This might interest someone. It is a freight train on the Chicago Great Western on March 15, 1938, operating from Rochester, Minnesota, to McIntire, Iowa, where the cars would be picked up by

Eldon, Was thinking along the lines of the 1909 GXL, PRR type with side doors. Have seen as old pix with 1/2 size doors on the side. Was curious if this was one of those, or a repair,

Eric, Have idea for corporate fulfillment. Please contact OFF list. Fred Freitas pennsy@...

Schuyler, Thanks for the insightful message. One more thing to add to the list. Suppose this will take at least 2 bottles of reefer orange before I'm tired of looking at them !! I

Schuyler, No doubt the end of more than 1 RR career !! Fred Freitas

I had a great time. It was a small -- very small -- bunch but we had fun and got to know one another a little better. Biggest news of the day?? Ben Hom is starting on a layout that is scheduled

Tim, Thanks for the help. All of my photos have reweigh dates that do not reflect when the cars were actually painted. I do recall that the boxcar red billboard scheme you mention as well as a blue

Roger Parry wrote (replying to Tom Madden: Ah, but then the tool provider gets called "arrogant" and "elitist" for not providing a fully researched, compact and complete answer, preferably

AMEN to that, give us the tools!

There are no exact decals, but I think "3 foot" correct lettering for the GATX car is straightforward, and possibly UP can be pieced together from Champ/Microscale sets.

Tim; Thank you very much for that lead. By any chance, do you know of anyone that produced decals in HO for these unique cars? Thanks, Elden

Elden Gatwood wrote The Lambert acid tank car has the virtue of having an excellent builder photos in the 1961 CBC, of Union Pacific 68100 (class O-50-7 built 1958, without platform) and GATX 64641

Not to my knowledge, Mont. The only photo I have of a newly painted yellow car is dated 1963. ACY also had a "box car red" version of the billboard scheme but I don't know the exact dates for that

Charlie, Which NH flat car will you be modeling? Thanks! Andreas Kuehnpast (Looking for a kit for the NH 35' 6" flat cars built by PRESSED STEEL in 1902/1903...)

Fred; Richard is correct, and the only GATC cars that I am aware of in that capacity that look good are the regular service 103 Drake brass cars, that model a 1930's (?) riveted 8k prototype, not

Hello Fred, You (and anyone else reading this post) might be interested in the Terry Wegmann HO PFE R-30-16 and PFE R-40-21 woodside reefers offered by me as undecorated kits. Both are priced at

Fred; It looks like a hopper with two-piece sides, like the N&W H-2A hoppers that were done up that way. The car appears to have been shoveled partially out, perhaps to clear it for the

Fred, I believe that I have general arrangement drawings for this car. In time, it will be offered by Speedwitch Models. Currently we are making kits for a couple of gons following by a NH flat car.

Does anyone know if this paint scheme was applied to forty foot boxcars prior to 1960? Mont Switzer

I am one of the several people who have purchased a full set of these slides and will speak to thier high quality. There are lots of tanks cars, single sheathed wood cars, wood reefers as well as