Hello folks, I'm trying to assist an old friend who is not computer literate but is a serious New Haven modeler. In the postwar period the New Haven had four Shoreline freights that left Boston

In this case, Southern used the poking platform as a brake step and as a step above the draft gear on the other end.

This seller has various drawings (blueprints) for NYC stencils on eBay. Several have initial dates of 1904 with the last revision as 1940. New listing Old Vintage 1936 NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD

mike turner wrote: All the ore cars on the Minnesota Iron Range once had these platforms, too. Workmen could poke the sticky ore and get it to fall through the bottom doors. Tony

To add to the list of terms, Southern Railway ordered hoppers with U.S. Gypsum 'poking platforms.' -- Mike Turner MP-Z35

Richard, This article I authored was a way to use up the couple Revell/CON COR in my Jewells in the Junk Box. Mainline Modeler - 11/1997 pp.26-29 Greg Martin makes improvements to the model to

Don, I'll be in DC next week and will check it out. Somewhere downstairs in my stash is an old Dynamodels HO scale sow with piglets. With an ear-ectomy I will have the proper material to work with.

Mainline Modeler - 11/1997 pp.26-29 Greg Martin makes improvements to the model to represent the AAR 50 ton flatcar C&O #80694; with HO scale drawings

Not later than 1959... perhaps earlier -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Hi Bruce--I think you will find everything you want to know on these

Per Ed Hawkins handout on the Kadee site. You are good. You could do 10 cars total :) https://www.kadee.com/STL2016RPM/11K-Gal._ICC-105A_ACF_Type%2027.pdf Brian J. Carlson

Friends, To close the loop on this thread, I ended up just buying a second Kadee ACF 11k insulated tank car with the same number as the first for the same bargain price of $30. I assumed there was a

Thanks Dennis! Good to know! Rob

Actually Richard if you take a trip to the Smithsonian you can see a silk purse that Dupont IIRC made from a sow's ear. I do not know if it was transported there in a STMFC freight car. Cordially,

Rob, Eric correctly answered you question about the parts. When you get them, you'll note that there are four cross tie parts, but only three slots. The initial planning for the molds used the old

Based on article I found in the hobby press—don't remember which magazine or date of—I used the Concor flat to create a very nice and I believe accurate, based on the article, a CB&Q flat car. The

Thanks Tim, any idea when this marking first appeared on SAL boxcars? Allen Cain

I know they are sow's ears, but I like making silk purses and am hoping for a prototype. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

While at the angle of the picture, the doors seem to be spliced, they could be door and a half. Does anyone recognize these cars? The side ladders are short with 7 steps and likely two grab irons.

Richard, Consider WP 50' flat cars 2351-2400 (PC&F, 1937) and identical 2401-2700 (AC&F, 1942). The slope started just outboard of the 3rd stake pocket, actually just about