Thank you posting these. Currently, I am not that near any wagon-top boxcars to photograph their underframes. I specially appreciate those photos of the M-53. The B&O Museum has a M-53A in its

Hi Paul, I've thought of making the MoPac version of the car. I'd suggest you add to your list of repairable items revising the side steps from the cast iron "tender type" steps which are correct

"Paul Hillman" wrote: roof-line rather than about 12" below the foor-line. > Paul, The Athearn caboose, as stated in their information, is based upon old MDC tooling - actually from the 1950's. It is

Bruce, The running boards of the earliest ART cars with horizontal side seams were originally either aluminum or unpainted galvanized steel. This is based on the appearance of the builder's photo of

I have placed some photos illustrating the Duryea underframe in a Yahoo photo album at "new.photos.yahoo.com/b_and_o_boxcars/albums" (minus the quotes). These photos are of M-53 boxcar 381538

Jerry, Ed, et al., Was the running board (aka "roofwalk") galvanized? I noticed the roof paint was very nicely described in the directions in the link provided by Ed when I read them last night.

Jerry, That is correct. About the only time an empty reefer would have an open hatch was if a hobo had opened it and was riding on the stage. Regards Bruce Bruce F. Smith Auburn,

Folks, I'm finally getting around to building my Terry Wegman PFE R-40-18 kits and I wondered, what are the correct trucks for this car? Regards Bruce Bruce F. Smith Auburn,

It has come to my attention that there is a concern about the roof colors on our new reefers. In our advertising, we have mentioned that the reefers are painted in the "as delivered" scheme. While

Over on the reefer madness list there is a discussion on the normal position of reefer hatches. I was under the impression that reefer ice hatches were normally closed whether the car was loaded or

--- In STMFC@..., "Mike Brock" <brockm@...> wrote: So perhaps it's a good > day to remind the members that they must sign their full name... Aye Captain! Dr. Jared Vincent Harper

Ed, I guess I should have looked BEFORE responding to the this tread. In the upper right hand corner it clearly states "Complied by Ed Hawkins" Paul Lyons Laguna Niguel, CA

Based on recent invoices and sales sheets, Micro Engineering has yet to embrace the Internet as a sales tool; no web site and no e-mail address listed. Frank Brua

I bought the Trainman, "Eastern 4 Window Center Cupola Caboose", used by the C&O, PM, C&EI etc., Item #945 (undec.) It appears that the main model body is a pretty accurate rendition of the

Sorry, I should have been more clear. The car in question is indeed a BX 57, and there is no map, but instead the "Ship and Travel Santa Fe" slogan. And I was surprised to see this descrepancy on a

Is there a web-site for Micro Engineering? In a Google, etc. search, I was only able to really find a WigWag.com company which appears to be only selling their parts. Thanks, Paul Hillman

Ed Hawkins: < InterMountain provided instructions for the PFE R-40-23. More The link is unavailable right now because the data transfer limit (presumably for today) has been reached. Fear not, because

We've now listed the pub date as April, 2007, since we expect delivery in mid-April. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

Barry, The replacement parts apply only to ART kits. There are different replacement parts involved depending on which kits you purchased. Those buying from the first batch of kits (sold at a

Then, do the Amarillo/MPHS ART reefer kits now being sold need replacement parts, or are the ones I would receive now complete and in good shape? How about the built-up version? Thanks ...