By 1952 a number of the containers for NX flat cars had transitioned from milk. Some handled bulk orange juice and others went to Borden Chemicals for transport of various products of theirs. Don

Yeah, but not around Renovo. There's very little around Renovo, other than trees. A 19th century travel book called the stretch of the then Philadelphia and Erie rom Renovo westward to Ridgway "a

I admit to being a bit smartass about my reply, but I do know that the reach of the milk business for consumption in NYC was very, very extensive. Port Allegany and Eldred are admittedly a stretch,

Yes, Schuyler, there are cows in Penna. but not many in that neighborhood. There may have been shipping sources further west and north in McKean and Potter Counties but I have never heard of it

That's pretty likely. There ARE cows in Penna., you know. Schuyler

Thanks very much for posting this. I was about 3 roads through doing a similar canvasing myself. As for the C&O cars - I'm a C&O modeler and I've been doing some prep work for a kitbash of both the

I live not far from Renovo and I'm having trouble understanding what a milk tank car would be doing there. Perhaps it was merely passing through on its way to some place where there were cows?

Some know that I am moving to O scale. Please contact me off list at bnonut@... and I will send it to you. Mark Morgan

Guess I'm the outlier here, I still crank out a ton of surplus items each month that I've accumulated. Funds my current endeavors. There's no other market with that worldwide exposure and convenience.

Randy Thanks for sharing your color matching swatches and formulas. Color matching at times easy and other times takes a while to get the color right; however, it will/can happen. Lester Breuer

Ed, Absolutely true. But if an RF&P car was to be regular on my small layout, I would want to justify it by having an industry that would receive cars regularly from the RF&P. Thanks for the car

Rob, Thanks for the photos. I see what you mean about the ends. I can also see that Richard was right about the hat section bracing. I appreciate having the number of a surviving car too. I know

Tichy makes a Single-sided USRA boxcar "CP clone" kit, no 4034D w/7/8 ends, AB brakes and CP decal. Ken Montero

Garth, Also being an RF&P kind of person, I will point out that an RF&P car could have shipped product from Virginia to Points Anywhere, and then be reloaded back to a shortline connected to RF&P. I

Well, personally, the Tichy 7/8 ends leave something to be desired on the CPR car. The ribs end too far from the corners, and the top rib on the top end panel is too close to the roof. But its

Yes, this is why I have stopped selling on Ebay. I remember when they forced everyone onto PayPal, which they created and owned 100%. Later, after they sold it (For billions), they instituted their

Friends, With three Tichy USRA SS boxcar kits in my to-do pile (really more of a closet), I did a little digging to find which roads still rostered these cars in more-or-less original condition circa

Jeff Oops! Sorry. I thought the sheriff had retired... long time no hear from! :-P -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Ebay has never had my bank information, nor would I give it to them. Maybe that's why I've not noticed a change? I've always used Paypal to pay for things. Is this new "rule"

Clark I never log in to any web site via a third party. That's just asking for interference and problems. But I haven't sold anything for over 18 months... I