Tim and Armand, A very useful categorization, at least if all of us used it. It needs to be expanded, and available somewhere in our archives. Van Dorn ends?

The 36 foot boxcars Don Valentine mentioned are shown in the January 1945 ORER as well. Although after the 1948 time period end about which you asked, the next ORER in my accumulation is from July

Unusual ends?How about the C&O 5400s with the "Deco ends.Armand Premo Virus-free. www.avast.com Virus-free. www.avast.com

Eric Hansmann wrote: "Bob Chapman wrapped up an ACL automobile boxcar recently. He shares photos and techniques in the latest Resin Car Works blog

lol - and a third candidate term! I started with Ed Hawkins' nomenclature where he assigned a specific code to each type of end. In my opinion that's really the only

Bob Chapman wrapped up an ACL automobile boxcar recently. He shares photos and techniques in the latest Resin Car Works blog post. http://blog.resincarworks.com/acl-automobile-boxcar/ Eric

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Thanks Tim & Tom....message has been sent OFF LIST. Dave Strahlendorf

On Sun, Aug 25, 2019 at 12:55 PM, Tim O'Connor wrote: Tom Madden years ago made replacement cast resin roofs (using spliced IMWX/RC roofs for the master) for the Proto 2000 box cars that had

The Susie-Q had 49 cars that were 36 ft. DOMINION cars by April 1948, never mind the Fowler car nonsense as in the photos I have seen NO Erie Dominion cars used the unnecessary, and expensive, Fowler

Looks a lot like this, I bet! Tom Madden

The end is made of three pieces and the fat part is where they are joined, either riveted or welded, I can't tell for sure in the photo but it looks like they are welded. Cordially, Don Valentine

The book, PM Revenue Freight Cars, Million & Paton, page 92, refers to these ends as "three-piece "recessed" type Dreadnaught ends." Regards from Sunny Grove City in western Penna......Mike Schleigh

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Tim O'Connor wrote: I don't see this as a reverse end at all. I think people are being confused by the two wider ribs, probably located at seams where pieces of the end are joined together. It

Tom Madden years ago made replacement cast resin roofs (using spliced IMWX/RC roofs for the master) for the Proto 2000 box cars that had incorrect roofs. The roofs

Does anyone have or know of a source for a rectangular panel roof for a 50' boxcar? I have a Branchline Blueprint series car that I need this for. As a last resort I could probably modify a couple of

You're looking at the backside view of most dreadnaught ends (with variations in the number of ribs and panels). Some call them "reverse dreadnaughts" and I've heard "inverse dreadnaught" as