C&O aluminum box and hopper cars of the post-WW2 era were left oxidized. However, the black stenciling got a clear coat of varnish. Al Kresse

Tony, Now that I think about it, I remember local a newspaper (Hinton?) referencing the C&O's first steel HBGs in 1901 or so as "battlestip coal cars" that had to be segregated to avoid "destroying"

Al Kresse wrote: This was popular terminology for "big, strong things" in the early part of the 20th century, especially things with lots of rivets. SP had a class of side-dump all-steel gondolas

I use Floquil Warehouser(wrong spelling) Green with maybe a drop or two of dark blue added. Clark Propst

Rich, Do you have any idea where/when the very catchy "current modeler's term" battleship gons came about? Did the Virginian or N&W actually use that description in any advertisements, annual

Charlie I would say C&NW green w/ a wee bit of yellow added. Or start w/ Pullman Green and add C&NW green to it... But then, I don't model brand new cars for the most part. Tim O'Connor

Greg, Some time ago there was as DOW Archivist and an archives up in Midland. I've since lost his name (shame on me because there is no longer a separate Automotive Sales group here in Southfield,

Cascade Rail Foundation is pleased to announce the first annual Pacific Northwest Milwaukee Road Modelers Meet. The meeting will be held Saturday, October 4, 2008 from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the

Bruce-- The car that I have is an HO brass model matching the photos (from the Rich Yoder site) of the Type 7. I believe it to have been imported by NWSL in the mid-70's. It has a basic AB brake

Jerry-- Thank you for the link. TKM is a very nice magazine. And the photos in the latest issue show some very nice modelling work, too. Steve Lucas.

I can add that the Santa Fe had a few Type 7s inherited from the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient which survived in company fuel service (but not revenue service) long enough to have been equipped

Greg, Dow had a sizable fleet of tank cars, but they're not easy to model because most of them had various types of special equipment: aluminum tanks, tank linings, insulation, acid domes, dome

I have a 1937 boxcar ready to paint plus Greg Komar's excellent dry transfers, what your guys recommendations for a M&StL green for the boxcar? Thanks - Charlie

While they were out of revenue service as on other roads, the Q had a number of them in use after WWII as auxilary water tenders and they survived in work train service through the BN merger. There

Bruce Smith wrote: . . . the reason you can't find photos is that few if any cars were converted. Most of the type 7s There were a few T&NO cars in the late 1950s, in revenue service and

List, I'm trying to replace cast details on a Rib Side Car Company Milwaukee Road 40 foot double door, short ribside, boxcar. I have used DA bracket grabs but am unsure of what type, drop or

W&R made 1, 2 and 4 dome cars with AB brakes. They represent Northern Pacific cars in company service in the 1950's and 1960's. The cars came with NP decals. Tim O'Connor

Richard, Thanks for the information! Me, tempted? NEVER! Besides, I already went to all the trouble to shave off the brake linkages on the RC u/f and replace them. I could also use the Terry

Steve, By "one of these", do you mean a type 7 with AB brakes? Who made that model? Or a is your model the W&R brass model with K brakes? If it is the later, then the answer is a unequivocal no

Hello, I was thinking about modeling a Dow Chemical 8000 gal or 10,000 tank. I have a picture of a DOWX tank from about 1938 and I think it would be a great model if I could figure out what it