George A gun barrel would not have been carried by that car. It would be mounted on two flat deck cars with a pivot on each car for a really long barrel like a 16"

Bill, I can't tell from the Ga-53 builder photo, but this builder photo of the very similar Ga-49 shows the brake reservoir parallel and located next to the deep fishbelly center

I posted this question a while back without any success so I'm giving it another shot. I am working on completing a Santa Fe Ga-53 50 foot mill gondola. There was a great set of drawings in a 1957

Ted -- Quick scan of photos and notes - CNW, CMO, C&EI, C&O, D&H, D&TS (exNKP), ERIE, NKP (all the Van Sweringen roads), NS (original Norfolk Southern), P&WV,

The mentioned wider width of the BL box cars makes the replacement of the BL Yardmaster '37 AAR end with the equivalent Intermountain (which has no molded on ladders/brake) a problem. Otherwise the

I have 8 of the Des Plains cars with the Viking roof, but this Branchline car number has special meaning to me because of my friend Paul and his fondness of these cars. This morning I was able to

Reviving this thread as Micro-Trains has among its December 2022 releases an N Scale rendition of this very car, Reading 99048, and with a battleship gun barrel load included (assembly and painting

Is there a reference compilation of Viking roof boxcars? -- Ted Larson trainweb.org/mhrr/ -------- NASG.org -------- https://www.nasg.org/Clubs/RegionsMinnesota.php GN

There are two Des Plaines C&O boxcar kits now on sale on EBay. These are very nice plastic kits. I attached a couple of photos of an Erie kit with Viking roof that I built. Chuck Cover Santa

All- Guy is correct. I have a copy of a letter that granted Grace Tank Car line their reporting marks. I'm not at my main computer to access it right now and it was likely predecessor ARA given

Two shots of Illinois Terminal war emergency hoppers, 4033 and 4027, which has been fitted with a roof and hatches. Unsure for what traffic. -- Ben Scanlon Tottenham, England

In the case of Intermountain, I think that roof would fit both the 10-0 AAR car body and their 10-6 AAR car body as well. IRC's prewar 10-0 and 10-6 10-panel prewar bodies also have

I just checked the Des Plaines Hobbies site. They list the HO version for $ 5.00.

I think he was asking if those roofs fit the BRANCHLINE 1937 AAR car body, and the answer is probably not, because they were made to fit the IMWX (Red Caboose) car body. But with

Thanks, Guy Rupert Gamlen Auckland NZ

Rupert wrote: “Yes, I found that one. RICX wasn’t officially allocated to the company until 1937 which is why I didn’t ask for searches before that date.. Any idea who allocated or approved

Claus Yes, I found that one. RICX wasn’t officially allocated to the company until 1937 which is why I didn’t ask for searches before that date.. Any idea who allocated or approved the

Hi everyone, While I don't know the larger intent for the ORER search request that was originally asked for, perhaps this image (attached) of twin offset side hopper RICX

Hi Doug, I'm interested in your IT hopper project. What are you going to use for decals??? John Golden

I put a Des Plaines Viking roof on an Intermountain box car worked great. Thanks! Brian Ehni (Sent from my iPhone)