The one problem with a Bangor and Aroostook offering is that most of these 1932 boxcars had 4/4 Dreadnaught ends, while BAR had 4/5 ends. So I don't look for Atlas to do a BAR version. Charles

Thanks Ed, I have Ted's book on the shelf, and used it as my primary source. My post was mostly about seeing if anyone else was comparing the Atlas car to its prototypes, anticipating what

The 1932 car is 6" shorter than the 1937 AAR box car, and 12" shorter than the PS-1. Not to mention other differences! Obviously Atlas thinks there is a market for this model. A few railroads had no

In a message dated 3/4/2008 6:30:05 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, atsf@... writes: The Clinchfield car which is the test shot looks good for the top picture on page 94 of Ted's book.

Posted by: "Tim O'Connor Jeff Yes, I think the railroad could deliver an express reefer to almost any freight depot or team track along a passenger train route for unloading (or even sale) by a

The Branchline Yardmaster cars retail for $11 & the new Athearn RTR 40 ft. box cars retail for $14. Considering most Atlas freight cars are in the $10-$15 range and the appearance of the car in the

John, In case you aren't aware, Ted Culotta published a thoroughly researched 267-page book on the subject of these box cars. It contains builder's photos, in-service photos, information on the

Ben is quite right that the 1932 design is distinctly different from the earlier, and later, all-steel cars. For my part I have no use for it, since I have kits from Sunshine for several prototype

Ed Mines wrote: "For the car with a rectangular panel Murphy roof I meant Athearn, Intermountain & Red Caboose and for the flat panel roof I meant Red Caboose." NONE of these models are 1932 ARA

from F&C For the car with a rectangular panel Murphy roof I meant Athearn, Intermountain & Red Caboose and for the flat panel roof I meant Red Caboose. Members of our group might pay a premium for a

In a message dated 3/4/2008 12:37:04 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, smithbf@... writes: What cars are you thinking of? The only other 1932 ARA cars I'm aware of in HO are the resin kits by

I did a little research on these back in December and came up with the following notes. Additional info is always appreciated. C.G. 4000-4499, 488 cars 1/53, miner hb, spring-plankless

Here is one for the SAL fans out there. WrightTRAK is going to have the vents for modelers who wish to build some SAL ventilated express cars. These are Wine Vents and will be good for many other

IMHO, the newly-tooled Athearn RTR cars have better "detail to cost" ratio than alot of the recent Atlas "non-Trainman" offerings. CJM Brian J Carlson <brian@...> wrote: Ed

What cars are you thinking of? The only other 1932 ARA cars I'm aware of in HO are the resin kits by Sunshine and F&C and at least for the Sunshine kits, their price is comparable to the Atlas RTR

Frank Valoczy wrote: "I'm looking for information as to when the following cars were built: CNJ 33781 D&H 22962 ELS 7000 and 7096" D&H 22962 was from D&H's large order of 36 ft DS steel

Ed Mines said: Where? The only 1932 ARA cars I am aware of are the resin offerings from F&C and Sunshine. Granted F&C can be bought cheaper at shows but I don't consider the Atlas prices excessive

Seems a little pricy, particularly when there are similar, less expensive versions of similar cars. Ed

When you think about where a wheel tread is when a car is moving on tangent track, the centre of the wheel tread would be a sensible location to take a wheel diameter measurement, as most of a car

ED, Let's see now, Branchline and Athearn cars with cast on detail, compared to cars with separate detail. How can you justify that comparison? It just doesn't work. Chuck Hladik Rutland