Bill Smith asked: "Is there even a ‘History of the American Model Railroad Industry’ web site?" White River Productions'' HO Collector Magazine website here: http://hotraincollector.com/ Ben Hom

I really appreciate this string. It’s not exactly what we ‘should’ talk about, but it’s fascinating history. It will be lost if not put out before it’s lost. I appreciate your patience. Is

Boy, this is embarrassing! I quickly responded to the D&LW car question and made my reply directed instead at the EJ&E car (which is a 10'0" car) by error. The Lackawanna car is certainly a 10'6" car.

Yes. You need to sit in on my clinic. :) Brian J. Carlson

No, actually this is a 10'0" IH car. which is why Steve Hoxie's model has to cover the door opening discrepancies with the door partially ajar. The Intermountain 12-panel is a 6' wide door

Andy, Is this DL&W box a 10' 6" IH car? Sure looks it. Bud Rindfleisch

Agreed! Not only saved; but printed out to store with the cars until such time as it is needed. Thanks Steve! gary roe quincy, illinois

Richard Bale wrote: This conflicts with what was in Model Railroader in the late 1940s. It stated that Globe was founded in 1942 by Frank Taylor, who had been editor of MR, joined by well-known

Thanks, Steve, for providing this great service to your fellow modelers. Saved for future use! Schuyler

another photo of the Columbus Hocking Valley and Toledo...

Allen, I learned the hard way just last evening that lacquer thinner will remove the Tangent lettering almost immediately with little effect on the bae paint color. Mont Montford L.

I was excited to get one of the PFE R-30-18 models this spring, but the excitement was tempered when many noted the strange way the brake components were assembled. After some discussions with Dick

Good day all, I have several very old packs of Champ Decals that were: “Mfd. By Champion Model Co. Cleveland 2, Ohio” Here’s where it was founded. Best regards, David Lawler

Group; These are fascinating cars, different from many other roads', in that they were built to meet specific customer needs, in this case being loading of cold-rolled steel coils. Thus, the 8' door

Decals for the EJ&E Car are now available from Mask Island Decals. Rick Jesionowski

I did a search on the N&WHS archives (nwhs.org). N&W had Class SC poultry cars but there are no photos or general arrangement drawings in the data base. Jim Brewer

Beautiful car, Steve! Great work! Whose decals did you use? Thanks! Elden Gatwood

Thanks Steve. You offer more information than I had. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Richard Balewrote: This conflicts with what was in Model Railroader in the late 1940s. It stated that Globe was founded in 1942 by Frank Taylor, who had been editor of MR, joined by well-known

Hi Doug, From Eric Neubauer’s early Pullman builder’s document, I see that OWC&I 2000-2199 were built by Pullman under lot C1466 in 1887, probably 33 feet long. It also appears that the