This car would have had a board roof right until it was scrapped. CN did not use car cement on boxcar rooves. No need to, as with the "Fowler"/"Dominion" cars, these cars had an "inside metal roof".

Dave, Photos documenting the cars during the 1950s are hard to find, and from the photos I have I cannot say with any degree of certainty if they were upgraded or not. Perhaps others having 1950s

I have to order kits through dealers now. Many of them loaded up their shelves with foobie kits, and then the inventory sat collecting dust for years and they don't want to repeat that and I find that

Relax Elden, I made my comment with tongue firmly planted in cheek! Certainly RTR is a major force in today's market, but there is still a market for kits. One of the things that intrigues me from

Ed; I am in the same boat. I cannot find the time to build up all these great kits. And I keep finding more I want... Elden Gatwood ________________________________ From:

Jim Mischke wrote: "I believe this VGN car is a tool-modified MDC three bay offset hopper." I believe that you are incorrect. http://www.athearn.com/Newsletter/101408/13_3_bay_hop_6_101408.pdf The

Hi Ed, thanks very much for that additional information. So I gather there is no proof that the early build lots that were delivered with wooden walks and vertical brake staffs, were

Still, before you get too discouraged about the upcoming generations, take a drive by any tourist railroad during a Thomas the Tank event. When the "Blue B****ard" (as at least one crew member

Guys; I am also not an expert on the EJ&E, but am modeling some of the fleet, and trying to figure out what they had. The EJ&E went to that neat orange and green, as far as I can tell, with

Tim, How about giving all those kits to a local orphanage, school, cub scout pack, etc. and spread the model railroad virus to some of them? You can take a tax write off for the donation (full

Dave, To the best of my knowledge, no. Pierre Oliver black

You guys are depressing me. There are >100 guys I know on both coasts, that love building kits and bring lots of models to meets. They are just outnumbered by the many that now buy RTR exclusively,

Bill,Maybe we should stop using the term,"Modelers" and use "Collectors" instead.BTW,better make that 53_. :-) ),Armand Premo

Bill,Then should we stop using the term "modeler" and start using,"collector".Better make that 53, <G>,Armand Premo

Brian, Jerry Hamsmith also has a beautiful set of decals printed by Rail Graphics. He sells them at the Burlington Route meets. I will also try the Microscales too. Rob Manley

I'm no expert and again suggest joining the EJ&E list or looking deeper at http://www.ejearchive.com/ At the risk of being somewhat off topic, in the meantime, what I can get from Diesel Era is that

Tim, good point although your numbers are off. Through careful market research we have determined that the actual number of modelers left is 1,235.   The number who still build kits is currently 52.

Brian, Funny you mention the 10'IH postwar cars....just completed those with the Archer rivets (see the Archer rivets photo folder on STMFC) <G>. Interestingly, photo evidence suggests these cars

I saw the Broadway Limited N&W hoppers sold singly at my LHS in Ontario. It's a very nice model, and the only reason that I did not buy any was my Oct., 1956 cut-off date. Steve Lucas. in