Notice the tubes sticking below the floor. Chains used with the loaders were stored there when not in used with the auto-loaders. Ken Montero

Was the white stripe requirement ever dropped? Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Tim and friends, What I didn't see mentioned in this thread (or missed) is the coding on and below the strip. Did this indicate the make and model of vehicle for which these racks were configured, or

I'll be the Epson contrarian and report I use an HP Scanjet G4050. It has the full set of apertures and you can make your own for odd sized negatives. The more important part to me is the software. I

One more piece of information. The ORERs that I checked were 1955, 59 and 65. RG7

Mine, built from a quite old kit (ca. 1960), has wooden blocks for the end platforms, and soft metal overlays for the top decks, sides, and ends. NO trucks came with it. I used modified 3-axle

Interesting series of cars. Has square-corner 4-4 ends, looks almost exactly like the PFE R-40-10. (Or, the Intermountain model). I'm sure there are people on this list who already know this, but

Here is a better view of the white stripe on an SP XMR car repainted in 1958. This car also has the 'combination' roof for stowage of the interior automobile rack. --

I have one of these. I believe the sides are card-stock. The wheels in the RB trucks are 28". -- Jon MillerFor me time stopped in 1941Digitrax Chief/Zephyr systems, SPROG, JMRI

I have had good experience with Pacific Imaging Powerslide 5000. It scans up to 5000 dpi and 4800 bit conversion. The best feature for scanning large numbers of slides using magazines like a slide

http://www.accurail.com/accurail/ART/8500/8500.jpg -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Redball used to offer a wood & metal kit of this car in HO scale. I have one. It’s a bit crude by modern standards, but with a little work makes an unusual and quite presentable model. Dan

Hi Ken and List Members, Ken mentioned the LV 9951 series. This is listed in my 12-1930 ORER as series 9951-9960, the number space allows for 10 cars, but the ORER states there is a total of only

Just what Accurail cars featured this end? Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

Bill, You are most welcome, but I jumped the gun...follows is the correct date and information from an earlier post. The ARA adopted the white stripe as an indicator for cars equipped with permanent

Guy - Thanks for the info -- Bill Parks Cumming, GA Modelling the Seaboard Airline in Central Florida

Link to download the full resolution scan. http://digital.denverlibrary.org/utils/ajaxhelper/?CISOROOT=p15330coll22&CISOPTR=55050&action=2&DMSCALE=100&DMWIDTH=7000&DMHEIGHT=600081

I have an Epson Perfection 3170 Photo flatbed scanner with USB cable. I've had it for years. Windows 10 does not recognize it on plug and play, but I downloaded the drivers from Epson's website,

Bill wrote: “One of the comments says, The horizontal white stripe on the door indicates that the car has automobile-loading racks". Was this "standard" across all railroads, or just for certain

One of the comments says "The horizontal white stripe on the door indicates that the car has automobile-loading racks". Was this "standard" across all railroads, or just for certain roads? I ask,