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

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

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

I picked up some NERS door conversion kits at a train show and want to do the conversion on some Accurail kits I have. The kits are like all the NERS products I have and are well designed and made.

The February 1993 issue of Railmodel Journal has an article on the prototypes for the Accurail single-sheathed boxcar. I'd post a link to the on-line mag but something is amiss with the Trainlife

Although the CV had a number of 1-1/2 door single sheathed boxcars, (see https://centralvermontrailway.blogspot.com/2019/08/cv-41000-series-boxcars-some-notes-for.html) , they looked nothing like the

And here's a link to the article - from the April 1993 issue of RMJ on the TrainLife website: http://original.trainlife.com/magazines/pages/146/10547/april-1993-page-13

Marty, Thanks for that info and the links. Roger Huber Deer Creek Locomotive Works

Eric, Thanks for that info.I couldn't get it to open either. Roger Huber Deer Creek Locomotive Works

It looks like the original site links work, as Marty sent a working link for part two of Richard Hendrickson’s article that features the automobile boxcar versions. Here’s a working link for part

Surprising it was never done in resin... over 500 cars in service, and 44.0 feet inside length! -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

It appears only the first 20 pages of the magazine are available. While the text can be seen for the following pages, the images can not. Has Train Life put a restriction in place? Doug

Tim; Surprising to me, too, since in addition to your points, Erie is one of the roads that does NOT have the "kiss of death" moniker attached to it. Elden Gatwood

Doug Harding wrote: "It appears only the first 20 pages of the magazine are available. While the text can be seen for the following pages, the images can not. Has Train Life put a restriction in

It might not be available as a resin kit because there are many out there on the secondary market that were produced by Lindberg and Mantua. They need work but can be found fairly cheap. I have a pair

Super-clean photo of a classic Lackawanna center-cupola wood caboose... DL&W 842... NPS Steamtown collection, circa-1931 The grabiron mounting details would be a trick to model... and note the

Good point, Eric! Elden Gatwood

List: I did the upgrade of the Mantua gon years ago, based on an article in RMC. The results are OK, but the car still sits too high, despite filing down the bolster and carving curved grooves in the

Tom displayed his Erie gon at MARPM. I didn’t get the best shot but at least it’s something. See the attached image. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

Nice job to Tom! Elden Gatwood