Photos: PRR Boxcar 501822 (1939) Photos from the Hagley Digital

Photo: PRR Automobile Boxcar 500860 (1913) A photo from the Hagley Digital

Bill. The 1943 ORER lists 21 pickle tank cars for HJ Heinz, but few looked exactly the same. One of these cars, HJHX 43, has a 60,000 pound capacity. It might be one of the truss rod

Of the resin kits to be built, Sunshine Models Standard Brands, Inc. vinegar wood tank car, SBIX 1641, was the needed addition to the current freight car fleet. Therefore, I built what I consider a

Photo: SP Boxcar 24583 (1917) A photo from the Hagley Library

Tony, As long as you are using Pan Pastels, you can use them as washes. Apply to the model and with a stiff bristle artist oil brush or alcohol moistened Q-Tip, and manipulate the color on the model.

Another idea for converting to correct wheel base would be to replace the under frame with a Tichy USRA straight center sill underframe. -Andy Carlson Ojai CA

Tony That’s an excellent build and very nicely weathered. Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Garth, if you had the ability to resolder the bolsters, the trucks would hit the steps and cause short on curves and turnouts. That's probably why OMI did the same and even shrunk their Andrews

I'm looking for a cross-section of ATSF FT-I and FT-J flat cars to see how the 4 fish-belly sills were spaced. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

OK, we've all seen them, they've been produced by everyone from Tyco to Westerfield. The question is, how late were they used? Thanks, Bill Jolitz

According the info below the photo, the car is a Plymouth. And it appears to have a 1935 license plate. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Andy, And wouldn't you know, I have four of the West Side cupola cars, two each of both versions, as well as a Balboa bay-window car. I wonder if the shorter wheelbase was done on purpose to allow

Andy, they probably did that for the version with coach steps. The longer wheel base should have been used on both versions. I have long pondered how to move the steps out and relocate the trucks.

I saw this wood-less WP stock car about 20 years, or more, ago. I doubt that the museum had two of these survivors so I suspect my pictured car is the finished car of the one you shared its picture

Dave Parker wrote: Certainly a superb shot emphasizing the superstructure framing of the X23. Accident? I thought it was an attempt to develop inverse piggyback <g>. Tony Thompson tony@...

Thank you, Elden. Tony Thompson tony@...

Great X23 photo, and yes it's not dated. But the reweigh date is clearly Oct 1933, and the repack date looks to be the same. Given the required service intervals of the time, summer of 1934 would be

Photo: PRR Boxcar 501862 (Undated) A photo from the Hagley Digital