In the late 1970’s or early 1980’s I’d met Charlie Winters who was working as a NW switchman in North Kansas City. Charlie had started his career with the Wabash. Charlie had a large steam

Figures. That's one of about 3 issues of Mainline Modeler I do not have. :-D I don't recall any compilation of all of the cars with the Viking 'corrugated' roof. Ed

LOL -- The B&M, CofG and P&LE cars are ALL 10-0 inside height 1937 AAR box cars! Those D&RGW cars did have 4/5 ends but they were 10-4 inside height. They also had 12

The illustrations do not show an ACF underframe. It looks like Walthers applied a new tank body to their truly ancient el cheapo 8k tank car (ex Varney?) . That frame has no

Early AAR 50 ton flats (Union Pacific?) were built with wood stringers. Perhaps some 70 ton cars were also built that way. I vaguely recall (perhaps incorrectly) that Byron Rose's AAR

At the Heritage Discovery Center in Buffalo where I do volunteer work there are dozens of old magazines like Prototype Modeler, Model Railroading, Rail Model Journal, etc. Mags are not completely

At that time in RIchmond American Phillip Morris and Liggett &Myers all had tobacco plants there cigarettes were big

On Tue, Jan 10, 2023 at 08:29 PM, Tim O'Connor wrote: I wish PM were in the public domain ! It was before my time. I've only snagged a few copies. On 1/10/2023 7:04 PM, Tony Thompson wrote: PM is

On Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 03:49:43 PM PST, Tim O'Connor <timboconnor@...> wrote: I have no photos, but

I wish PM were in the public domain ! It was before my time. I've only snagged a few copies. On 1/10/2023 7:04 PM, Tony Thompson wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling,

Here is part one On Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 05:07:26 PM PST, Richard Townsend via groups.io <richtownsend@...>

I didn't forget, but I only have part 2. The Erie car is in part 1, apparently. Wish I could get a copy of part 1. ;) Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

The packing house off Hermitage Road was Kingan & Co. There was also a freight station that fronted on Broad street with team tracks and loading docks for LCL shipments. I photographed one of the

Well, one innocent question has brought to light a lot of interesting information. Thanks to everyone for the input. There are definitely several plausible possibilities. The Sanborn maps is a very

Saw this from Walthers today: https://trains.walthers.com/hubfs/Videos/New%20Product%20Express/JANUARY%202023%20Walthers%20New%20Product%20Announcement.pdf Isn’t the Walthers car

Tony, I didn’t forget. I was 9. Hadn’t graduated to reading PM yet. <grin> Brian J. Carlson -- Brian J. Carlson, P.E. Cheektowaga NY

It’s hard to tell. There is no gallonage info in the Walthers ad. Could be similar. However, I’ve learned to never trust Walthers ad copy. Case in point. The B&M 40’ modified AAR boxcar on the

You guys obviously have forgotten Richard Hendrickson’s kitbashes of the Athearn gondola, reported in a two-part article in Prototype Modeler magazine (“Mill gondolas and how to model them,”

For subscribers, the print run was probably sent by storage mail on passenger trains! For retail distribution, it's possible to use REA or LCL for a lot of that.

In the June 1986 MR there was a "Paint Shop" article by Bill Mischler on making an Erie 14000-14499 series gondola from the Athearn 50' gon. Bill notes that the kitbash (cut off the fishbellies from