There are doubtless others, but my effort can be found at: www.nakina.net/aartype.html Ian Cranstone Osgoode, Ontario,

Malcom, The "butterdish" cars were AAR "BMT" cars. Dick

Sorry to hear of his passing. I for one have been awaiting a book on FGE, is there a chance that someone else can finish the book for all the freight car historians out there? Albert Spor

Of course, EARLY in the 20th century it wasn't yet the AAR <g>. ORER of the period. It is the MCB codes that I'm talking about. The system was administered by the AAR in the late steam era. They

Malcolm Laughlin wrote: Of course, EARLY in the 20th century it wasn't yet the AAR <g>. The MCB oversaw the type descriptions before WW I. They are in any ORER of the period. I'm not aware of a

Somewhere out there is cyberspace is a web site that has the AAR car type codes as of various dates from early in the 20th century. Can someone give me a reference to that site ? That's something

Can anyone tell me the protoype railroad(s) for the Ambroid double deck stock car (kit K-2)? Thanks. Frank Brua

All, Have set up a new Yahoo Group to replace "TheVLBG Group". This is not designed to compete with any existing Group. My previous Group had suffered from a lack of direction and am trying to get

Hi, Wondering if anyone knows what MG and WY stand for as Rock Island reweigh stations? I have the excellent file posted on the site that has these for a lot of railroads, but these two are not

Group, Does anyone know what type of running board is correct for a GN 12 panel 10'0" boxcar, like the intermountain kit??? Thanks, Matt Sugerman, Ft Worth, TX

Rich, IMHO Al Westerfield's Carmer cut lever from his USRA Single Sheathed Box Car looks a whole bunch better than Martin Lofton's at Sunshine. I emailed him one time about buying extras and he

Elden, Precision Scale has an HO scale Miner Ideal lever handled brake assembly in their Catalog #3. It says it's for tender/caboose so I'm not sure it will meet your needs. I've had the catalog

Art Sorry to hear of Pat's passing. He was a relentless researcher of the prototype. It is too bad he didn't get to accomplish more in his lifetime. Gene Deimling _____ From:

to assume that the scheme with no leaf was in effect in 1948, the white maple leaf in 1951, and the green leaf in 1954? Are more specific dates for the changeovers available? 1.No leaves were

Freight car researchers and modelers have lost a great resourse. Pat O'Boyle passed away after a year long fight with a terminal Illness. Pat founded Pacific Limited and imported some of the best

Guys - I need the help of a REAL Frisco historian here! We are researching ACF Type 7 (MCB Class II) tank cars. Frisco purchased 500 of these cars from ACF in two lots back in 1909. Each lot

Judging by the reweigh/repaint dates on these photos, am I correct to assume that the scheme with no leaf was in effect in 1948, the white maple leaf in 1951, and the green leaf in 1954? Are more

I would disagree Tim. The lettering looks fine to my eyes. Also note that the CN on the doors needs to be removed as this was not present on the steel cars owned by CN. cheers Stefan photo

Of which there were only three IIRC. Stefan

John Riddell mentioned this "paint" scheme was for prototype cars made with aluminum sides.