You might also consider the old Athearn metal 40' and 50' cars. No cast on ladders and grabs, there! My main gripe with them is they don't have the dimple in the roof corner for the grab located

Todd, Your photos tell a lot, the cars look great and I love the mix of colors in the photo. Very realistic. Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

Hi Ron, I convinced myself several years ago that not all of the freight cars on my layout need to be detailed to the nth degree, so I do have a few Accurail, MDC and Bowser cars that are fairly

So a bigger part of this question is about models of round roof boxcars. I'm excluding the wagon-top, and the Seaboard cars (a Sunshine kit for one of those is coming up soon on my build list), just

Bruce, it seems that I should take some more english lessons. Understood it just the other way round - that NP leased the cars to DT&I in 1961... Many thanks for clarification, and again - I

https://elgincarshops.blogspot.com/2019/09/and-other-new-kit-for-fall.html -- Pierre Oliver www.elgincarshops.com www.yarmouthmodelworks.com

Johannes, Why would it we incorrect? DT&I built these cars in the 1930s and leased them to the NP in 1961. So they should most assuredly be present on the DT&I circa 1953. Regards Bruce Bruce F.

Bruce, you are entirely correct. I apologize. I even read and heard of the term radial roof in combination with the NP truss rod car... Side note, since you mentioned it: -I, too have such a ROUND

Johannes, I believe that you are tripping over some vocabulary. Round roof - this metal roof section was developed in the 1930s and applied to new steel boxcars that were built in that era to maximize

Hello Ron, W&R did a very nice NP prototype 40' DS truss rod box car with round roof. But no other version of the car you mentioned, or anything close to that. Greeetings Johannes Modeling the

Following up on the previous thread, I have a W&R brass model of this car, the flush roof 40' double door box. I saw recently that there are a few custom painted versions on eBay, all painted NP. I

I agree with Bill, It makes an interesting car and Bill is also correct with the Black Cat decals. I did this a few years ago. -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC

This little kit is very clever. It includes two versions of the half door, one with the metal brace to match position of the brace on the Accrual door. The second door version has the brace in the

Thanks to all for all of your helpful comments, I own the Sunshine kit and I have yet to choose the slogan and road number for my model Jesus Peña Concord, Ca

Looks like they are already out of stock. -- Ben Sullivan Brookeville, MD

Bill Welch wrote: "IRC the minimum order is $30 so you may need to recruit some people to fill out your order. This is fun and easy build to get to a GTW car. Richard Hendrickson had an article in

According to the list given in the Sunshine instructions, the 148912 would have the Chief slogan and the 149512 is “incomplete.” However, the painting and lettering guide says the 148497 was

James, Are you also accounting for “Grand Canyon” slogan for the two cars that you listed ? Thanks Jesus Peña Concord, Ca -- Jesus Peña Concord,California

According to Richard Hendrickson, Santa Fe applied the Buy War Bonds to about 200 BX-36 box cars at the Argentine shops between September and December of 1942. Then the company decided to do 200 more

I suspect you’ve nailed. What I thought might be a three could easily be an eight. Those two numbers are often difficult to distinguish at that angle and resolution. Thanks for putting it all