It looked like a great deal, until I saw the 15 cents for postage. Deal breaker! Jim Lackner

The straddle loader between the Cadillac and the flatcar takes me back... -- ^<@<.@* }"_# | -@$&/_% !(^I@|=> ;`+$?^? ,#"~|)^G

Clarification – The TC prototypes were 8’ 6” IH, taller than the what the P2K cars represent, which are 7’8” IH cars, if I recall correctly. Steve Johnson

Proto 2000 produced the Mather boxcar decorated for Tennessee Central, but the TC prototypes were the taller version. Sunshine produced the taller and correct TC model. I seem to recall hearing

Probably the only Mather boxcar I would ever have use for is the MRS car. I picked up one of the MRS low height cars, which could just barely fit into my timeframe. The taller one, I'll have to be

Thanks Paul, I've not thought of that approach. George, very nice technique, thanks to both for sharing. Steve

George I like the stops and will add to my jigs. Thanks for sharing. Lester Breuer

Yes to boxcars. https://www.sunshinekits.com/sunimages/sun103a.pdf https://www.sunshinekits.com/sunimages/sun06.pdf Brian J. Carlson

Didn't Sunshine produce two heights of Mather box cars? Or was it the stock cars? -- *Tim O'Connor* *Sterling, Massachusetts*

Bob Chapman wrote: "The all-metal tag line is interesting, but I'm even more intrigued with the "two hours of fun (shaking the box)" text." Come to think of it, these would have been shake-the-box

Ben -- The all-metal tag line is interesting, but I'm even more intrigued with the "two hours of fun (shaking the box)" text. :) Regards, Bob Chapman

Thanks, George. I like the stop at the end of the jig to square the rungs and stiles, especially for etched rungs. The grab iron legs serve that function when using grab iron rungs. Nelson Moyer

Friends, This was about the tail end for the all-metal cars, although MDC stuck with cast metal underframes for a long, long time. I think MDC was doing plastic shells on some

A former Wheeling & Lake Erie that mostly followed the 1923 ARA proposed-standard all-steel boxcar design. Interestingly, the underframes followed the 1923 ARA XM-1 standard wood-sheathed design.

Big surprise here, folks: proto2000 only made one height of Mather car. Tony Thompson

The NKP boxcar is the short car against the freight house, fourth from the top. These pictures are fun to see as they enlarge so easily. Gary Laakso Northwest of Mike Brock Hi List

This structure has track on both sides - so I think it is a "transfer house". The picture was taken in 1960 - thus the doors of the house are further apart to accomodate longer cars (50) combined

On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 06:00 AM, mopacfirst wrote: But I thought those were channels (C-sections) on the diagonals, not Z-sections like a "normal" single-sheathed box had.Mather was remarkably

Claus Schlund wrote: "I noticed a second example of this at the link below... The L&N and Southern Freight Houses - Cornell University Library Digital Collections The L&N and Southern Freight

Hi List members, Thanks everyone who replied, I think I have a better understanding now. I noticed a second example of this at the link below...