The individual responsible for this was the Car Distributor, who sent empties for loading. He was well aware of the Car Service Rules, but even more aware of “Rule Zero,” the “Boss Rule,” that

Bob, There were car distribution clerks (large numbers of them at major yards) whose job was to track and locate available empty cars to fill agents/shippers requests according to car service rules

Hello Brian and group, Kadee cars have stryene bodies and Delrin parts, the bodies have a thin layer of water base paint and the parts are unpainted. Sam Clarke R&D / Tech Advisor

Bob, Car Service Rules governed most of this, and they are in every copy of the Official Railway Equipment Register. There also have been several discussions about this on the STMFC groups.io forum

Richard I did some digging around and given that these cars were 42'1"long and built in 1923 they might possibly be clones of the USRA flatcar. Red Caboose, now Intermountain, makes a model of this

Hello group, I was doing some "fantasy manifest" where I makeup list of freight trains and imagine each car/load and this question occurred to me: At an origin point such as a busy yard where lots of

Richard Hendrickson’s prototype summary for the Tichy HO scale flat car models begins on page 5 of this June 1993 Rail Model Journal. http://magazine.trainlife.com/rmj_1993_6/ Eric

Bob, After some Photoshoppery, it looks like PFE 19670 on the car end. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

Ed, et. al., Thanks! That pretty much “seal’s the deal”. I happen to have the hobby paint match for SFRD on my bench, a bottle of Poly Scale Maine Central harvest gold. The Branchline car

Richard I don't have a photo of the AC&Y flats in question but I do have the following information from the defunct ACY Historical Society. There were a total of 16 cars in the number series

Thank you very much, Bill and Dave! Dan Miller

The Tichy /Gould kit was for a NC&StL ACF built car from 1923. JohnNehrich in NEB&W Guide to Steam-era freight car modeling, part B says the car "became in effect the ACF standard flat," He makes no

The Tichy model is based on a car built by ACF for NC&StL. I beleive it was typical of flat cars made for a number of roads. ERTL made a rtr version of this car that is identical l have both. I will

I saw a 1957 Car Builders Cyclopedia for sale on e-bay. Ed Mines

I believe the Tichy model is based on a NC&StL prototype. Jim Brewer

I'm hoping it is (or the Red Caboose flat is) but I have not found anything that confirms it. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

I could be wrong, but isn't that the Tichy model? -- John

I'm looking for photos of the 42' flatcars owned by the AC&Y, numbered 175 to 194. Is there an accurate model of these cars in HO? Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

Yup, I had more photos than I knew about... definitely the work of a 'museum'. :-) Tim O'Connor -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Bruce, Tim, and others interested, As you probably already know, ACF lot 2044 was a quantity of 100 - 40’ RSM wood reefers NWX 6800-6899 built at the Chicago plant ca. 7-40. The ACF bill of