Looking for photos of the Rock Island 90800 series flats. Cars had single-spliced side sills, unsure if the center sills were spliced. Cars were built as War Emergency cars in 42-43. Have a

Hi Ken, This is a question for IM. Idealy one person would gather the kit orders and deal with IM. The order needs to be significant, probably a minimum of 50 of one product number, and has to be

Alas RTR. Will IM ever get around to the kits again? -- Ken Adams In splendid Shelter In Place solitude, about half way up Walnut Creek

Steve, The Wathers car was actually a copy of John Allen's design from the early 1960s. IIRC, he had two built to fit an Athearn 40' boxcar shell, and could change the body to keep his operators on

On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 01:23 PM, Bruce Smith wrote: But I do plan to have catenary and of course that requires maintenance, and in progress on my bench right now is a wire train, wire reel car, which

Bob, This looks to me to be an impact demonstration car. L&N’s South Louisville Shop built one out of an old single-sheathed 40 ft boxcar in late 1955. This car toured the L&N system to

Bruce, There is your answer. Note the wood used inside the reel to protect what was.probably electrical cable. Wire rope needed no such mlm protection. Mont Switzer Sent from my Verizon, Samsung

Hello, A big box of new Intermountain HO boxcars has jsut arrived. There are some very interesting road names for sale. The newest batch of cars is 10' 6" modified 1937 AAR boxcars in the following

Garth Thank I will sent it to my friend in Louisiana. Regards Paul Doggett

Unless you're building a model for a builder's photo any combination and variation on a similar of close color ought to be good for our models. Paint, especially back then, had wider color range than

Ed, PERFECT! Thank you! Cable reels, made of steel, were clearly in use as of June 1, 1944 (the date of the newspaper story!) Regards, Bruce Smith Auburn, AL

Schuyler, The decals are freaking awesome! (One reason to look for more) Most of them are in a semi-circular arc. They are black, with some duplicates in white. Symbols are also included for some.

Here is a photo taken at Belle Mead Supply Depot: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-voMewETJ_b0/WPpyRmDfzOI/AAAAAAAAOD4/YAwpikGdmDstH1A09ECuna1vM5er72wWgCK4B/s1600/Scan-140520-0002.jpg and here's the article

If anyone has an HO resin kit of an AT&SF class Bx-40 boxcar that they would be willing to part, please contact me off-list with your asking price. These were once offered by the Santa Fe society

Paul, I haven't turned up anything else on the Evangeline Railway, but I did find these four photos of the Evangeline Gravel Co., which may or may not have been served by said line:

I know its not perfect but for me post '45 I mixed half Scalecoat II Boxcar red and Tuscan red Doug Pillow

Guy, Thanks, but I think I still need to clarify. I'm talking about cable reels, made of steel. I have LOTS of support for cable reels made of wood for the WWII era, but I'm curious whether cable

And to add to Ben's comments, not all X29s are alike. The first two cars are from the 1928-30 production series, with a Youngstown door, long upper door track and single, low door stop. The 3rd car

Pat Wider's article in PR Cyc #3 Vintage Box Car Painting and Lettering on page 37 Shows a change in Mineral Brown from the 40's to the 50's. Of course these are old paint matches ATSF 40's Floquil

Bruce Smith wrote: "I have some questions about Cable Reels as loads for steam era freight cars. I have a Sunshine PRR G27 gondola kit that was packaged with a kit for 18 steel cable reels. I