Ed: It is close to the IC's 176000 series box cars, except for the fact that the IC cars had 3/5 rather than the kit's 4/4 Dreadnaught ends. By making a straight center sill from styrene strip and

Has anyone looked at the Accurail 7100 series box car as an accurate model of the common CN box car? How's the height? Did the CN cars have a horizontal brake wheel? The CN cars had a straight

Denny Anspach wrote: "The fascinating information about the blurring of craft distinctions in the operation of IC hot trains was totally interesting. How common would this have been on other

The fascinating information about the blurring of craft distinctions in the operation of IC hot trains was totally interesting. How common would this have been on other railroads? Although the IC and

bakert@... wrote: From page 1 of the January 2nd issue of RAILWAY AGE - "Beginning of 1932 Marked Turn of the Tide" by the Editor. "New Year's day, 1932, was more than a date printed upon a

If that car of heels was being sent to Brockton or some other south shore (of Boston) town, it would have gone to Maybrook, and onto the NH at that point, not to the D&H to Albany/Mechanicville. I

STMFC Listers: As you might imagine, I have been sharing the ERIE consists with some of my friends who are ERIE-knowledgeable, but not on the STMFC (believe it or not!). One of them, William D Burt

Guys- I seem to remember reading somewhere (maybe here) that the side sheathing of single sheathed box cars was attached with bolts, while the kits we have, including resin, show these as rivet

All the talk about the Erie train and its consist made me remember that I have one photo of a complete L&N shortline train taken in 1960. The entire train is on a trestle, and since I was able to

I wonder how quick the editors of Railway Age were to realize what had occurred. One gets a feel for the pulse of the industrial and agricultural sectors of the United States if one examines the

Tim Gilbert observed: Tim makes a good point here. In 1930, there are comments in _Railway Age_ that the economy is sound, just a little stock market problem; in early 1931 the attitude was as Tim

Eric; How bout a pic? Elden

I rode one of the IC's Iowa Division trains, CC-1, in 1972 and talked with the engine crew about what it was like in the days of steam. The engineer was a year from retirement and rmembered steam

Richard, How about posting it up. I have a couple of these to build and sure some of the other guys do too. Paul Lyons Oceanside, CA

New this morning. Don't know seller. Dave Nelson ----------------------- 1. Car Builders' Cyclopedia of American Practice by Wright & Augur (Editors) NY: Simmons-Boardman, 1940 1940 15th edition,

Rob, Thanks for the info. Richard H sent me a scan of a photo which he may post in the files if enough are interested. Nice move using the stock car as a pattern for your work. I used the DA set

Rockport and Frye were both located in Marlborough MA. Rockport had one plant served by the New Haven and another served by the B&M.

The breakdown by car type of the 66 car consist of train #LP-78 on February 16th, 1931 was: Flat Cars 1 Gondolas 2 Stock Cars 5 Reefers 11 Boxcars 46 Unknown 2 Total 66 The breakdown of the

Request for photos. I am currently in the process of putting together Bill Oertly's "Western Maryland Railway Revenue Freight Equipment" book. There are still a few freight cars classes for which