Jon, in relation to this subject, I recently acquired a Green Bay & Western kit which, as it turns out, has 1930s/early '40s lettering rather than the simplified Gothic scheme which was adopted for

Talk about quick. I received the following reply from Bill. Looks like he needs to fix the web site<VBG>. Jon Miller AT&SF For me time has stopped in 1941 Digitrax DCC owner, Chief system NMRA Life

I realize that I should really have some photos on hand... I am going to try and take some photos of these cars soon and post them online (somewhere). I'll be sure to let you know when I am able to

Garth - Thanks - John

Which part number goes with the 1930 paint (gray cars). I've been told by a dealer that either the boxes are mislabeled or the web site is incorrect. Are either of these statements true? Also when

Yikes, Thats not too much to go on...any chance of some photographs? The closest I come is the X43 class, built by Greenville, 12/50, with a coupled length of 44'4", 100,000lbs capacity.

I am a volunteer with the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois (www.irm.org), and I am currently researching the history of a trio of boxcars we have been using for storage. They are CRDX

John, Nice photos. Thanks for sharing them. TP&W 5038 appears to be a rare 10' IH PS-1. Note the lower height in relation to the other PS-1, and the lack of the small top rib on the ends. Without my

Larry, I have a photo of a car reweighed in 4/53 and stenciled "AB brake" that was taken in Oklahoma. No date on the photo but the paint and lettering were relatively fresh. The car was CN

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