Having bought a finished brass hopper from another modeler (and hoping not to have to strip a good paint job), I realized I knew very little about the Berwind operation. Was production sold to retail

Guys, When we were doing this car for Proto, the drawing below was the best available. As Al alludes to below, there was no standard plan, heights and other details varied. Larry Grubb al_brown03

Georege, I believe I saw a tracks-worth cut of Clinchfield hops in a mid-50s C&O PR pix of the Kenova Ohio River barge loading facility yard next to the Traux-? dumper (naturally along with mostly

Karl, Thanks! Alas, this car is from the group that was rebuilt with AB brakes, so that number won't work for the current model.... Sounds like it might be an early type 11 car. IIRC, the WP had

Oops! Rivetted to the car side rather than welded! Staffan Ehnbom

There's a Martin Lofton article on Mather boxcars in RMC 2/91 pp85-89, with drawings by Chuck Yungkurth of an AC&Y 3000-series car: one of the taller ones. Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla. wrote: and/or

I'm not knowledgeable about the MILW but I noticed the rib side cars have special side grabs consisting of straight grabs rivetted to angular zees welded to the car side. Rib Side Cars have addressed

At the Western Railway Museum, (Rio Vista Junction) we have a PFE R- 30-16 reefer 74583. Tony is aware. (See page 140 of your "orange bible") Our records show it as rebuilt in 1941 from R-30-12

Al, The Clinchfield sent most of it's Coal south to Spartanburg,SC where it interchanged with the SAL and Southern RR's. It also interchanged Coal loads with N&W at St. Paul, VA, C&O at Elkhorn City,

Where did these 40 ton gons deliver coal to? If up to Lake Erie, ehich docks? Al Kresse

Bud, No plans in that issue; just a two-page article with seven photos. Jeff English Troy, New York wrote: and/or

Hi group, I am looking for scale plans for the 40' Mather patent boxcar. A model magazine index search showed that the Mainline Modeler for November 1986 has an article on them by John Nehrich. I

Chuck per the photos on pages 10 and 11 of RP Cyc 13 the grab on the end sill is straight. Note the ladder extends to the bottom of the end so there is no grab below the ladder. I recommend RP Cyc 13

There is a photo of one of these in Morning Sun book, Canadian Railways Color Guide vol 1. Page 114 at bottom shows a 1958 color view of CNOX 9050 which appears to still have a K brake system. Capy

term" battleship gons came about? Did the Virginian or N&W actually use that description in any advertisements, annual reports, Railway Ages, etc. I've found references to "High Capacity Gondolas"

Steve, the model you have was based on a second (or third or fourth) hand logging RR water car which still existed at that time. NWSL modeled a lot of logging RR stuff but didn't know (and

Thanks Bruce, I am still hoping that someone might have a decent shot of a GATX or other 10k (or 8k) car in revenue service with AB brakes. I model through the mid 50's so the days of the K brakes

Thanks Bruce, I am still hoping that someone might have a decent shot of a GATX or other 10k (or 8k) car in revenue service with AB brakes. I model through the mid 50's so the days of the K brakes

The Poor Marquette would tend to stick with a certain vendor. The C&O purchasing folks seemed to play vendors against each other . . . so they had at least a couple of sources. What time frame are

Tony, I knew Richard was old, but I had no idea he was that old! I think coal for the Great White Fleet was transported in battleship gondolas... Tim O'