Thanks Rob. Interesting that you 3d printed the added portions of the ends in your kitbash. Nice job. I have seen some kits from the resin car makers have the Hutchins ends but I have not seen the

Dave, As you noted in your follow-up message about the “B” end being the hand brake end, it’s often useful to know which are the left & right sides of a freight car. When viewing a car from

Nice car! Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

Answered my own question. From the 1903 CBC: -- Dave Parker Swall Meadows, CA

Is the "B" end of the car really the back end? Or is it the end with the hand Brake? Anybody know how the MCB came up with A and B? Personally, I see no need (or purpose) to think of the car as a

No Dave, I’m correct. Yes, longitude in the geographical sense involves a dimension east or west of the prime meridian, and that’s the SECOND definition, but as you say in the first meaning,

The Oxford dictionary definition of longitudinal is (1) running lengthwise rather than across (not "length"), (2) relating to longitude; measured from east to west (sorry Schuyler, you're off by 90

Looks great Rob. You mentioned a 3D drawing, do you plan to offer via Shapeways or other store? Please be sure to shar completed pix. Chris R.

Very nice job Rob! Looking forward to seeing the completed model Clark Propst Sent from Mail for Windows 10

I have my list of the 4 best items to have blessed model freight car building as follows, in no particular order: 1) Evergreen styrene strips 2) Dial calipers 3) Resins, such as polyurethane 4) RPM

Looking very nice so far Thanks for sharing George Toman

Lou Adler wrote: "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

As I thought for quite a while, Guy, but I’ve come around to embracing the harder-to-say “latitudinal” running board. As you say it means width, and the latitudinal boards run across the WIDTH

Looks great Rob, excellent build Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

Trial and error! LOL. Well, I filed and sanded down the end to a flat surface, and filled in the mounting holes for the brake step. This is fairly easy with the original roof off. (I removed the

Thanks, Elden. It’s a simple but impressive car. Sadly, I have no more info. I built the car years ago pretty much right from the RedBall instructions. Only later did I find a photo of the

Hello Bruce, beautyful car! Are these trucks the good old Athearn or something different? (They seem to look sharper but also lack brake shoes.) Many greetings Johannes Modeling the early

Lou, Lots of information, much of it in shorthand! car inspection status (and any defects found) car contents block or track for switching destination and spot at destination (SB3/4 - Smith Brewing,

Anything and everything a switchman needed to know: track numbers, outbound train numbers, consignee, repair or cleaning needs, date, time, MT or loaded, etc. Problem is, it’s mostly in local code

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