Trying to find some information on the lettering used on Western Fruit Express reefers WHIX 70000 to 70999 built by PC&F in the 1950's. Couple Questions: Were these cars delivered with the older

Richard Hendrickson wrote: Well, what the hey - Ted, if it's not too late, please sign me up for three sets of Chartrand decals. Since I've got more P2K Type-21's stuffed in the closet than a body

Jerry Stewart writes: Then the next question, which the photo might or might not answer, is which branch of Shell operated the car, Shell of California (SCCX), Roxana Petroleum (RPX), or Shell

Mike, I believe it was on this list, and I think I answered it ( would have to review in the archives though). I am traveling and don't have full access. Basically, there is: 1/32 which is used for

Richard, I should have remembered that. I have decaled the reporting marks on the ends of 400 freight cars ;-) regards, Andy Miller

Also, because the Rutland always spelled out "RUTLAND" on every single one of their box cars ever, most observers don't even know that their reporting mark was "R". It's there on the end of the

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Taking Ed Mines' tip, I pulled the two articles from Mainline Modeler. An article with drawings by Bob Hundman and photos of the C&O 95200-95249 series cars appeared in the March 2000 issue. Based

I'm sure this was covered a long time ago, but is the Atlas reefer suitable for any of the Swift Co. wood reefers? Also, any ideas on modelling their 15000 series steel reefers? Thanks in

The Southern continued to use its full name on car sides _and_ ends until the adoption of the "Claytor" lettering scheme after the NS merger. Which has long led to the confusion of what initials to

Paul Hillman writes: "A few months ago someone posted all of the G-scale, "scales", with respect to G-gauge track. I lost reference to that post. Could someone please re-refer the scales/gauge

From Shawn (ever hopeful) Beckert: I wouldn't put too much stock in that, Shawn. For relatively small operators like Chartrand, home points were the shops of whatever larger company had the contract

A few months ago someone posted all of the G-scale, "scales", with respect to G-gauge track. I lost reference to that post. Could someone please re-refer the scales/gauge data. Thanks, Paul

Any copy of Machinery's Handbook will answer this and a lot of other questions regarding metal fasteners and standard sizes and shapes of metal products such as sheet, wire, pipe, bars, etc.,

Thanks, Ed. Gene Moser

Andy Miller writes: Yeah, Andy, but only on the sides. They put PRR on the ends. Richard H. Hendrickson Ashland, Oregon 97520

Ted, My experience with rivets started in the mid 1970's working on N&W hopper cars. The side stakes used 3/4" and safety appliances 5/8", which is still standard on new cars. I'll check some of

Ted Culotta asked: Does anyone know or can someone direct me to a source of information on the typical (most common) size(s) of button head rivets used on box cars and gondolas and cone head

Thanks, Ben. I'll look around. I live in eastern Virginia and stock cars are not real common models around here. But I lived several years as a kid in Texas and Oklahoma and I remember the stock