Wow. Very nice work, Dick. It’s like a double A side 45 record. A great looking boxcar on stunning modified trucks. Thanks for sharing your work! Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

Thanks for the pic, Mike! I only saw some Monon coke cars when I visited relatives in Indiana. They looked different from anything else. No, sadly, I never saw them in Pittsburgh, but I

Mont; Thanks for sharing! Those are very cool cars. You must do a LOT of bashing! Elden Gatwood

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For what it is worth the Michigan Sugar mill in Caro, MI is supposed to be the oldest standing business of this type in the USA. It is inland and only served by rail and truck. Mont Switzer

Dick, Well done. As a side note, cars 9001-9150 had ASF A-3’s. CI&L 9157 had the National B-1 trucks which you so nicely crafted. Are those trucks made from the slick engineering

Bruce, As I detail my KATO covered hopper cars (dead nuts on for MONON) I apply Kadee running boards. First, I use the 50 ft. size. I slice off the corner platforms with a razor blade and

Ray, also something to consider. I'm not sure if you are planning to redo the car but..... The Champ BR-340 and Martin's Decal set are Gold on more of the orange side of the color spectrum in which I

Ray, I have a set of Champ Blue Ribbon BRH-34. One sheet has a slight bend or crease on it when I bought it. Other than that both decals are in mint condition. I could sell them to you at a fair

I’m taking a minute to glance at the sugar car seals. I’ll write down any initials in the seal numbers as I find them. NP, Holly, ASR?, BED, W, note: groc Fargo, ICT?, SICW, FS, FSR?-SFR?, All

Great Western Sugar built a sugar terminal facility in Western Springs IL in the late 1950s/early 1960s. This is on the CB&Q triple track mainline in the Chicago suburbs. The sugar shipped

As I can best recall, car inspectors would not bad order a loaded car for some minor issues like out of date tare weight, old air date, etc. When these conditions were detected with the car empty, it

That is some very impressive truck modeling !! Well done. :-) I think I have an IMWX (HO scale) kit (not built) in this paint scheme. Tim O'

Dick, all I can say is -- railroad traffic distances and routes often have nothing to do with the "shortest path" between two points. While a TARIFF may specify a rate

Ray If you can find them - CHAMP HX-11 and CHAMP BRH-340 On 2/28/2021 1:22 AM, Tony Thompson wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Garth if you have not seen the MOLOCO 50 foot Morton running boards, you should take a look at them. They have the correct rolled bottom flange found on none of the other

In 1949 sugar was shipped in boxcars in bags, barrels or bulk. The first airslide hopper was patented in 1953, again after the date of the Red Owl data. Attached is a photo of bulk sugar begin

Ray Carson wrote: Dark Olive Green. Not sure what is currently available. Tony Thompson tony@...

I can't speak to changes in sugar shipping economics between the 1940s and 1960s, but I can offer evidence that in 1969, from a study of conductors wheel reports, the NP was shipping plenty of loads

Hello, I currently have a Walthers GACX express reefer that I was doing some modifications to match it with the PFE prototype. The problem is I got carried away and damaged the paint and some of the