finally led to me asking my dentist for tools in 2008. He obliged, but

Pretty sure there is a photo of the original car in one of Teds books, The Steam Era Reference series for boxcars and auto cars. I can look later tonight. Scott McDonald