Rob Kirkham wrote: Actually, the first three digits of the car number all look different from the slab-serif, heavy stroke characters used by FGE and associates, which can be seen in the last

I will add to the useful analyses provided by resident engineers Tony Thompson and Jeff English that X29-style plate steel ends had internal stiffeners in the form of vertical hat-shaped end posts

Thanks Ben! I had a feeling these were only stand-ins. Stefan kit is anyone. truss SS Western), CN, all of these 1980s; you January convincing cars; the "braced end" break up doing X29

Stefan Lerch� asked: "Is there a prototype for either of these cars? The steel car (Walthers #932-3223) looks like a old ARA design but with a big plug door, so it was obviously a late 1950s

Experimental pressed sheet steel corrugated ends were around before 1910. NYC's first experimental use was 1912 and their first production application of them was 1914. This might not be clear to

Dean Payne wrote: It's primarily stiffness, not strength, Dean; the strength depends on the thickness of the steel sheet, while the stiffness depends on the geometry of its arrangement. Think

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Stefan -- These are Walthers production of the old Train Miniature cars, AFAIK. As such, they were a godsend when first produced, as they offered different bodies from what small variety was

A friend pointed to a photo and said "It can't be too early, it has corrugated ends", after which I told him corrugated ends were much earlier than he thought. The USRA box cars had corrugated ends

Ok, I came across a few of these cars which I obviously picked up a long time ago in a moment of madness;-). Is there a prototype for either of these cars? The steel car (Walthers #932-3223)looks

and black lower bodies? I have a single and double dome insulated tank cars ready for lettering. Yeah, I should have gotten the decals first!! Gary, a long time friend of mine told me, that he had

Phil Buchwald asked: Sure is, and has been since first printed (now in second edition and third printing). You could check our website (URL below) for such a question. Tony Thompson

Mike Brock wrote: "Now...before you exclaim...why do I care, I model the NYC or Pennsy or some such thing, I would remind you that these things wandered widely...the photo in RP Cyc 9 showing one in

I compared the Sunshine kit to the W&R import and noticed that the brake system is radically different. The W&R in each of the three versions imported uses the odd extra brake lever (for a total of

Who makes decals for NATX tank cars that have silver upper bodies and black lower bodies? I have a single and double dome insulated tank cars ready for lettering. Yeah, I should have gotten the

Thanks, Maybe Intermountain could use some of the tooling for their R-40-10 as a start for a plastic 1932 ARA Box car? ;> Is the Thompson Reefer book still in print?

Thanks Ben

Richard Hendrickson notes: No, I examined it and, while it doesn't include the dimension over the buffers, it does confirm the 50' length of the side sills. Ted Culotta says: "Besides Richard's

wrote: Thanks. 1948, Do you see what I am seeing with the end side panels, or am I nuts? where the The Are the PS flat weleded doors 7 panel also? Do they look similar to the

Mike: Besides Richard's comments, I'll add that the PFE cars are not the same as the GA (Walthers or Broadway Limited). There are a couple good PFE options in brass, including the recently released