Agreed about K4 Pacific. Great quality,decent price and quick service. Highly recommended. Dave Strahlendorf Erlanger, Ky.

There was an article and drawings for these cars and the composite version in the August 1997, page 80, issue of RMC by Chuck Yungkurth. I also have a photo, from Bob's Photos of Reading 70056. It

Erie coal gon made from Mantua on my model railroad.Sent from my Verizon ASUS Tablet

LV hopper made from Hobbyline on my model railroad.Sent from my Verizon ASUS Tablet

Hey Y'all, I wanted to introduce to you a new great source for decals for early era and especially the 1910-1970 era of freight cars. I have become good friends with K4 Pacific decals. He sells them

I'm glad the topic of these LV hoppers came up (again). I have a keen interest in them because the Tennessee Central purchased 31 of these cars from International Railway Car Co. in 1956. They

Friends, This Gilbert ad looks like their own stuff, probably near the end in the early '60s, but I could be wrong. At least some of Gilbert's original train set cars were Marx

RE: what did you use for hopper doors on your models? Don, I used Bowser H21 Wine door locks and the hopper door angles were 3/64” styrene. These two details are the most visible from the

Lester Breuer asked: "I was gifted this HO Train-Miniature NP Hopper lettered correctly for the NP and being 35 ft inside inside (rather than 34 ft 9 in as the prototype) it could be reworked into a

Thanks to all for the info. The spreadsheets and, especially, the RMJ roster from 1999 did the trick. It looks like RC once did the car I have settled on (MP 36000 Series), but of course, I have

Anyone have a similar diagram for the conversion to two-bay hoppers that I understand started with these cars? Thanks, Marty McGuirk Gainesville, VA

Sunshine PFE R30-16 the main decals are Microscale 87-414 the data decals are the ones that came with the kit. Sides are Floquil daylight orange the roof and ends are Trucolor SP freight car

Unfortunately this photo appears to be from the Japanese relocation to give it context.

I was gifted this HO Train-Miniature NP Hopper lettered correctly for the Np and being 35ft inside inside ( Rather than 34ft 9 inches as the prototype) it could be reworked into a NP Hopper in the

Chris, Would you please contact me off list at mark_landgraf at yahoo dot com Yhanks Mark

Scott Seders wrote: "Below is a diagram for the woodchip car conversion LV did. Scott, thanks. Interpolating from the diagram, the height from rail to top chord of the pre-wood chip rebuilds is 10

Don't forget the 70 ton trucks! There are now a couple of nice implementations of plain bearing 70 ton trucks with 3 outboard springs - Kadee and Tangent, and maybe

Thanks Tim, Tony, I model/collect 1950. Think I follow Mr Hendrickson's expertise by modeling an 'interim' paint scheme, with black roof & ends, new data on the sides and still yellow sides & green

Below is a diagram for the woodchip car conversion LV did. Scott Seders Salisbury, MD

Thanks Guys. As Tim’s post about the correct car numbers points out, the number on my car is wrong. This was caused by a cascade of errors induced by my method of applying decals. I like to apply