Huh? Gotta love it. What's a poor modeler to do. Step 23 of the Owl Mountain SP F-50 flatcar instructions says "Paint Specs called for SP Flatcars to have decks painted flatcar red". The

The CB&Q used gondola wedge push plows in the early years, but in 1948, they scrapped the gondolas, salvaged the wedge blades, and mounted them on FM-11 and FM-11A flat cars. I’d like to model one

I've spent too much time trying to research NP wood reefers and really wish someone else would do the job. The rooster changed over time. An example is the 92000 series. An earlier series had

Here is a 93000. The photo is a tif. I don't see the deep cross bearers. Aaron

Ignoring the 999xx series cars, which all seem to be later rebuilds, It appears the NP worked backward from 94999, so the high numbered cars are the oldest. This seems to be supported by the fact that

Photo: DL&W Boxcar 12448 Good roof and end views of this

99900 diagram.

I think the 99900 cars were the ones with a sliding door for LCL and branch line service. I don't have my reference material here at work, or I could verify that. Steel center sill cars had the truss

I should have checked my January 1952 ORER before I hit send. Here are the NP wood reefer series listed in it: 90002-90799 RS - Steel Underframe - L 43'-1" cuft 2086 - 490 cars 90802-90999 RS - Steel

Thank you Larry, Dennis & Aaron. I have a copy of Rick Leach's reprint of the 1940 NP freight car diagram book, but it's in storage about 1500 miles from here. If someone else has a copy, that might

These three diagrams are from the NPRHA site. I hope we could at lest match a number series to an under frame type. I will look in my 1953 equipment register tonight. Aaron Gjermundson

Larry, Thanks for injecting some clarity into this discussion. Your refference to the USRA reefer underfranme means it should have crossbearers like this: Crossbearer shown on the left, body bolster

How I should have finished my R40-24 I will remove the periods 🙄🙄🙄 Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

This is not far from my late dad's old neighborhood. There is a little more on the Hoboken Shore Line at hbs.railfan.net (caution: some material beyond the time period of this list). The photo looks

Morbid curiosity compels me to ask - has anyone produced amodel of a Pries corrugated radial roof? (used on house cars of theteens - possibly only H&B? (it was a Michigan City concern,

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Fenton Thank you. Paul

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Thank you Fran Paul Doggett

Well done, Paul. I like the layout setting it is in especially the way you blended the foreground into the backdrop. Nice B&O wagon top too! Fran G.