Randy, That ban didn't take effect until far in our future, sometime right around the publication date of that book.There were no blanket age related bans during the steam ream and for that matter,

Scott I would suggest purchasing an Undec Accrual 8-panel SS box car with composite ends and cut their beautiful Hutchins roof off. The advantage of that body is there a flange that helps to guide a

Folks; The more I dig into the PRR box car fleet, the more I see of cars in dedicated service, and not just auto and auto parts service. These other cars do not always show up in ORERs (which

Sure was… specifically from CN 508017 in 1967 — this car was originally built by Canadian Car & Foundry in April 1930, and was an example of a CNR 1929 standard boxcar. As built, these were

Per AAR interchange rules (my copy is 1975) per rule 90 (cars banned for interchange) under sub-section 3a, " all freight cars 46 years or older from date built or rebuilt... (at the time 1929) and

Photo: CN Livestock Car 815029 A Richard May photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/28555987@N06/16514676841/in/album-72157678690227526/ I trust this car's origins are before the cutoff date for this

Charles R Lange photo -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

-- *Tim O'Connor* *Sterling, Massachusetts*

Correction, RPC 18. Don Burn

Page 45 of RPC 19. Don Burn

Scott, trying to help you and on page 42 of my RPC vol 19 is a Wabash box (NJI&I #4145) Let me know where else to look Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC

Just to finish this up, I'm going to post a link to the results of a search and see if it works: Distance between coupled cars Not exactly the same question but related there are some good comparisons

These were the last new 40’ cars purchased by the Central in 1957. They were different in that they were delivered in a brown color as opposed to the more common freight car red. These cars also

I just pulled this F&C kit, #8081, WofA, out my stash to work on. My plan is to turn it into the GF&A version, then letter it for the SAL as it would have looked after 1944. Originally, when I came

8300-8799 January 1958 ORER Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

I was excited to learn about the project that two of our list members, Randy Hammill and John Drake have launched. The chosen prototypes are interesting and varied while sharing some characteristics.

Could someone who has a ORER from November 1957 or later please tell me the number series that the boxcar CG 8734 was included in? I am considering renumbering the Kadee part number 5216 boxcar to

Hello to all repliers, please excuse the delay. Ed, Dennis, this is all great information again! Lots of thanks! Jim, all my models HAVE to run good to excellent, and as I mentioned some weeks ago

Johannes, I'm going to answer this from a different perspective. First you need to decide whether the car will be used on a layout. If it will then the amount of distance between the coupler face

It's not just brass cars. Since ALL the couplers available to the hobby, except for the Kadee #711 "Old Time" coupler, the Sergent, and the PROTO:HO Accumate were/are oversize, there has always been