Tim, National Scale Car is a new model company from Canada. http://nationalscalecar.com Lots of doors, tracks, details... Ryan Menddell and his wife Samantha were at Cocoa Beach. Regards, Bruce Bruce

Um Tim, That is a completely different car, both with respect to the under frame and the tank. The photo you posted appears to be a Pennsylvania Tank Car Company product. Careful examination would

Well pre 1929...a lot of factors. Car construction in the early 1900s wasn't robust enough for cars to stray and stay too far off systems. Steel created some issues even as it helped others...

This mini-kit has the correct superior doors and etched door tracks, decals for an SP car. I could take photo before painting? Will be out of town most of tomorrow, but should have it ready for paint

Has this one received a different underframe? It's 1966, 50 years after the build date. -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

My understanding, and I lack a primary reference, is that national "pooling" began in earnest during WWII due policies designed to enhance efficiency in war-time traffic. [Pooling also took place

Are you sure the photo isn't from Dagenham in England? Do the cars have buffers on the corners of the end? Larry King

Except at the prices, a load of calcium carbide containers runs about $250 or so. A bit out of my price range. Some of the items do look much more practical.

I would like to see your list Larry King <lrkdbn@...>

On 1/14/2020 7:03 PM, Peter Hall wrote: http://steamerafreightcars.com/prototype/frtcars/protofrtcarsmain.html Well, Tim, here’s one who hasn’t done

Steel mill modelers supply is producing these containers, they can be found on facebook or at http://steelmillmodelerssupply.com Elliot Courtney

Bob, this car is a great find and by clicking on the picture and moving the picture around, it appears that CNO&TP 1308, a ventilated boxcar is being repaired and between it and CNO&TP 1121,

The picture really expands nicely clicking on the picture a couple of times. With that done, there are good views of two L&N 36 foot boxcars and a very early covered hopper.

I believe the attached Patent this is the calcium carbide container in that Linde Flat Car. The Linde Car is not a LCL drop side gon, although I can't say what type it is. What's the date of the

1929 to 1941 photos show FEWER distant cars because fewer cars were circulating due to the depression. By the same token, home road cars were more common in those years. After the depression ended,

SP hardware options (doors, brakes, running boards) are listed in the Steam Era Freight Cars spreadsheet compiled by Ted Culotta and Ed Hawkins. Every steam era modeler should

Clark National who ?? This is the B-50-20 represented by the IMWX (later Red Caboose) 1937 AAR box car. Many cars by the late 1940's would have been

All- This discussion came up originally on the CB&Q@groups.io list because someone came across a photo of an 1899 20FT Burlington NM-1 Bobber body that has been preserved at the Pioneer Village,

Hi all, Bob's post with the UoK links prompts me to ask a general question about freight car distribution. This is not a criticism it is a request for enlightment. I have noticed that many of the

OK - I tried to send an 11 mb attachment that was readable, however our group resized it to 225kb and made it mostly unreadable. Jason or Garth, If you need the readable version email me at