Tom: It's a 1923 ARA design box car - there were 21 for the B&M and 4 for MTC. The doors (NOT reverse Creco - there is no such animal) are correct for an as built car, but by then, me thinks they

Ted Culotta writes: None of this is new, of course. Years ago, when MDC was known to be developing their 50' single sheathed auto car models, Walthers rushed their own 50' single sheathed auto cars

Brian, a nit: the Athearn represents a car first built in 1960. The earlier cars had slight fishbelly sills. How do you know the Athearn model was retooled? I looked at them and they appear to be

Oh gee, here we go again... Scott Pitzer =======

Thorny subject, for sure. Do not be so hard on the libraries, which are almost universally under-funded, and at the same time have to exercise a legal and ethical stewardship over collections that may

Since the Accurail models for the C&O had the straight road name, it would be nice if Walthers had gone with the donut - especially with the original steam donut. I wonder if the car numbers are

In a message dated 1/26/2005 1:04:24 PM Mountain Standard Time, raildata@... writes: BTW. The Co RR Museum has one ORER for each year, with about 4 missing. they are now hard bound. They are

Apparently "Empire Builder" is no longer just a train. I can't want to see what other manufacturers they try to deep six. Predatory for no good reason. In the not too distant future, we'll all be

I can only wish! Richard Hendrickson <rhendrickson@...> wrote: Wouldn't the condensed version be strictly for N scalers? Richard H. Hendrickson Ashland, Oregon 97520 Yahoo! Groups

Yeah, I think we discussed these when they were first announced. Now as to a pleasant surprise has anyone else seen the retooled Athearn 85' TOFC flat (Blt 1959) so they fit (barely). I was impressed

From Tim Gilbert: Tony's account in the PFE book covers about all that can be said about this practice, in which the railroads made it possible for perishable shippers to re-route a load at the last

Jim Mischle asks: Yes, from higher to lower (so that placards could be posted from ground level), but that happened in the mid-1950s and Bill specifically asked about '40s practice. Richard H.

Wouldn't the condensed version be strictly for N scalers? Richard H. Hendrickson Ashland, Oregon 97520

Under the heading of "Why oh why?" Why oh why can't someone do a "Kadee Quality" model instead of these copies? Todd Horton

Not that it really matters, but the "Gold Line" packages I've seen proclaim "Separate Grab Irons" or words to that effect, and this "Gold Line" model doesn't even have that feature. Scott

Richard quips: Thankfully Tony doesn't offer us the Penguin condensed version... Shawn Beckert

Didn't the recommended tack board location change at some point? High to low, or low to high? And in doing so, dates a boxcar?? Jim Mischke B&OHS Richard Hendrickson wrote:

Always scribble, scribble, scribble, eh, Mr. Thompson? (to paraphrase a fatuous remark made by an 18th century British nobleman to Edward Gibbon, author of the monumental multi-volume "History of the

Bill Welch inquires: Verbatim from the 1940 Car Builders' Chclopedia: Placard Boards for House Cars A.A.R. Recommended Practice - Adopted 1914 (Manual - Page C-42) The space available for placards

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