So we're less than a month from the New England Prototype meet. As I often do, I'm opening my layout on Thursday, May 30 for a casual ops session. I'm in the midst of some changes on the layout, but

You are welcome Nelson. Anything I can do to help anyone grow there rolling stock fleet! Of course you will NEED some PRR X29s in REA service, in your consists as well. I know I need a CB&Q car in

Thank you Matthew. Now I have justification for including C-16s in CB&Q consists, since the Q interchanged with UP in Omaha. Nelson Moyer

I can't say for sure, but the single sheathed cars do look like Rock Island series 264000 - 264149 built by Standard Steel Car company in 1930. In 1946, 54 of these cars had their roofs raised by 6

Don Valentine asked: "Does anyone know when they were rebuilt, when they went to the DT&I and when and how many went to the St. J. & L.C.?" See Eric Lombard's nice summary posted earlier today at 1:49

Tim O'Connor wrote: "I photographed the car all over (except the roof) in the early 1990's and sent prints to Martin Lofton, hoping that Sunshine would be interested in doing these." He eventually

Hello Claus and all, To piggyback onto Claus's statement: The PRR's REA X29s went everywhere. They were equipped with air,steam and signal lines just like the B&O's C17 cars. Also the B&O cars DID go

Don I photographed the car all over (except the roof) in the early 1990's and sent prints to Martin Lofton, hoping that Sunshine would be interested in doing these. I, too,

Thank you Ben, Learning that these cars were rebuilt from double sheathed cars makes snese and probably should have been though of on my part before. As a double sheathed car the reason for the

Thank you Tim, My memory is getting fuzzy as these are exactly the cars I was thinking of. For some reason this morning I was thinking they were still single sheathed rather than rebuilt from

Ben, My guess for the cars in your reply would be Rock Island. Maybe Steve Hile can weigh in on them. Scott McDonald

Hello Don and Ben, The SJL cars have a meandering history starting for some in 1909. It was fun to pull this together. SJL 3000-3063 4 deep fishbelly sills in underframe. 1909, 1910, 1912 -- 1500

Some years back (2015) I built a B-50-25 from Andy Carlson's IM parts kit and other parts such as a Kadee Apex roofwalk, (I subsequently fixed the wavy look in the photo) brake wheel and South West

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I agree with Claus. Most railroads rostered express box cars, AAR Class BX, and all were as Claus described for the X29. Tony Thompson

I have several photos of the car that I haven't scanned. Here's a picture I found on the internet somewhere. The car is an Fe-13 and first went to the DT&I (lettering was visible

Good Morning, Everyone...Again Thanks to Rupert Gamlen (CB&Q X-5 class) and Jim Gates ( ATSF Fe-K class.) for noting two classes missing in the 50 ft cars Excel data table. The two are definitely in

Don Valentine asked: "Speaking of early 50 ft. cars I'll bring this type up at least one of which ended up here in Vermont on our little St. Johnsbury & Lamoille County RR. This was a 50 ft., single

Don Valentine asked: "Speaking of early 50 ft. cars I'll bring this type up at least one of which ended up here in Vermont on our little St. Johnsbury & Lamoille County RR. This was a 50 ft., single

 Hi Chris and List Members, Chris quoted the following: "As such, the cars likely did not go off B&O lines. Interchanged express cars had to have heat and car-end access in a train" The PRR