Bruce Smith wrote: “The last batch of X29s built, post 1930, were built with experimental AB brakes with a transverse mounted reservoir. When these were upgraded to the more conventional AB

  Dennis Storzek wrote: "Speculation, yes, but I tend to doubt that by this point in time the railroads specified the details of the vendor supplied products... they would order what the vendor

The model is a combination of two prototype cars. The roof, ends, and side sill match the GN 3000-3499 series built in 1955, while the sides, ends, and doors match the 3500-3999 series built in 1956.

Very nice. Thanks for sharing. Gary Ray On 7/15/2022 4:03 PM, Clark Propst via groups.io wrote:

Ouch! That’s $12-15k for 80 cars. My roster has 465 cars (not all resin) for $16.4k plus the cost of detail parts, paint, trucks, and couplers not in kits. A small percentage of cars are RTR from

This car is the Mckeen Models 40' DD box car. Diagonal panel roof, "banana taper" Dreadnaught end and twin 6' IYSD with a door post centered between the L & R doors. Those ends indicate at least a

I paid a couple of people to build mine, about 80 cars. Jared Harper Athens, GA

Thank you Tim and Rich. I appreciate thehelp. Jim Pattison

Photo: ACL Automobile Boxcar 51951 (1942) Photo from the Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/resource/fsa.8c24430/ Scroll to enlarge. Description (Is Incorrect): “Los Angeles County,

Is that the Accurail model ? It's very similar to many prototypes but I don't think there is any exact match for the sides + door opening + ends + roof. Definitely not

I take it these are Accurail? Anyhow, this car has the wrong roof for an A-50-16, should be Murphy panel. The only other DD 40' UP would be an A-50-19, but I believe the doors may be too small? It is

Thanks Doug ! My image file name is now cnj_22457 40ft_SD_box XM-3 built-1947 exCRP_series-22001-22480 M&StL_ LimeCreekBridge MasonCityIA 1961.SophMarty.jpg which

Yep! Notes L & X in the 1959 ORER list all of these cars whose numbers differ from the norm. IC 41464 is listed under Note X. No reason is given other than "special loading".

Photo taken on the MSTL (Lime Creek bridge) just south of the depot, in Mason City IA, 1961 by Soph Marty. Doug Harding https://www.facebook.com/douglas.harding.3156/ Youtube: Douglas Harding

Thanks Tim. I just realized that it’s actually the last six cars in the stash, because I forgot to consider the Class X in the count, so it’s the last six cars in the stash. Nelson Moyer

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?