Perhaps it was just a real life foobie, A careless builder who couldn't be bothered to get a proper end, Those end decals look a bit large. Virus-free. www.avast.com

Speaking of Foobies, was the white Varney (later LifeLike) Frisco Norge boxcar based on advertising artwork to promote the new appliance factory in Fort Smith, Arkansas? I know no revenue cars like

I distinguish between the two styles by calling one "reverse", and the other "inverse". I just can't remember which is which. :-D Tim O'Connor

I’m happy to say that I was building One in 5000 kits when they were in the first series, and I was about ten or twelve. They turned out well enough that I’m glad to be able to show them today.

Yes, Hobby Line not Penn Line (I got my "Line"s confused) As a kid, I remember liking their box art the best! :-) Thanks Garth! -- Chris Barkan Champaign, IL

Amen to that Tom, I still have my Varney red, white and Blue State of Maine boxcar and my June 1957 MR that I bought as well. Great reminders. Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC

Is it Schrodinger's car. Unprototypical and aprototypical at the same time? $0.02, -Jeff Ford Sanger, Texas P.S. I recall much enjoyment of railroading with egregiously inaccurate rolling stock as a

Still have my first HO loco, a Mantua Shifter I got in 1952. And the June 1948 issue of MR I bought as an 11 year old at a newsstand in Boston's South Station when my mother took me on a visit to her

"If any of these cars lead younger people to replace us when the fates finally claim us, I am all for it." I couldn't have said it better -- Bill Parks Cumming, GA Modelling the Seaboard Airline in

You are on target, Jim, I STILL have my Mantua 0-4-0 from about 1958, and while I’ve had numerous chances to replace the tender with another that doesn’t have a broken rear step, I can’t

I'll take a different take on this. Or agree more fully with Rich Chapin. Not in any way defending the car however if - this or cars like this with the poor handrails and graphic image not quite

Chris and Friends, I'm pretty sure the tank and underframe are from the old HObby Line kits from the late 1950s. IIRC, this tooling passed first to Lionel, then to Model Power or somebody. Now it's

Agreed that it is a “Fantasy” scheme … a form of freelancing. It is not an errant form of anything that actually exist, so NOT a “foobie". Dan MItchell ==========

Looking to see if somebody has one in thier stash they would part with. This would be the tall car that is Yellow with the Jar on the door. If you do please contact me off list. Thanks Scott

Bob, Congratulations to you and your fellow modelers for pursuing this project. Jim Brewer

On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 12:47 PM, Dennis Storzek wrote: Decades ago John Nehrich wanted to call them "bifurcated" ends. But they're really just the standard Dreadnaught pattern as normally seen from

Dennis Storzek wrote: I disagree, Dennis. Look at the ribs with the "indents." They are the major ribs, not the flat parts between the ribs. On normal Dreadnaughst, the flat parts between the

Very interesting, I'm wondering how far north they gotm if even into Canada

Yee-haw! Ron Merrick

On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 12:22 PM, Jack Mullen wrote: Great find, Ron. Clear images of roof details are scarce. This one is also the best I've seen of those fork-tailed-rib ends. Can't remember if we