I believe the Con Cor 50’ gondola was originally a Lindberg product? Cheers Dave

I buy these 'oldies' whenever I find them at meets, bring them up into modern standards and run them. I've lost count of how many of these cars currently are running on my layout. Walthers wood and

I had similar experiences at the Illinois Tech Model Railroad Club c. 1964-5 when the Lindberg trucks first came out. There were few places on the club layout that a car equipped with them would

When they first came out, back in the early 1960s, I was a member of the model railroad club at the Air Force base in Rantoul, IL. I bought and assembled the early version of the Con-Cor air slide

Most of the American Flyer HO was original tooling….not to say that the F3s were not Marx bodies. The Model Power / Marx “F2” was a copy of the Varney tooling but IIRC there were additional

I believe that Mantua got the Lindberg line so now that it has morphed through Model Power and MRC to Lionel we will have to await yet another attempt at releasing dated tooling to see them again.

Here is a screen capture from Kristen’s PowerPoint, which shows several variations in Poultry Car paint schemes. The two Poultry Palace cars show a light colored body, one has dark entry and ends,

Garth I am attaching photos of Lindberg stock car, kit T181, purchased in March 1975 for $1.75. It has been in service on my railroad, the Minneapolis & Northland Railroad Company since March 1975.

Thanks for all the kind comments. I built two underframes for this car. One using the recommended Tichy part and the Scratchbuilt one as seen here. I hope to present a clinic on its construction

The Rivets on the Centersill are Resin Rivets from the MicroMark. I used these as they are a bit larger than the ones I had from

The Ice Hatches are from Plano part#12079 and listed as a new item. http://www.planomodelproducts.com/photos/12079.jpg George Toman

Extremely nice! Very well done! The rivet lines on the center sill are hand-made? Johannes Gesendet: Dienstag, 26. Februar 2019 um 15:40 Uhr Von: "gtws00 via Groups.Io" <gtws00@...> An:

The reefer has short doors like a meat reefer. Some 30 or more years ago I picked up 4 or 5 at a swap and did some simple upgrades…consistent with my limited knowledge at the time…and turned them

Probably the very first American HO freight car kits (perhaps freight OR passenger) were those first advertised in 1935 by the late Howell Day under the name of H. Owen. They were balsa blocks with

The name changed from General Steel Castings Corporation to General Steel Industries Corporation between 1953 and 1961 but I don't know the exact date. Originally called Commonwealth. Alco and

By the way to clarify the "Mudd" above, names over the doors for the most part does not connote a lessee, but is actually the name given to the car. There are a few exceptions to this, including a

The stock car is good for a Milwaukee Road stock car. There was an article in Mainline Modeler years ago about that. The gondola is a good model of an Erie car. Both are available now from Mantua, I

I believe the Lindberg trucks are still available. Didn't they came in Ribside Cars kits? I threw them out anyway...Were the Mantua 'Heavies' Lindberg cars? C W Propst

According to the magazine write up the company became GSI in 61 I believe? But, I think that was in the write up that called it General Steel Car... Clark W Propst

I had the Lindberg stock car, flat car and gondola when I was a teenager. I agree the stock car probably is the most useful as kitbash fodder. I -think- I had the switcher - I seem to recall