To my eyes the tanks are only reflective in places and are no more so than the sides of the "Flat" car sides that the tanks sit on. In my opinion the car is all gray. Thank you Larry

Tony Thompson wrote: I'm not so sure, Eric. The ones I looked at close-up at Rocketdyne's siding in the 1970s were clearly silver in among the tanks and inside the structure. The outer parts had

Marty, This rumor has started on another list, any truth to it? [I had a dealer contact Intermountain directly regarding the stock cars. It seems that those cars will be like the original run of

Eldon, Someone once showed me a photo of either a C&O or N&W hopper car that had ripped holes in the side, stuffed with hay to keep the coal from falling out. Regards, Brian

On page 26 there's a photo of an "all steel" rebuilt box car (70,000- 73,000 series? with an original wood door) which has a gold Erie diamond herald. The photo is dated Nov. '46. Anyone

Deos anyone know whewre I can get a good photo of said car which is shown on p. 213 of the 1943 CBC (Trainshed Cyclopedia No. 70) and in the RMC plan book? Ed

The gentleman is Luis Dominguez of Coral Gables. He has sent me photos (mostly from Cycs) of Cuban cars he wants to model and I have given him suggestions of which of my kits would be best candidates

Hi Group, As a child in the early 50s, I visited my grandparents who were wintering over in Palm Beach, Fl. My grandfather would take me down to the SeaTrain piers where we would watch the early

Garth Groff wrote: "From what I've seen in photos, most Cuban equipment was pretty primitive and probably wouldn't have met U.S. safety standards." It wasn't all

Rich, The West Indies Fruit & Steamship Co. ran a ferry service from Florida to Havana, and had a modest roster of boxcars and reefers. I believe this was a subsidiary of the Florida East Coast. I

I don't have much info on the specific question, but can offer a correction. UTLX is the reporting mark for Union Tank Car company cars. I believe you are looking for URTX, Union Refrigerator

Does anyone have car diagrams for the following NH cars: XM1 series 70000-71999 (formally 15000-16999) XM4 series 85000-86999 (formally 32000-33999) XM7 series 170000-172399 Thanks, Al Westerfield

Did any Cuban freight cars make it to the US on the pre-Castro car ferries, or was it all US cars? -- Richard Townsend Lincoln City,

I said:      I'm not so sure, Eric. The ones I looked at close-up at Eric Bracher replied: I walked around the cars and poked my head inside on several occasions (looking for structural details

Earl, The helium cars that I photographed within the past ten years passing through here were all painted silver. Charlie Charles Dean Shelbyville, Kentucky From: "Earl Myers"

Just a few lines of thanks to everyone on list for the help with the tank car question. I model an area in Western West Virginia 1952, and would like to make an effort to have the cars era

Tim, The cars in question were built February 1954 so the photo showing a pretty clean car is likely from 1954. There were 25 NYC PS-1s built with Pullman-Standard's cushioned underframes (P-S Lot No.

This is only a partial view, and the photo is mislabeled as being from 1951, but I've seen very few photos of these rare PS-1 Pacemaker cars. http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/nyc/nyc863ark.jpg

Phil Buchwald wrote: TRAINS magazine ran an article a while back which described truck sideframes as (relatively) low cost commodities, where pennies shaved off of the cost were very important. Also,

Folks, Not having any good referance material. I need some help with some Reefer Information. ACF made reefers for UTLX and ART in the same time periods, and probably some other railroads as well.