Tim, Attached is an example of what Bill is talking about; obviously gray when compared to the white lettering. This is a repaint of an early 40s car. Although desirable to have railroad documents,

The band was light gray out of the paint shop and it can definitely be seen in photos, even black and white ones, of recently painted cars. Having said that, however, it quickly chalked to white and

Agree completely... Opinions are interesting, but some normative documentation is needed. -------------------- Richard Brennan - San Leandro CA --------------------

Someone needs to cite a painting specification diagram or document. There is no other way to avoid the "take your best shot" approach. Someone mentioned "artificial aluminum" - If you've ever seen a

Ok I'll bite: Was the band with "The Hoosier Line" -ALWAYS- light grey..? ...or did some re-paints get done in white? ...and just how light was the 'light' grey? i.e. one drop of grey in a bottle

The Monon Historical Society uses "The Caboose" train store for its sales now... https://mycaboose.com/lists?society_id=1 While they have a nice selection of HO Scale items and publications, the

Thanks for all of the good info. J. Stephen Sandifer

Thanks to input from a couple folks, I corrected an error in my original post and have added a car I missed and the vehicle registration numbers to the spreadsheet and included some limited modelling

As discussed in July of last year. Dr Denny Anspach posted the update below Snip The owner of Reboxx is a personal (beyond modeling) friend, and he has asked me to report that at the moment Reboxx is

Reboxx web site is up, but in looking at their dealer page, it has not been updated in years. Very old information. Did you try to contact them? There is a phone number and E Mail on their order

The Monon Historical Society offered these cars in the Merchandise Service paint. Only the 10' IH 1937 type cars...Monon's 9000 series...got this scheme. I don't know if the company store still has

I don't like the operating doors on the the otherwise very fine Kadee PS-1 boxcar so inside I glued a piece of .100 x .100 styrene to the lower right side of the door. I applied Tamiya Super thin on

Bob Chaparro sent a comment with this remark: Here's the common from Doug Hoslert: Following up was this comment from Tony Wagner: Its my understanding that reefers moved on mileage rates, not per

Decals are available for this scheme: http://www.greatdecals.com/Switzer.htm#301n

I Have conductors lists for the Sierra RR in 1952-1954 and three Monon CIL Boxcars show up on those lists Cars 355,478 & 9251. Al Smith Sonora CA

Mike, Thank you for the free runner confirmation. I will plan to add one of these cars to my modest freight car fleet. Cheers, Bill Keene Irvine, CA

There are three photos on page 58 of Billboard Refrigerator Cars. Two are opposite sides of the same car from 1925, the third is from 1935. Jim Gates

Bill, Yes, those were free running general service boxcars. However, some 50 footers with this scheme seem to have been in assigned service between the RCA factories in Monticello and Bloomington

I strongly agree that powdered Teflon is an outstanding lubricant. Much cleaner than graphite in all applications.

Its my understanding that reefers moved on mileage rates, not per diem, so when they were empty there was no rush to get them back to where they had come from. That is probably over simplified but I