Actually, the year was 1958 (if not earlier) - but which style was FIRST? The step-slant or the straight? -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

In my collection of WSL kits I have a D&H 50' double door boxcar and PRR Single and double door 40' boxcars. One of the PRR 40' single door kits includes hatches for flour loading. Drew

Elden this is all I have for West Shore kits - 9001 Reading GHc/GHd composite fishbelly gondola 9002 NYC 1946 Despatch shops 70t 2bay covered hopper 9104

The West Shore kits were (are) qualitatively better than Yankee Clipper, even if the castings themselves were the same "alumilite" yellow resin. There was also an outfit

Thank you, Dave! Yes indeed I feel like I'm stuck guessing without a much clearer photo. And the ORERs I've seen that include this car simply list it as one of (I think) 25 tank cars and doesn't even

It seems that the late 1950's was a time of change for many railroads in their paint and lettering schemes.

Jacob, my suggestion would be first to identify the ACF lot number (do you have the Westerfiled lot list?). Then contact Nick Fry at UMSL and see if he can find and scan the original negative with

Hi everybody! My name is Jacob, a production graphic artist at Micro-Trains. I’m working on an upcoming release for our Grape-to-Glass wine cars series - picture shown below. Quite a unique car as

Chlorine or otherwise, several posts state they have 'attached' pics- yet I see none? I'm interested because similar 'chemical' flats rolled across D&RGW zones and some great contributing pics

Hi List Members, Some may enjoy this video - the title sez it all: "The New York Central in 1928-1929" At times the camera is on the roof of a freight car, giving us good view of - you guessed it

Guys; I built his PRR GSH gon as one of my first resin builds. The resin parts, details, decals and the instructions were good enough that it still compares well with my “modern” resin kit

Nicely done Lester. Anyone: Out of curiosity I looked at the most current "5th Avenue" order form I could find online and they do not list the "Rib Side Car" kits. Have their kits only been available

I have completed the build of Milwaukee rib side boxcar 20426. If you are interested in the build of this car including adding many details not in the kit, photos and writeup of the build process

Modelers should be advised, not all the NP 40 ft combination door boxcars with this car side arrangement had the PS-1 ends that appear in Tim's photos of NP 3309. NP 3000-3399 were Pullman-Standard

It's not the Boring unit trains that trouble me as much as it is the damned graffiti all over everything. People grie to me all the time about the younger generation not having any respect for

Fantastic info. Thanks. To clarify, they were all out of interchange service by that date. More than 100 (maybe 200+, I haven’t really compiled the info as it’s past me era of interest) were

Hi Tim, Wow! Just plain "clear" doesn't begin to describe those photos, and with both sides, both ends and the roof as well. The cars are well beyond my era, but thanks anyway for sharing those

Now that is the kind of photos I need to complete Decals. Hubert Mask MAsk Island Decals

I still bemoan the loss of the “good old days” when the sky was blue (even on overcast days) from the tee-pee sawdust burners, and the air burned your nose with its acrid smell. I also miss the

Thank you everyone, scheme too late for me. Bill Welch