Rob Kirkham asks: Am very curious to hear what paint/ colour you used for the faded boxcar red? Rob -- Unless you're also a paint dinosaur, this probably won't be

Pressed Steel Car built 500 40’ double door cars with end doors for the PM in 1930. The original number series was 91850 - 92349 Get Outlook for iOS

The 1953 ORER Chesapeake & Ohio Pere Marquette District lists 55600-55694 Box Steel Frame Staggered Doors 40'6"L 9'2"W 10'H 80ooolb 62 cars, No cars in this series are listed in the 1952 ORER. The

Ed, It was more than just an appearance. I did indeed write the article, as well as the related one on the same site about USS Geneva and the D&RGW/WP/SN steel trains. In fact, the whole SN On-line

These cars were WP 6401-6500, built by Greenville in September of 1953. With drop ends. 25 were renumbered to WP4401-4425 in 1978. 17 were in the October 1990 ORER. I believe building a model of

I'm very glad to see this information. I have one, complete with the folded paper crates shown in the Varney brochure (and X2f couplers) that was my dad's. I never knew who made it. Since Dad spent

Another beauty, Bob. Thank you! -- Michael Gross Pasadena, CA

Here's a source for model anchors like the one shown in post 176991: https://floatingdrydock.com/JH-B6.jpg . It's a 30,000 lb. in 1/96 scale -- probable "too much" for N scale but suitable as a

Photos: N&W Freight Cars Photo links from the Virginia Tech University Library: Baggage, Box, Ballast, and Basket Railroad Cars (242 photos)

Part of my ongoing “build the stash” summer. Looking for recommendations on suitable trucks for these steel auto-boxcars. They were CPR 295500-295799, with the series expanding as follows: 1938:

The heck of it, Ben, is that when compared to Athearn Blue Box kits 15 years later at $1.69 these Early Varney kits were expensive for their era. Oh well, at least one had a steel box car with

Unless a kedge anchor was so large that it might overhang the sides of a flat car and thus become a special move as a wide load why would they be shipped on a flat car instead of in a gondola in which

Ken Akerboom wrote: “Note the end doors on the PM”. Thanks for that observation Ken. You may be correct but I’m not certain given that I can’t see as much in the shadows and cannot

Such a door arrangement would certainly seem to have helped the poor fellows who had to unload that fire truck, assuming the doors on the opposite side were positioned in the same way. Before you

In addition to being a B&M photo to being a B&M photo it is from Dane Malcolm who will sell you a reprint in almost any size you could want. A very pleasant fellow to work with. Cordially, Don

Garth That is a fabulous piece of railroad history, as both a media, art and social commentary. I can see Ren & Stimpy in those guys, and as Jim says, a nice project to model (even though I'll never

Confirming what others have said, the ACL "script" herald was not a rolling stock herald and in my many years of compiling photos and other research, I've never found any evidence it was used on

Dave Pfeiffer wrote: No, definitely Varney. Ben Hom's reply is clear. Tony Thompson tony@...

Claus, The type of anchors you have are the kind used for sailing vessels and early steam powered ships and would be unlikely on anything diesel. And very unlikely on any "large, modern -ship- such

Hello-The castings for the Western Pacific 40' SS HO box car have been sold. Thanks, -Andy Carlson Ojai CA