How many were built from 1943 until 1951? I do need some Canadian cars as I want to model the Niagara Frontier and will probably want either the Rapido gon or the Westerfield gon. -Phil Lee

Steve, I have one from the Crossville TN production. Please contact me off-line: va661midlo [at] comcast [dot] net Kenneth Montero PS I think Al

Those were a Canadian prototype, so not an exact match for anything south of the border. David Thompson

Clark- What paint brand are you using to tint the Dullcote- Floquil or Scalecoat? Les Sittler

Gary, we have 25 of the Q cars, and they are solid gray. Jerry Michels

These 1929 built NP cars were part of the building rush to have cars available that could be positioned empty just outside of urban Detroit (as it existed at the time) so that these would be readily

I should have added that the particular comment is in the tab named "Miscellaneous" on the CASO site. Todd Sullivan

Mike, Google is your friend. Just search on CASO and it should come up in the results. Todd Sullivan

Hello - - The recent discussion about resin kit stashes prompts me to enquire, I am wondering where I might obtain an unbuilt “Flat Kit” version of Westerfield’s (present number) 3800

Thanks Ken, the Silver Streak car is not as detailed as I would like. The SP car that Tony talked about is a very nice car but not quite like the CNW cars that had higher sides and the end side panels

Dennis, Tim, I agree that the flat paint on the EP&SW car photo definitely hides the contrast. And frankly there are aspects of the EP&SW photo that make me think that the car sides might have

I’m thinking the decaled one is Sunshine and the other is MDC. Even being a foot shorter it makes into a descent model. Clark Propst Mason City Iowa

Intermountain painted them black but used the wrong roofs, which is more difficult to fix. Amarillo cared enough to supply them with the correct roofs. Easier to paint them black should one desire

On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 12:28 PM, Tim O'Connor wrote: With gloss paint, even a tiny difference can become more obvious because of the reflectivity of the surface. This is apparent in builder photos

I would simply attribute what I see in the NP builder photo to unevenly planed boards i.e. the boards are not exactly perfectly planed to the same thicknesses. With gloss paint,

On Mon, Jul 18, 2022 at 08:42 PM, Richard Wilkens wrote: Photo of Frisco USRA box car SL-SF 128890 CT built by Pacific Car & Foundry. Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive Collection. Richard Wilkens

On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 07:52 AM, Tim O'Connor wrote: Attached a photo of what new horizontal sheathing usually looks like.But Tim, the photo of NP 8029 is also of a new car. The only difference is 1)

Gary, Those cars also came with the wrong roof. Most of that run with the type 3 hatches and latches had the incorrect flat panel roof instead of the Murphy standing seam roof. The only correct Q

I have three undec cars in brown.  It looks like they would make NYC cars with a change from grab irons to ladders.  What other cars are these close to? Nice models, the undecs come with two kinds

Mike Palmieri asked: "...can you provide the link to the page this is on?" Scroll to the bottom of the page: https://www.canadasouthern.com/caso/NYC-MODELS-FREIGHT-PAINT.htm Ben Hom _._,_._,_