All- Could the cars have been built for the same type of service (aircraft parts) as the XA-14D raised roof single sheathed 50 ft DD Boxcars rebuilt in 1942 for B-26 Marauder wings and later the B-29

As we discussed before, the ends with eight outward ribs were a Murphy product as used on an order of Pere Marquette cars, which in fact this may be because the P&N picked up a lot of second hand

That car is in really good shape for its age. Looks like fresh paint for sure. Thats an interesting car for sure. Scott McDonald

Group, I was in the local Dollar Tree store recently and happened to see some “Military Playset” toys. One of the sets included an Army tank and some sort of short cylindrical apparatus

The P&N ends have eight "outie" ribs on each side, where the W&LE ends have six "innies". Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

After posting the info about the High Point Thomasville and Denton from the Prince book, it occurred to me that the Vulcan end car could likely be a Piedmont & Northern boxcar. Now not so sure as it

Dr. Dave Campbell has re-released these ends on his Shapeways site: The Vulcan vertical-rib end as used on the Wheeling 27000's has been added to my available products at

FWIW, Wine door locks are catalogued on the current Westerfield site. Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

I concur. I've used the Westerfield wine locks and they look very good. One other possibility might be Arrowhead Models. I don't know whether Blaine offers detail parts yet but I

Thank you, George, and Mike, for responding so quickly. I’m sure there are others in the group who appreciate these as well. Steve Johnson

I used the Westerfield Wine lock castings on the Southern ARA 70 ton 3 bay hoppers and they are very nice. Just say'in Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC

Hello Al & All: The Wine lock dies were sent to me by Grandt Line before hey shut down. We also received a good supply of Wine Locks (#1171 ) that should hold us until we get someone else to make

Hello Rich, I remember Taurus Products brass caboose ladders: https://www.oldpullman.ch/kleinteile-rollmaterial-metall/30256-707-101-ho-caboose-ladders-kit-.html These certainly look much better

There are a few other railroads that had these also, Santa Fe and New York Central to name a couple. Ted Culotta has an excellent kitbashing article

Great article Lester. Some good modeling tips. George Toman

You can buy caboose ladders already made with the loop in the top as parts from Athearn. -- John

 Hi Dave, There may be a typo in your email. I suspect I have the same photo, but the road number is PRR 570862, not 570826 as you stated in your email - 6 and 2 got reversed. To confirm, my

The dies were cut for me by Grandt Line. I don’’t know if the current owner was able to retrieve them when Grandt went out of business. – Al Westerfield Sent from Mail for Windows 10

Hi Rich, Oregon Rail Supply used to offer such brass ladder stock. It still shows up as Item 142 on the order form. See: http://oregonrail.com/order.html. Pax, Ralph Brown Portland,

Walthers used to, and may still, carry punched metal ladder stock that can be cut to any length. And caboose ladders is what I used it for. Pat Wade Santa Barbara, CA