I bought the Chooch O scale kit for the CP 30' dominion boxcar first, and then did some research. The Paul Clegg articles in the June and July 1985 issues of Mainline Modeler seem to indicate that

I've posted a few more photos, courtesy of Clark, in the Clark Propst Photo Album section off our web site (http://www.union.rpi.edu/railroad/index.html) - John

That's the problem, Jon; the prototype for the MEW model was structurally the same but too small. At one point, I had thought about trying to splice the parts from two MEW kits together to get a

Does the old MEW (Model Engineering Works) air dump car have any resemblance to the Santa Fe Ga36-38 class air dumps. It seems the size is far apart, around 12 yard to a SF 20 yard car. Jon

Richard said: Bingo! The car in question is at the Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth Ga (Atlanta) and is labeled FGEX #55558. The museum's brochure states a built date of c. 1940. The museum

Fruit Growers, of course (or WFEX, which was operated by FGEX and ran some cars of FGEX design and construction). Distinictive features include the side and end sills, sheathing retainer angles,

Byron sez: I thought that statement might be misinterpreted when I wrote that <G>...however in my case, being a vet, I just used a tranquilizer gun to slow it down enough to get some photographs...and

rhendrickson@... writes: I didn't see this before sending my latest note to Max. I gotta admit, Richard, that I didn't realize that the slight difference in the ends of the dreadnaughts

Lee Singletary wrote: Yes. Its a running board, and no, the AAR rule required "other than wood" running boards after 1944 only on new cars; older ones could (and did) keep their wood running boards

Like Bruce, I picked up one of the URTX reefers at a good price in Atlanta last Saturday. I got the URTX/Milwaukee 1952 repaint. Not being a reefer expert, I was wondering: A. Is this scheme

On Wed, 22 Aug 2001 13:14:58 -0500 "Bruce F. Smith V.M.D., Ph.D." <smithbf@...> writes: Many times, but things change during production but not all changes can be compensated for. The

Bruce Smith writes: R-40-10 I have compiled a bit of information regarding PFE paint schemes and fans as provided by the PFE book relative to steel sided PFE cars with information regarding the models

Hi All, In spite of Byron's glowing review, I just had to pick up a Branchline ACF/URTX reefer in NKP paint this weekend...OK, so the price of $7.50 helped ;^) From my evaluation of the problem with

Now that you mention it, I did notice it would be OK for NSF. Just paint it a rust color (unlike wood, I suppose NSF would have been painted with the gon interior, at least at delivery?) Very few

OK, now I have found Richard Hendrickson's articles on Greenville 52'-6" gondolas in RMJ that the P2K model is based on, plus the excellent article in the RP CYC and some early articles in RMJ on the

kathe@... writes: correct Hi Max, The DL&W didn't have any of the 1932 cars, sorry. It had plenty of the Westerfield USRA NYC steel cars with the dreadnaught ends, though, which are

Max, to the best of my knowledge DL&W owned no 1932 AAR box cars. They did have a large class of steel box cars built in 1929-1930 which were very similar in dimensions and appearance to the later

Mike, Richard, et al: The model appears upon closer examination to be a Sunshine 1932 car w/standard (i.e. not Duryea) underframe. Any help, trucks build date, correct number if DL&W had these, etc.

Mike : What are the proper type of trucks for the above mentioned 40' Box ,built '36, w/W corners? Thanks, Max ----------------------------------------------------- email: