Here is UPDATE # 3 Guys,

What is meant by the term "reciprocal switching?" I got the term off a list of industries in towns along the CGW. The list apparently includes industries located along any of the other RRs in the

By golly, Brian is correct. I could have looked at any number of different ORERs in my collection and found exactly the information Brian gives below. But I didn't. I wonder where I did get the

Dale, Sorry, forgot this one in the first reply ((just woke up....) Speedwitch N&W B-4/ B-4A 50' Boxcars. http://www.speedwitch.com/Models/k115.htm The Speedwitch kits are one piece bodies, with good

The Speedwitch Central of Georgia 50" Door and a Half Car, is a very nice Resin Model, and fits the bill. http://www.speedwitch.com/Models/k107.htm Ron Smith Carman UPRR

As a FYI to the group, Bethlehem Car Works offers a MDT 40' Reefer with the 8-hinges for sale. Here is the web link:

Does anyone have a favorite product to recommend for HO scale window screens as found on cabooses, camp cars, etc.? What I'm looking for is a fine mesh, but not so fine as to totally hide the

You forgot the Proto 2000 single and double door 50 footers, which are both circa 1940 designs. And Ribside cars now has a 50 foot Milwaukee Road box car, although I'm not sure if it is prewar or

the four hinges per door was marketed as a URECO product in the twenties and highlighted in a Railway Age ad for URECO as being used on the recent rebuilding of the older MDT cars for

Mark,            You can always visit here in Vermont; we measure snoww in feet. That's why I call this my building season. Only 28 resin kits to go on the bench!   Fred Freitas Benninton,

Allen, The answer to your question, as well as the original question about doors on SAL 19797, is found in the STMFC web site roster of 1937 AAR box cars. In the interest of promoting more accurate

I'm reviewing my WWII era freight car fleet analysis, and find that there is a significant gap in 50 foot steel box cars in HO for that period. The '43 ORER shows around 31,000 steel 50 footers, and

Steve... As a point of clarification, the proper title of the book you reference is Cyclopedia, not Encyclopedia. Perhaps other nit pickers on this list can provide a better definition, but it is

Thanks for both of your very helpful responses Doug, and to Richard and Dennis as well. Looks like I have another book to purchase....after still another bookcase is purchased! While not surprised

Ed, In addition to the Series 19700-19799, what were the other car numbers in the series which included the 300 B-9 car built in 1945 which had black car cement applied to the roofs? Thanks,

OOPS I meant 2" of the white stuff. Mark

Thank You very much Mr. Hawkins. I had 5 kits to build and this one stumped me as no pictures could be found on the internet. The list had the SAL, an Erie 40 PS Inter., Erie 50' fur. LL, MP 40' RC

Yes. Richard Hendrickson

in the Correct, although photos of the NRC cars with the Patrick Cudahy banner herald have been published elsewhere. Note that this was used before the company name was officially changed from Cudahy

Mark, Series 19700-19799 had Superior doors. All 300 B-9 cars when built in 1945 had black car cement applied to the roofs. This per Pullman-Standard bill of materials data. Regards, Ed Hawkins