The grain doors do not match the plans Sunshine published. The boards are 2x too wide. Jared Harper Athens, GA

Clark, CN 573500 series total of 1179 cars, were themselves rebuilt from the 582000-582499 series cars. I’ve attached a side on view of the original 582000 car, which were 1-1/2 door cars, for

I remember getting a fairly intensive tour of a former Canadian Northern Ten-Wheeler some years ago, which included a good look inside the tender. Along with interior baffles to keep the water from

Thanks to everyone for the most helpful info on the GN 12 panels boxcars and the UP Trix ACR B 50-27. Further on the UP B-50-27 and the excellent photo taken at DUT. The car seems to still have wood

With at least some types of injectors, it would be possible to blow steam back into a tender cistern. Also possible that engines normally operating in extreme cold regions may have had heating coils

Charlie Answer sent to you Paul Doggett

I’m ready to start decaling the Tichy PFE reefer and have a question about the car series. Decaling a car for post 1950. Is the series 38563-39063? I’ve seen one built up model numbered 71737 so

Love the model and love the write up too. Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

I've been match my decal pile to my plastic kit pile, trying to get as much done as possible before my wife puts me to hard labor outside... These decals are from Mont Switzer. I used to do a car a

Great shots, Claus, thanks for sharing, and I'm not even a Reading fan but really wonderful railroad shots. Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

4100 series works for MEC 35001-35300 after removing fish belly underframe. Rich Gibson

Hi Tom and List Members, To make it easier for others, here are some links... The “RDG 2-8-0 2048” file shows a poultry car immediately behind the engine. Cannot see the name/number, but the

 Hi Phillip, Insulating layer - good possibility. You also wrote: "On the other hand whoever heard of a steam locomotive with a lagged tender tank?". Good question - could the water in the

I think we are looking at an insulating layer if you enlarge the picture you can see lots of vertical lines that might be a wrapping of insulation. Insulating a water car that might freeze would seem

Clark LNE 8001- 8750 were 1923 ARA Steel Sheathed cars.The roofs were flat panel and later rebuilt with diagonal panel roofs after WW2. They are NOTHING like any accurail kit. Now 7001-7200 are SS

The Accurail 7100 kit would be a good start for a CB&Q 26000 class boxcar, it is 9'4" IH while the 28000 is 10' IH. Accurail has two car numbers in the 26000 series. These cars had Murphy raised panel

Thank You Al: Yet Another example of forgotten articles in Rail Model Journal, Model Railroading and Mainline Modeler. My question is generated by the unique inderframe that these cars used. They had

See article in Railmodel Journal attached Al Smith Sonora CA On Saturday, April 9, 2022, 07:40:51 PM PDT, WILLIAM

Note on 10096 the “repacked” date (lower right corner) was ?4-22-32? RE: Nip in top-left corner of door” Looks to me like there is a sheet metal “hood” covering a potential leak spot

Does anyone know if a Union Pacific B-50-20 50' boxcar has survived in any railroad museun? Bill Pardie Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone