Hi guys, Perhaps not a "freight car" question but steam era for sure, does anyone know if there were ever scale plans published for the Wabash or Ann Arbor RR caboose with the "streamlined"

Brian J Carlson (replying to Schuyler) wrote: Starting in the fall of 1949, SP rebuilt the best 675 or so of the surviving cars of Class B-50-12 into an entirely new appearance, new steel sides

Tim: Where did you get your information? I was going by information in Ed Hawkins article in RMJ. The handbrake in the photo of 29756 (October 1989 RMJ, or Page 70 of Freight Car Models Vol II) is

Schuyler NP 29500-29999 were built in 1946. They had APEX steel running boards, 4/4 ends, 8-rung ladders, ASF A-3 ride control trucks, and AJAX hand brake. And the doors had a 5-7-6 pattern of

SGL wrote: anyway . . . the first question. And of course, is this NP 29500-29999, blt Feb 1946, Gypsum or Morton running board, universal brakewheel, 6' doors, earlier style wide riveted youngstown

Hi all OK, so I bought some new cars, hoping for the best, but liking the cars anyway . . . IM 1937 AAR 40' box, lettered for NP 29835 http://www.imrcmodels.com/ho/html/45703.htm This comes, of

I have been looking for some cars, mostly hoppers, for some time but without luck. I would like to buy: one or two CB&Q war emergency composite hoppers, either the Proto 2000 model or the Accurail

There is nothing to substitute contacting the museums's librarians directly at <mailto:rrmuseumlibrary%40parks.ca.org>rrmuseumlibrary@.... They are truly there to serve you, and as they

Rob Kirkham wrote: So how about some long term planning. The NMRA National is in Sacramento in 2011. Bill Dixon

Thanks for that info Tim - I'll follow up with them. Sacramento is a 15 hours drive from here, and I'm not sure when I'll be able to check out the collection in person. Rob Kirkham

Jace Kahn asked: Can suggest a good candidate for lettering my latest O scale KTM 52' fishbelly-side gondola, either northeastern or midwestern, ca. 1940-1955. (Not B&O) This model is similar to

Justin, Juast for something different >> McKeesport Connecting Ry. Steel shapes, bulk load , pipes, and most everything else. Pittsburgh based short line RR. Fred Freitas Justin Kahn

A number of eastern roads rostered low side gons for coal service.........often referred to as "Shovel Cars." They were often used to load business consumers' bins, which had a coal bin door

Rob, Maybe Tony Thompson or somebody else can elaborate, but the CSRM Library has organized their Hashings Prints by Railroad - the Canadian Pacific in your case. Within their CP classifications,

The message traffic has been thin lately, and Memorial Day weekend won't help, but I wonder if any list members with fuller resources than I currently have access to can suggest a good candidate for

area I can't point you to a specific photo, Ed, but I recall many gons loaded with coal handled on L&NE trains going to the Maybrook gateway right up to the end of operations in 1961. Check the

Hello - its been a while.... I've attempting to identify tank cars suitable to the steam era CPR operations in BC that I model, and came across a nice photo taken by Philip R. Hastings in 1951 in

Go to the website, www.railmodeljournal.com, for a list of available back issues and ordering instructions. Richard Hendrickson

Thanks for the data point. The only thing that surprised me was the build date; I just checked all the photos I know of of the NRC 9000-10000 series cars and none show blt date just reweigh I