The reason for doing it this way is to avoid having the attachment bolts penetrate the roof sheet. Bolts through the fascia are less likely to leak on the load. This is the same reason why many of the

That is really nice work Bill, quite inspirational. If I ever get my layout running and my stash of kits built I'll definitely be kitbashing a few old MDC wooden 12-1's into commuter cars. Walt

Hello- Pictured is a tooling resin 1/12 scale PC&F R-40-23 Refrigerator car Dreadnaught end. This is a classic example of an old-school method of tool making. An individual rib is carefully shaped and

Eric fine work. Especially like the C&O and the ACL stands out. Thanks for sharing. Lester Breuer

Those four brackets attached to the car fascia at each end are attached to the ends of the four pieces of lumber that support the ice hatch platform, which surrounds the ice hatch proper. Ron Merrick

Photo: SFRD Reefer 6719 A link courtesy of Brian Rochon previously posted on this group: http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-12-10-19/X4544.jpg Not a great photo but this can be

And interesting to note the hooks above the trucks for attaching Keeley journal box cooling cans. In an earlier post, someone had remarked that The Illinois Central often equipped freight cars with

Good looking models, Eric. Nice weathering

Beautiful . . . . such patience! I gave up on O-scale being too small to work with . . . ugh! Al Kresse

Taking roster shots of your completed freight cars can document your fleet as it grows. I get caught up with several models recently and posted some thoughts on the process in my latest blog post.

CAUTION: Slotted Screws Visible I have started rigging the truss rod system for my CB&Q model’s underframe. I use .015-brass wire for the rods so prior to gluing the Queen Posts in place I used a

Bill You are not on your own using slotted screws I us BA screws as US screws are not readily available over here, BA ( British Association) are slotted. Paul Doggett. England

Randy, you can purchase the drawings at the Pullman Library, Illionois Railway Museum. The original drawings state: 3/32" roof plates and rivets, see drawing. The wooden construction must have been

Dear Garth, the store cars were still on the system in the 1950's, see picture: SAC 7-56. They were numbered 8051-8085 from the start and went into MW/scrapped. Why are boxcars assigned to plaster

We have one of these box cars in our museum shop, WP 2711, wreck train rider car (Elko) , earlier numbers unknown, To Heber UT, converted to a tourist rider car, to Nevada State Railroad Museum

I knew there are "Prototype Police," had no idea there was a "Slotted Screw" police force. I better be careful about "screwing up." Bill Welch

Pretty sure those "brackets" are hinges for ice loading doors. Best, Dave Smith

Brian: Wonderful pictures, thank you very much for sharing them. Gary Laakso Northwest of Mike Brock

Hi Bill, Nothing really, but I have a very strong preference for Philips head screws, primarily because the screw driver can’t easily slide out of the slot as with slotted screws. The down side

Nothing ‘wrong’ with slotted screws, but RTR cars have mostly Philips. I started with slotted because I couldn’t source 2-56 Philips in the lengths I needed locally, but as I got serious about