The Athearn 50-foot flatcar has proved useful for kitbash projects too. Way back when the Intermountain 70-ton flatcar was just a twinkle in their eye, I kitbashed a couple of 70-ton, 15 stake pocket

Tim, In Oct.-Nov. 1951 the WP received 600 PS-1 box cars WP 20801-21400 built by Pullman-Standard in lot 8027. The first 20 cars 20801-20820 were equipped with Compartmentizers and received

From Info that I got from Ed Hawkins WP 20821-21400 580 10-51 8027 7 YSD-2 H A M A3 Note 11 11 - 22 additional cars (various numbers) sent to Pullman-Standard in 1953 and equipped with

Anyone have the skinny on this WP PS-1 box car? I -think- it was renumbered by from what? And has it been repainted as well? The photo date is 1956 but I can't make out when the car was built. The

You're right! :-D Athearn shared the roof + ends mold with their other reefer - a wood sheathed rebuild with steel ends and roof. Some have said it's an R-40-24 but... -- Tim

Steve Hile wrote: Ah, mine is different. I have always thought mine to be a Varney, with a one-piece metal body that is folded to shape, with stake pockets pressed outward (that is, they are part

Hello, Have one package of Accurail AB brakes for sale. The pack has 30 AB brakes. Only $16.00 plus first class shipping of $5.00 if needed. contact off list railsunl@... Ted

Ben and Dave, At least two ATSF way cars ended their days on the Central California Traction Co. as CCT 24-25. Originally repainted all-silver in the mid-1960s, later a black

Tim, Thanks for digging this list out. If it is being edited in any way, let me note the ends of the 40' steel reefer don't match the photos in Tony's PFE book. The Athearn car

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Looking at the fineness of detail in this photo—ladder stiles and rungs, the post or ring at the corner of the roof grab for example—this could easily be mistaken for "O" scale I think or the the

Garth The Atlantic Coast Line acquired the reporting marks, and still owned 5 cars lettered WIF in 1963, from series 300 to 349. Perhaps someone with a 1961 or 1962 ORER can tell us

I like the Kansas City Mexico & Orient boxcar to the right in the photo. As the KCM&O was acquired by the Santa Fe in 1928 that pretty much means this is a pre-depression view. Dennis Storzek

Lester, Nice model. Where did their cars go when WIF was driven out of business by the Cuban Revolution? Yours Aye, Garth Groff

Lester, Nice model. Where did their cars go when WIF was driven out of business by the Cuban Revolution? Yours Aye, Garth Groff

Here is a snap shot of the metal car. It would appear that they were only made for a brief time, as I see a 1954 ad in MR listing 40 and 50 foot flat cars as new. Just a few years later, Athearn

Dave Lawler wrote: "I believe the Athe[a]rn, ATSF offset cupola steel caboose is a reasonable stand in for a group of Grand Trunk Western cars." They should be - GTW acquired 34 ex-ATSF waycars and

Here is a link to an undated photo of a Texas & Pacific freight yard from the Portal To Texas History website: https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth853399/m1/1/?q=boxcar There is quite a

Tony Thompson wrote: "Another Athearn "raw material" model of significance is the 50-foot gondola (really about 48 feet). Though it has no prototype and is evidently a shortened 52'6" car, it can be,

I believe the Athern, ATSF offset cupola steel caboose is a reasonable stand in for a group of Grand Trunk Western cars. Dave Lawler