I was looking at some photos of composite gondolas (PRR GRs and GRAs) and that got me to wondering how the wood sides were attached, by rivets or nbws or some other way. It seems to me that if it was

Thanks Al! Larry Ostresh Laramie, Wyoming

Jim.   On its way!  Ever want to part with some sunshine kits, let me know. Dennis

Al, The hopper cars are all loaded with coal. If the NX reefer is in behind the loco then it is heading east towards Clifton Forge, VA. If the reefer is on the tail-end, it is heading west towards

Dick, I have an April 1951 ORER. What do you need? Tom Olsen 7 Boundary Road, West Branch Newark, Delaware, 19711-7479 (302) 738-4292 tmolsen@...

Tom, There is no Sunshine Soo Line/Wisconsin Central Kit numbered 78.7, but there are two numbered 78.1 and 78.2. Knowing that Martin uses the same kit instructions for like cars, either one will

There is nothing in my 1945 CT 1000 for the PRR in Falling Waters WV. Only the station and public delivery track are mentioned. there is an Armour at Hagerstown though. Brian J Carlson

Signals were used to control the movement of freight trains in the steam era . . . . Now that I've got that out of the way, I have a question for the aficionados of the Southern. What type of

Jim, I can back Eldon up on this one, I bought 2 of the F&C X26C kits (Both Door Styles), very nice kit. F&C is making great strides on the newer kits and plans to go back and redo all older kits to

NX 8600-series cars were ex-PRR class R7, transferred from FGEX between 1940-42. See Wider, RP CYC 15 pp 47-87 (esp p 77). Falling Waters is near Martinsburg on the PRR branch from Hagerstown to

Well Ted, let me also step in here to add a little corrected information on the Swift cars in the earlier paint scheme. I would not want anyone to get confused with the body color given in an earlier

<snip> Hi Larry, SOU 135681: Griffin, "RF&P", p125. Double sheathed. Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

Al,         You have half of your info. The NX stood for Nastional Car Leasing, a subsidiary of the FGEX group.   Fred Freitas

Hi Folks Here are the DS/SS/Steel splits from 1932 to 1949 for box, auto and ventilator cars. The data are for all of the roads in my Excel database: All cars owned by U.S. Class 1 railroads, and a

Al Kresse asked: "What does N.X. stand for and were they associated with other reefer fleets, former or currently in 1954 . . . . and why on the C&O mainline in a drag of coal cars?" Bruce Smith

Al, You must not read TKM <G>. NX was National Car Co. which was the meat reefer subsidiary of "our companies" (FGE, WFE, BRE). Many of their reefers were hand-me-downs from FGE etc... As for

Everyone, The last 40' 6" box cars on the PRR (new built) were the X54/X54A classes of 1960. They were built to haul can good, were insulated and had plug doors. Campbell's Soap in Camden, NJ

Folks, While working on an offset-side hopper car project, I noticed a partial overhead shot of a light colored, wooden with outside steel stakes and diagons, 55-ton, N.X. reefer. It has wooden

What color should the roof be on my Sunshine 2500 series car? (I am on another reefer jag, so I might actually get a few built!) Instrucions say black, I have heard BCR? TIA, Joe Binish

my apologies to the list--didn't notice this was supposed to be an off-list exchange. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705