You can download a brief history and photographs of these cars with information about modifications over the years since they were first built in 1907 from the RCW web page. Rebuilds continued to at

Interestingly, the original photo showing the new car shows it is a 40 ton car; must have been built with older trucks reclaimed from scrapped cars. In this latest photo, that capacity has shrunk to

I picked up a couple of these cars a longtime ago. Now I am wondering are they even close to being accurate? Thanks Jim Pattison

Nelson/anyone, First - Nelson this is a good looking build. (The following is -not- a criticism.) The variety of Nelson's build prompts me to ask "how similar would the dome plus the equipment on

I was driving near Yakima, Wa. once and saw a fork lift driver using his forks to move a car a hundred or so yards down a siding. The forks were against the side of the car not the end. Creative?

Excellent work ! Last-Five-in-the-Stash.jpg On 7/15/2022 6:40 PM, Nelson Moyer wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Martin was a great manufacturer and marketer and the Naperville RPM was just a stroke of genius! But Al Westerfield was well established before Martin began Sunshine. Remember

Gad. Forgot the photo. On 7/16/2022 10:22 AM, Tim O'Connor wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

IC 41464 from the Gerstley collection circa 1958 On 7/15/2022 11:49 PM, Guy Wilber via groups.io wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Guy, An excellent question! The last batch of X29s built, post 1930, were built with experimental AB braked with a transverse mounted reservoir. When these were upgraded to the more conventional AB

Bruce Smith wrote: “Notable features include the short upper door track, 1/3 and 2/3 height door stops, car builder’s doors, plate ends, Carmer uncoupling devices, longitudinal AB reservoir

Clark An excellent model Paul Doggett

Jeffrey White wrote: "According to the car diagram in the IC 1954 freight car diagram book the cars were built by GATC in East Chicago IN in 1937 so the photo could be a delivery photo.

On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 03:18 PM, Richard Townsend wrote: Pure, uninformed speculation: Could it also have to do with the thickness of the steel used in the various door panels, similar to what was

Richard It's a thought ! As forklifts came into use, workers began using them to open the doors! By the 1960's it was causing so much damage that they added special

https://elgincarshops.blogspot.com/2022/07/ready-for-st-louis-rpm.html -- Pierre Oliver www.elgincarshops.com www.yarmouthmodelworks.com

I finished the build on RCW 7.02 UTLX Class X 6,000 gallon tank car this afternoon. It’s the last resin kit in my stash, so it’s a milestone of sorts. When I purposed to build the stash, there

Who’s decals did you use? Fenton I mostly used a decal set Stan Rydarowicz commissioned Mark Vaughan to make. It contains a set for CTH&S? 4 bay hopper and MILW ‘beer cars’ Now sold by Gary

Pure, uninformed speculation: Could it also have to do with the thickness of the steel used in the various door panels, similar to what was done with car ends? For example, could the bottom panel of

Nicely done, Clark. Who’s decals did you use? Fenton