Photo: GATX 18321/Sunburst Refining (Undated) A photo from the New York Public Library: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-b610-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 This image can be

RE: Switching Livestock Cars It is my understanding that livestock unloaded for feed/water/rest were to be returned to the same car from which they were unloaded. This was a disease control

Tony, Before anyone cringes about my "getting rid of" the brass trucks on my brass models, rest assured they are safely stashed in the original boxes. I guess I unknowingly am making it easier for

Never thought about this before… As the livestock need to be rested/watered/fed every so often, would (assuming the stock cars were off the “home” road) the road “resting” the

Ray and Friends, I forgot to mention that RAILMODEL JOURNAL had articles on the Mather stock cars in their February, May and November 1997 issues. All were written by Richard Hendrickson, and so were

Ray, The Proto 2000 car is a Mather design, and most of these were leased out by Mather to various railroads, sometimes on a long term basis. NP and GN both used Mather stock cars besides their own

Hello, I'm curious about something about the Proto 2000 stock car that I'm interested in buying from my LHS. So most of the models seem to be painted and modeled after WWII. What modifications can I

Dear group Attached please find the picture I referred to in my previous post- A Pere Marquette all wood single sheathed auto/box car, perhaps a converted stock car? Larry King

I’ll post some when I make some more progress. At this point, in addition to a bunch of Canadian cars, I’m thinking I will look at a couple of kit bashes looking at the DMIT, MKT, MP and Frisco

This is an unusual car- an all wood single sheathed boxcar. Could it be a wood stock car converted to meet a shortage of box cars? I recall seeing a similar Pere Marquette car in the Steamtown DL&W

I also have Accurail 4300 series that I'm going to turn into a CB&Q prototype. I've been slowly removing molded-on grabs and other details that don't fit with the prototype. I hope to see your own

Mont Switzer wrote: I would guess a solid majority of my brass freight cars have been re-trucked -- a few of my commercial styrene cars also . . . not mentioning names. As I mentioned, I

Tony, I guess I did the same with my brass caboose fleet only I am probably a bit more "ham handed" in how I accomplished this. First, I got rid of the brass trucks. I was able to find matching

Clark, I believe I met Mike through you. Thank you for that. I always enjoyed his company and saw that he was a good modeler. He also liked to talk trucks, but that is another story. We have

Nice work Bob, especially with the paint job! Jim Brewer

Bob, what a great way to finish the "oldies but goodies" stash. This one is very colorful, well done on the build and the finish, -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC

The last one – and going out in a blaze of glory. In 6/56, ACF built 100 50-foot single door boxcars for D&RGW, #64000-64099. The carbodies had welded sides, R-3-4 ends, a

Those of you who attend RPM meets like CCB, CL and StL might remember Mike Moore. Mike has been ill for some time and passed away in his sleep last night do to complications from pneumonia. Clark

That was useful if only to validate that the one I found on eBay (which I didn’t find a couple of days ago) was reasonably priced. Thanks.

I will agree with Tony on the comments about seeing him at CCB. To me, I think it was more common to see him at CCB than Naperville. Of his work, quite a while ago I found on-line a some study he