Brian, Folks, Yes, I did make some changes to the F&C kit that are detailed in the files of the PRRPro group. Broadly, these consisted of removing the bumps on the end decks (that resulted from

Lou Here is an article on chalk marks that may help http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/CPR/general/chalk_it_up.htm John Riddell Sent from Mail for Windows 10

Nice job Rob. I would like to hear how you scratch built the ends. Thanks Chuck Cover Santa Fe, NM _._,_._,_

Elden, Regarding your comments about well flat designs and deciphering ORER entries, in my clerking experience, which included working Car Distributor (essentially the car inventory & supply mgr) for

Not the F33 requires several changes if using the F&C kit as enumerated by Bruce Smith if I recall. I hope it was Bruce. It a reason mine is still languishing in the box. Brian J. Carlson

Rob That’s going to look really good when it’s finished. Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

If you've ever built any of YMW's runningboard end supports, or the brake step platform, you know how complex, delicate yet strong they are once bent along their little fold lines. I was thinking

Thought I'd post an updated photo of my kitbash of one of the Ann Arbor 73750 series boxcars. It uses the 4300 series Accurail boxcar, with modified door rollers, top plate, and strap bracing on the

Group; One more. This guy is easily modeled with the F&C kit, or Railworks brass model. The PRR F33 also showed up in the most unlikely places. I don’t have on hand all the photos I once

Hi Mark, Would you be able to give us some examples from the car shop? Tehy woudl be illuminating. Todd Sullivan

Nice job, Daniel! Do you have any more info on these cars? Elden Gatwood

Ken and all; Sorry I am answering so late! I can only speculate that ORER authors/editors had to rely entirely on the RRs to provide sufficient information to allow a shipper to figure out who

Tony; I greatly appreciate the input! Any input you can provide is ALWAYS appreciated. Menagerie is right. I was looking back at some of the data I collected, and it was indeed a dog’s

Ha! Well, that is just silly now. Latitudinal means "width" and Longitudinal means "length". No wonder we are all nuts. ------------------- RJ Dial Mendocino, CA

The one aspect of chalk marking I still don't do, but am trying to figure out, is smudged and old chalkmarks. All our decals and pencil and pens make new or recent chalk marks. I kept practicing on

Not having any knowledge of chalk mark content, what would be typical information conveyed by a chalk mark? Modeling 1955 means that I need to add them to some of my rolling stock. TIA Lou Adler

We had sidewalk chalk for our kids (and now for our grandkids) that was soft and about an inch in diameter. Likely the same or similar stuff. Steve Hile

When I worked on the Union Railroad in Pittsburgh as a car and air brake repairman at the Mon Jct. car shop we would use chalk to list on the car side the parts that were used to repair each car . A

Doug Harding wrote: Yes, indeed, and when I was in my various lecturing jobs, I really liked it for chalk boards, students could see it well. (The chalk is kind of soft, makes a nice bold

A quick search for “railroad chalk” will produce a number of hits, with different brands and types. Many of them related to the building trades, as the 1” chalk is still used to mark lumber and