FWIW, there is a review of this book in the August 2006 issue of RMC by Don Spiro. Bob Witt, Indianapolis, Indiana

Stefan, On p. 119 of Pere Marquette Revenue Freight Cars, by Million and Paton, there is a very dark photo of PM 83690. The caption says "PM box car No. 83690 was built January 1941 by

It's on the cover of the Santa Fe Historical Society "Furniture and Automobile Boxcar" book. stefanelaine <stefanelaine@...> wrote: Can someone direct me to a source for (or perhaps be so kind

Hi: I can't help with the photo but according to my 1961 ORER these cars had Evans Auto Loaders installed that could be retracted for general cargo loading. KL

Does anyone have a recommendation for a good/complete set for HO scale GM&O boxcars? I've had little luck so far with the usual supects as all I can find is a roadname set at Champ. Is this set

I'm also looking for a source for a photo of one of these cars in as delivered or early 1950s repaint. Can someone confirm black roof, ends and underframe/trucks? Thanks again Stefan Lerche Duncan,

Can someone direct me to a source for (or perhaps be so kind as to send me) a side/end view of this series of 40' DD auto car? I'm looking for the as delivered or early 1950s repaint for a

wrote: In researching the web, magazines, and books in preparation for doing a plug door car, I noted variety in whether the side was reinforced, and HOW it was reinforced. I also noticed variety in

The same two cars were done by Roco in N Scale. (IIRC the HO cars were also done by Roco, origiinally for AHM). The lower height framework car in the N Scale version had cylindrical containers with

working from. That car would have been among the earliest rebuilt Bx- 12s to have been repainted after the war, and one of the earliest to be renumbered. I'm planning to model the same car to run on

I have the following HO SCALE southeastern and undecorated engines for sale which are new in their original boxes having never been run on a layout. Please contact me off list at

Justin, In line with Bruce's recommendation you can obtain Andrews trucks from several sources. Red Caboose has an Andrews Truck (#RP-5012) that should fit the bill, but it does not come with

Thanks, Richard, that's helpful. KL

I wondered, when I saw the date, if that was the photo you were working from. That car would have been among the earliest rebuilt Bx-12s to have been repainted after the war, and one of the earliest

Not yet. but if Charlie Slater can be persuaded to make patterns for them, that might happen. Richard Hendrickson

Thanks Richard, I'll have to add the side sill reinforcement too. I originally reread just the section on the rebuilt cars and not chapter 9 of the book, which deals with the second rebuilding. Did

Justin, As with any PRR car, first check Rob Schoenberg's web pages. His G25 page is at: http://prr.railfan.net/freight/classpage.html?class=G25 This says that the G25 used class 2E-F3 trucks,

Hi to all I have been neglecting a completed Westerfield kit for too long on the workbench. Any recommendations on trucks for this great kit? Cheers Justin Walker Gold Coast, Australia

Note also that it wasn't until some time in numbers > to the 211050-214549 series, so it's likely that a car reweighed in > 3-46 would still have had its original 126000-129499 series number. Richard

Brian, you are right that the postwar SFRD rebuilds had bottom-operated couplers with rotary uncoupling levers, whereas the prewar cars kept their original top operated couplers and uncoupling