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Replacemt ladders for HO Bowser 55T hoppers

I am detailing my small fleet of HO Bowser 55T hopper cars and want to replace the ladders with finer ones. Plate C Models makes replacement ladders but has been out of stock for awhile and they have

By Fran Giacoma · #198717 ·

Re: Amherst Train Show

Thanks. I am not a Facebook guy, but there were a lot of things to see. Steve Hile

By Steve and Barb Hile · #198716 ·

Re: Looking for 7 panel superior doors for CNW 10' 6" War Emergency boxcar Sunshine kit

One very nice looking build. Fenton

By O Fenton Wells · #198715 ·

Re: Looking for 7 panel superior doors for CNW 10' 6" War Emergency boxcar Sunshine kit

A followup on this thread. Tim O'Connor kindly supplied me with the doors that I was looking for. I have posted the finished version of the build. Thanks to all who responded and helped with this

By Chuck Cover · #198714 ·

Re: Car designs and the USRA

At the risk of picking nits, the 1915-17 design team had to have been an MCB committee. There was "another" ARA prior to the big merge in early 1919, but its remit was much more operational, not car

By Dave Parker · #198713 ·

Re: Car designs and the USRA

On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 12:47 PM, George Eichelberger wrote: Note attached re box car costs. 40 ton Dbl. sheathed, rather than 50 ton single sheathed cars cost less but Southern was simply not

By Dennis Storzek · #198712 ·

Re: Car designs and the USRA

On Sun, Jan 29, 2023 at 11:52 PM, Tony Thompson wrote: There was an ARA committee working toward a “recommended standard” box car, from 1915 to 1917. The USRA Car Committee simply took over their

By Dennis Storzek · #198711 ·

Re: Amherst Train Show

I just looked at the RMC pages....not much shown in the way of rolling stock of any kind for steam era modelers. The Rapido 44 ton diesel might be interesting but nothing I could see from their pages

By Ken Adams · #198710 ·

Re: Amherst Train Show

Steve, there were dozens of new items announced. Take a look at the Railroad Model Craftsman Facebook page for extensive coverage. Mark Rossiter

By Mark Rossiter · #198709 ·

Somewhat off topic - GE 44-tonner phases

This is a question contemporary with the focus of the STMFC group, and one whose subjects would have pushed around a lot of STMFC. Rapido recently announced some GE 44-tonners in HO. Their ad shows

By mopacfirst · #198708 ·

Re: Sunshine RR-20 Spencer Chemical instructions?

I also need a copy of the instructions and PDS for that Sunshine Spencer car as I intend to kitbash one. Or, if anyone has a kit for sale... Thanks, Owen -- T. Owen Thorne Cecil County MD USA owen

By Owen Thorne - owen at udel.edu · #198707 ·

Re: Atlas CP “Minibox” boxcars Re: Amherst Train Show

The way atlas has been lately these may get here on the 100th anniversary of the prototype. <grin> Brian J. Carlson -- Brian J. Carlson, P.E. Cheektowaga NY

By Brian Carlson · #198706 ·

Re: Car designs and the USRA

It could very well be true about lumber industries. The last double sheathed box cars were built during the great depression of the 1930's and buying all-steel cars would be

By Tim O'Connor · #198705 ·

Atlas CP “Minibox” boxcars Re: Amherst Train Show

Atlas announced their release of the CP “Minibox” boxcar based on the True Line Trains tooling. Paul Krueger Seattle, WA

By Paul Krueger · #198704 ·

Los Angeles Pacific Boxcar 407

Los Angeles Pacific Boxcar 407 Photo courtesy of Paul Ayers on the Facebook Pacific Electric Railway group. He comments: “LAP boxcar No. 407 at Buena Vista Freight House, Sunset and North Broadway,

By Bob Chaparro · #198703 ·

Re: Car designs and the USRA

Hi, I don't know if it is true - or simply a persistent and often repeated rumor - but I've heard many times from many different sources (model RRs) that one of the reasons for the GN doing

By Jim Betz · #198702 ·

Re: Car designs and the USRA

Note attached re box car costs. 40 ton Dbl. sheathed, rather than 50 ton single sheathed cars cost less but Southern was simply not interested (debt and cars would not be needed after the War). Prior

By George Eichelberger · #198701 ·

Amherst Train Show

Was there anything new to report from the train show this past weekend? Steve Hile

By Steve and Barb Hile · #198700 ·

Re: C&O Flat Cars

In 1960 this NKP car received bulkheads. Jim Sands photo. The bulkheads look a lot like the early bulkhead design applied to SP F-70-7 flat cars. On 1/29/2023 4:45 PM,

By Tim O'Connor · #198699 ·

Re: Car designs and the USRA

Building on my previous message, I wonder if there was a price difference between the two boxcars? If so, opting to take the DS cars and incurring less debt may have been a factor in some road's

By Dennis Storzek · #198698 ·

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