Thanks! Speaking of doorway gussets, I wonder if those would make a good etched part, if their design was reasonably consistent over time and/or between roads. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

the straps are "crimped" together, usually the fastner will.have 2 or 4 "toothmarks" where the fastner has been "crimped" by the "crimper" (the tool) ;-)

Actually, for other loads I have seen the strapping brought through the stake pocket and up again to the strapping above the pocket with some sort of fastener connecting the two. I'd probably do this

Guys; I can’t find the correspondence on whose, but they are definitely some kind of rectangular grid. Link:

Nice work, Bill, and hope to see you again—one fine day—at a face-to-face meet. Michael Gross Pasadena, CA P.S. Reading your post made me miss Ron Sebastian at Des Plaines, all the more. :0(

I have several of the RC models of these cars. Three that came to hand were: CDLX 294 and 298 for Roma, and a Fruit Industries car No. 313. I have others, also, probably from a years-ago swap meet

-- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Photos appear to show APEX (grid) running boards, although the photos are not definitive. -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

FYI - the DSS&A cars continued to have black ends AND roofs. Jerry Glow made a variety of decals for the DSS&A cars including their interesting slogans. These cars all ended up

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Great model, Bob - well worth the work & frustration. I do wonder, however, whether the strapping alone would be sufficient to prevent sideways movement of the load? (The Devil made me say it!!) Tom

According to the PFE book by Tony Thompson (page 83),  in 1929 100 PFE R-30-5 and -6 cars were changed to steel cast trucks. Then in 1933-35, 41 of them were sold to California Dispatch Line (CDLX

I have an October 1955 ORER which has a partially torn out page 699 and the back side page 700. I would sure appreciate it if some kind person who has the same ORER would send me a sharp high

Wilson got started by buying out the Schwarzchild and Sulzberger co fleet just before WW1. Haskel and Barker built a few lots of 34’9inch cars at the same time and very good drawings for these are

As someone had already said, ALL the AAR cars built by P-S for the Soo before and during WWII came with FCR roofs, black ends, and black backgrounds in the heralds. The Soo eliminated the black

Thanks Bill-- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

Thanks! I appreciate it! Steve

Clark Propst asked re: decals: "The dollar sign logo." K4 Decals has this set that looks like it will work. The 40 ft boxcar data appears to match that of the Modified 1937 AAR boxcar, though I

Steve, 811 cars of the same dimension and series 8101 to 9299 were listed in the October 1944 ORER and 805 in Jan 43, while the Jan 53 issue had 1396 cars in the 8101 to 9600 series. John Barry ATSF

Perfect. This answers my questions. Thanks for the quick response. Ron Merrick