Some background on FMC: The California Fruit Growers Exchange encouraged the Food Machinery Corporation to enter the field of citrus machinery. FMC started as a national consolidation of various

There was an article on these cars along with drawings in Mainline Modeler.

I think that's an Enterprise door mechanism - like the one in the Tichy USRA kit. On 5/20/2020 4:48 PM, Nathan Obermeyer via groups.io wrote: -- Tim

Bill, I am currently working on two of these cars which Marc Simpson recently had re-run by Sylvan. The prototype notes included with the instructions suggest the boxcars with wood doors were built

The Accurail 40' double door box car started out as a McKean effort to model the GN 3000-3499 series built 1955 having a recessed diagonal panel roof, a 7 and an 8 foot door and a fish belly side

Bill, I believe these cars are the subject of Ted's EFC #8. Best regards. -- Dave Parker Swall Meadows, CA

Nate, Attached is a photo I quickly took of an Atlas 70-ton 9 panel 3-bay hopper that I stripped for another project. I took some measurements of the car so you can compare them to the diagram sheet.

Over the years three models have been done of the CN's 7-panel Howe Truss Boxcars—F&C ()originally Steam Shack I think), Sylvan, and Kaslo Shops. I am interested in trying to understand built dates

Bill S. wrote: "Some produce didn’t need icing-just air flow. Potatoes, and I believe onions among the produce were so shipped. Were some (uninsulated) cars used for the brief(heavy) potato

Thanks Dave

Fenton That’s very nice and a large hopper for 1951. Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Bruce: They are planked, have Barber Lateral Motion, and the end of the truck bolster is a dead ringer for the Tahoe x09. Sideframe is a little different, but it looks like a decent match to my

Jim, This is exactly what I needed. Thanks for taking the trouble to scan it for me! Regards, -Jeff

Friends, Any thoughts on the best HO scale trucks to match the ones in the attached photos? Thank you. Best Regards, Bruce D. Griffin Ashland, MD https://bomodeling.com/blog/

I agree, the weathering is great--doesn't takeaway from the detail but makes it look a lot less like a model. Dave Wednesday, May 20, 2020, 6:27:55 PM, you wrote: Southern covered hopper by F&C .

Thanks for the update, Dick. I'm relieved that the only issues have to do with the brake system, which is easy to fix. Nelson Moyer

Well, I received my samples of these reefers and was quite relieved to see that they used my new artwork on all the models. Several people, including myself, were making judgements about the models

Thanks Jim, appreciate that.-- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

Some produce didn’t need icing-just air flow. Potatoes, and I believe onions among the produce were so shipped. Were some (uninsulated) cars used for the brief(heavy) potato runs(seed potatoes in

Fenton, I, too, am impressed with the build of this car. Very sharp looking. Jim Kubanick Morgantown WV On Wednesday, May 20, 2020, 7:11:33