Freight car diagram sheets don't normally call out section profiles of a sideframe . . . they typically just said Vulcan or Andrews. By the early twenties they said integral box section or Dalman 1

Richard, I've been accused of being OCD, but in this case I was merely asking the question to see what others were doing. I've been going the ORER, as I mentioned to you off-list, and earlier this

It is well known that the AAR interchange rules were changed ~1957 to prohibit Andrews trucks in interchange, and photographs tends to confirm this. One rarely sees photos of cars with this type of

C'mon, Brian; can you say "compulsive"? Richard, the complete diagnosis is "obsessive-compulsive." Noted in good humor, Brian, there was some good, if depressing, information (as an ERIE fan)

Perhaps, but in this case let's not speculate where we have information. The Quartermaster Corps purchased 285 USG-A 10K gal. tank cars from AC&F ca. 1943. These differed from the USG-A type

GB wrote: Which begs the question- during this time period, how well were AAR interchange rules enforced? Presumably, a railroad could refuse to accept a car offered in interchange that possessed

If anyone knows how to reach John Franz (may be related to Ivan Franz) please let me know off list. Thanks. - Al Westerfield

Ed Hawkins has already noted a few instances where there were visible structural differences. Aside from that, I defy anyone to tell the difference visually between a 10'4" and a 10'6" IH AAR box

ARmand, C&O 3000-3299 ACF blt 1940 Roffs: Murphy Improved Solid Steel #15 Guage PM 83500-83649 GATC, PM 83650-83799 P-S (GRECO doors) and PM 83800-83999 ACF blt 1941 Roofs: Murphy Improved Solid

The dates on some Paul Dunn negative sleeves are bogus. At times they conflict with the reweigh date in the photo. original envelopes, I can say that Paul?rarely put color data on the envelopes.

Brian, Sorry for the extra bandwidth, but after sending my reply I realized that the IM model (having ends with round corners) cannot be used to accurately represent prototype cars with

Kurt, The Keith Jordan article in MM IS the type 21 underframe, but it is not the "War Emergency" car. It is now ably represented by the P2k 10,000 gallon car, so the Tichy kitbash is

Brian, To answer your question, it depends. The IM model can reasonably accurately represent nearly all cars listed in the roster. Cars built for Erie and EJ&E are considered exceptions and cannot

I've been looking over Ed Hawkins Modified 1937 AAR roster on the Steam Era Freight Car Web Site, and noticed the inside height varied from 10' 4" to 10 6". I know IM has an HO model of the Modified

Kurt, Folks, If you look in the archives, you will find that Russ Pinchbeck wrote an article on "Canadian Car & Foundry's "War Emergency" 10,000 gallon tank car" Railroad ModelCraftsman, July 2002

Can anyone tell me which roof types were on the following cars : C&O 3200s ,PM 83600s ,Erie 82500s ? armand Premo

Sunshine Models with its XM-29 boxcar, suggests the use of "A combination of Badger Dark and Light Tuscan Oxide Red is an approximate match." gary laakso south of Mike Brock

Can someone suggest a good paint brand for CB&Q's mineral red? I also like this color in the link, any idea what it is?

Thanks Richard. KL