I have a couple of questions. Is this the standard Athearn boxcar dressed up? Is the car correct in terms of be an accurate model? Or do we have to go on a fishing expidition to find an accurate

I need to go on the record here and say that all InterMountain bodies are painted -- either here or overseas. Painting a thin coat of yellow paint on yellow plastic can leave a certain level of

I've successfully solved this problem on some reefer kits by painting the interior black. But that assumes you're building a kit or, in the case of a RTR model, that you can take it apart

Shawn, I use a half sheet of printer paper. I draw around the open top and cut the rectangle out about 1/4" larger all around than the car top. Using masking tape, I cover the open rectangle in

1937. David Thompson

List, A goodly number of the Branchline 50' plug-door boxcars are molded in yellow styrene instead of having a coat of

Hello: Does anyone know when the circle VGN logo was first applied to Virginian rolling stock? Thanks; Nick Seman

Walthers? - almost certainly not (with the exception of some from "returns") Athearn? - we'll have to see Happy Rails Bruce Bruce F. Smith V.M.D., Ph.D. Scott-Ritchey Research Center 334-844-5587,

and Athearn?? Weird...< What I find weird is we (well I) so much need a good Dalman 2 level (which had a lot of usage besides Santa Fe) and we get two manufactures spending money on an Allied.

Bruce Smith wrote: So now we have Allied Full Cushions in HO from ECW (so-so), Walthers and Athearn?? Weird... The $64,000 question will be whether or not Walthers or Athearn will offer them

Ben Hom writes, regarding Athern trucks: According to my sources at Athearn, they had good drawings, photos, and other data, and the quality and accuracy of their recent products is certainly a good

So now we have Allied Full Cushions in HO from ECW (so-so), Walthers and Athearn?? Weird Happy Rails Bruce Bruce F. Smith V.M.D., Ph.D. Scott-Ritchey Research Center 334-844-5587, 334-844-5850

Denny Anspach wrote: "When an Athearn car (I do not have many left) shows up on the rip track, I take the opportunity to replace the trucks- almost always with Accurail currently." I've been doing

Ben wrote: Jerry, thanks.  The photos are of a retired car and are on this page: http://dti.railfan.net/Equipment_Database/DTI11000sUSRA40'dsBox/ArtDTI 11500s.html Kind of looks like a Climax

In a message dated 3/1/04 1:32:25 PM Central Standard Time, smithbf@... writes: So now we have Allied Full Cushions in HO from ECW (so-so), Walthers and Athearn?? Weird You can add

Jerry Glow wrote: The main page http://dti.railfan.net/ has a pic of the car and alludes to roof shots (I didn't have time to look for them). Jerry, thanks. The photos are of a retired car and are

The main page http://dti.railfan.net/ has a pic of the car and alludes to roof shots (I didn't have time to look for them). Jerry Glow wrote: wrote:

Steve, Some railroads thought not, and were considered car robbers. -- ------ Allen P Rueter Phone: 314/935-6429 email allen :) artsci.wustl.edu

That's a good average for 1923. Composite cars ran around $1800-2300, steel boxcars and 70-ton hoppers around $2200-2500, and Virginian's battleship gons check in at $5000 a piece. David Thompson

Did those per diem rates come anywhere near compensating a railroad for the cost of ownership of a car? Taking some wild first-guesses as to how you'd figure it out, what did it cost to build a car