Rutland modeler Ray Muntz and others put quite a bit of time into restoring that flat car. Cordially, Don Valentine

Attached is the Westerfield history on the cars. J. Stephen Sandifer

Our local Ford dealer has a photo on their wall of the Highland Park, Michigan assembly plant taken in 1913 showing Model-T's being loaded into freight cars that look very European. They are short

Nate: I checked the Occhiello "Listing of cars by class" and it shows that 1500 or so of the Bx-11 were rebuilt in 1959/60, and the rebuilds became 16700-16899 and 19000-20550. I remember a few of

I just looked at Google maps to see where Seymour WI is. I found the old depot. Guess what is parked beside the depot?

Prototype Junction is looking to produce ATSF BX-11, BX-12, and BX-13 models to include rebuilds in the late 1950s. The rebuilds would possibly fit my modeling time frame of 1979 and I'd like to ask

... and this end view of a MDT #15210 reefer. http://www.seymourhistory.org/gallery/?cat_id=15 Bob Witt

Charlie Thank you Paul Doggett

Paul it was 1953. Charlie Slater Sent from Outlook

Photo: Reefer WRX 11458 "Seymour Canning Co." Undated photo from the Seymour, Wisconsin, Historical Society. Anyone need to ship peas? Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Precision Scale brass tank car handrail stanchions are part 332110-- Michael Gross Pasadena, CA

Tim and Dave; That is correct; they are the 70-ton version of the "Crown" truck, also found on other PRR 70-ton cars of that time, like the H21A and G22. They replaced many arch-bar-equipped

Bill, The answer is 100-Ton cars that are not relevant for this list. You will find discussion on the BBFCL ("Baby Boomer Freight Car List") and MFCL ("Modern") lists. David Lehlbach Tangent Scale

I believe the photo was taken in Des Moines IA. Warfield Pratt & Howell was a grocery warehouse company in Des Moines, Cedar Rapids and Sioux City IA. The banner would indicated the car was loaded in

 Hi List Members, Apparently the May 1999 issue of RMC page 106 has an image of another of these RUTLAND flat cars, looks like RUT 2762, from the Dominic Raia collection. I don't know if there

Thanks, Jack. The drawing of the underbody in the instructions has the brake cylinder pointing toward the long end, which is labeled Front (non-cupola) End on the drawing. For freight cars, the brake

Marty and Friends, The article was indeed by Richard Hendrickson, and is found in the August 1993 RAILMODEL JOURNAL. Richard said this was the only close prototype he could find for the Athearn 40'

Interesting shot. I don't have the article, but back in the early days of prototype rolling stock modeling (John Nehrich or perhaps even Richard?) did an article on reworking an Athearn flat to more

Neat photo! The weigh date stencil looks like 3 17. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

It appears the orientation of the brake cylinder was unchanged. The cylinder is concealed by the battery boxes, but photos in the Burlington Waycars book of cars with the boxes and wagon wheels