John, I have not yet had any calls on the model. Not unusual for the higher end models given the current situation. Stay safe. Jack Jack McGarry Allegheny Scale Models 470 Schooley's Mountain

The originally passenger equipped cars were 10000 to 10199. The 100 that were converted were 10200 to 10299. These were renumber 4100 to 4399. Most of these kept there passenger equipment until the

I agree the shape of the Rapido truck is nice. The issue is the spring plank is prominent in photos and absent or subtle on the model. Brian J. Carlson

The photo is entitled: GalewoodIL MilwaukeeRd 1943. I think it is from the US Government collection. J. Stephen Sandifer

According to Richard Hendrickson: “The first 200 FE-24s were delivered with steam and signal lines, marker lamp brackets, and special paint jobs for passenger express service.…The Santa Fe’s

I'm not an NP expert but I believe these cars kept the Rapido trucks their whole life. I bought some Tahoe trucks thinking the detail would be better but I found the Rapido trucks much closer to the

Notice: InterMountain Parts Requests Courtesy of a "heads-up" from John Hodson, the InterMountain website says they "...are no longer accepting non-warranty parts requests. This includes, but is not

Decided to work on an “easy” model today and I’ve run into a quandary. The trucks tool by rapido look like the ones that are under the Northern Pacific cars in the instructions but the spring

<Most flat roofs of that era and later in the Midwest are "tar paper". More accurately; roofing felts tarred over in several layers. I have crawled over many and on hot days, had the gooey tar on as

GTW did roster 50-foot cars with end doors. Some lasted long enough to be sold off to other railroads (I remember one that ended up on the Michigan Northern Ry post-1976 and I am certain that the end

The photo of AT 10338 clearly shows a shop date of 11-46 (Topeka). Conjecturing, this one could have been moved to freight service, repainted and had the steam and signal lines removed. The other

Most flat roofs of that era and later in the Midwest are "tar paper". More accurately; roofing felts tarred over in several layers. I have crawled over many and on hot days, had the gooey tar on as

CIM Container Gondola 15001 A fair quality undated photo from Richard Leonard’s Rail Archive: https://www.railarchive.net/cimbook/page-m37.htm Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Eric,I could use a few if they are still available.Please advise. Armand Premo

Thanks Garth, Unfortunately the D&H had no 50 ft. box cars in my era when the 17000 series 40 ft. steel cars they rostered were the longest boxcars they had. Lots of 36 ft. wood sheathed cars

Hi Tim, Unfortunately ORER's don't provide any info regarding use or usual routes. They do, However, tell me that your ATSF 10338 was one of 50 cars in the 10300-10350 group that list no special

I seem to recall the Allied full-cushion trucks were banned from interchange about 1959 due to excessive derailments. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

The CB&T Shops boxcar shells have been claimed. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

I think that's what sometimes called a Chiseled Side hopper. I've always wanted an excuse to model one. I suppose if one appeared onlyin an operating session every two years it could be justified.

Neither, haven't bought or tried them. My WP collection is limited to 1950... Fred Jansz