Hi Folks Here are the numbers and percentages of double sheathed, single sheathed, and steel box and auto cars for the PRR and NYC, April 1949 and July

Walter, I found your response to Elden Gatwoods piece about the state of freight cars interesting. You saw it as saying cars should all be heavily weathered, I had read it as saying, most cars were

Dave Smith asked: I'm interested by the significantly higher percentage of DS cars that went out of service, compared to their SS kin. Is there a reason why this would be occurring at this

jobs Andy, you're on. SGL >

Richard Hendrickson wrote: The issue of side posts has already been dealt with; of course, the cars had to have side posts, but in this instance they were concealed between the inner and outer

<Snip everything else out> Elden, you are so right. We all get into habits, and every now and then need to get bumped out of our ruts. I love the color photos in Ted's 2006 Calendar, and those from

Larry, During 1949, the Wabash scrapped 764 USRA DS cars, 527 of them between April and the end of the year. The total number of USRA DS cars scrapped by the Wabash between March 1945 and December

I'm interested by the significantly higher percentage of DS cars that went out of service, compared to their SS kin. Is there a reason why this would be occurring at this time? Dave Smith -- David

The issue of side posts has already been dealt with; of course, the cars had to have side posts, but in this instance they were concealed between the inner and outer sheathing. As for preventing

Hi Folks I recently acquired an April 1949 ORER and entered some of the data from all of the box, auto and ventilator records into an Excel spreadsheet. This was a relatively quick process, as I

A.T. Kott asked: Larry - Have you built one of Nickel Plate Models' WLE mill gons? [snip] and What did you think of the kit - side profile in particular? I have one of the kits but I haven't built

Gentlemen, Looking for Joel Norman. Joel wrote an article that appeared in the Aug'79 issue of Prototype Modeler. I would like to contact him about using a couple of his photographs for a detailed

Larry - Have you built one of Nickel Plate Models' WLE mill gons? I hope to start the "O" scale kit soon. Back in the late 1960's, when Craig's one-page article appeared in RMC, I built 3 cars to

Dave, Give me a buzz when you get a chance. Thanks, Shawn Beckert

Yes; ATSF 190019 wasn't a revenue service car and would not have gone off line, as cars numbered in the 190000 series were MW cars. I can answer the rest of your questions, but it seems pointless.

Elden Gatwood wrote: "Another box car I would love to hear your insights on is ATSF 190019, stated as a rebuild of a USRA DS car." That car number doesn't fall within any of the rebuilt USRA DS

Thanks, Larry! Very cool car! Elden Gatwood ________________________________ From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On Behalf Of Larry Kline Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007

Folks; Another box car I would love to hear your insights on is ATSF 190019, stated as a rebuild of a USRA DS car. Is this car made as a kit by Sunshine? What kind of trucks did these guys

Last night I saw a TV program on PBS (P.... Fight)which featured WWII film in color. I saw part 1 only which lasted almost 2 hours. The production date was 2002 (or 2004?, forgot which). About 3/4

I just posted a drawing in the files section with some notes and sketches added to Craig Bossler's cross section drawings. The notes and sketches are intended to clarify what the interior side