Many cars were repainted, but not all. Some cars were rehabbed and repainted in the 50's in the original style and did not get new roofs. Some cars got a new roof and black paint, but used the

I'm building one of the Speedwitch cars for a rebuilt LNE boxcar. The instructions say some of the cars were repainted in the late 1950's block lettering. Not being to knowledgeable about the LNE are

I like all freight cars, but I especially like to have several versions of the same car that were around at the same time -- like a weathered original car, a repaint, and maybe a rebuild. To me that

James, ===> You are -not- alone! Welcome to the club. Reading between the lines what I think you are saying is that you are concerned that your selection process will end up with "not

There's a lot to be said for having one of everything as far as freight cars go. For me, the uglier the car, it seems the more likely I am to have it. (An HO F&C Lehigh Valley "wrong-way" boxcar

Where might one find such a randomness generator? Frank Valoczy Vancouver, BC SUVCWORR@... wrote:

Jim, Perhaps as discussed on this list previously, you need to expand your fleet beyond the cars that are needed to serve your industries on a regular basis.? Add those cars that will only show up

Not to discredit your approach but I've never been a "one of everything" modeler (or as I phrased it Noah's Arc divided by 2). I prefer more commonly seen items and absolutely love "the same but

- Tim: Best answer so far! Stephan Parachuk Toronto

You can't have it all ways Jim. If you want disorder, join a club! Tim

Jim, Jerry, list,                     My study of my modeling area, the PRR panhandle Divn in th Ohio River environment has shown that the most numerous interchange cars from

I just had a friend over today who belongs to but does not monitor the list very often. I showed him how the ORER has interchange roads for every road listed so it's an easy matter to pick some that

Does anyone have or know where I can obtain a drawing of the undercarriage of one these cars, showing brakes, piping, etc? Thanks in advance, Paul R Greenwald PRRT&HS NMRA

Jerry Glow wrote: less likely that a nearby road's cars would be on yours than a distant one. Not impossible but to me, less likely. Of course we all are PRR modelers regardless of what we call our

Maybe its a growing orderliness I see in my HO scale fleet that is uncomfortable. Like a home flower garden. Each car has a purpose. And I like every single car. There is an underlying orderliness

"Likeability bias"? Is that so much of a problem? It seems that most of us here have never met a freight car we didn't like. - Andy Andy Sperandeo Executive Editor Model Railroader

Actually an article on GM pointed out that Consumer Reports currently recommends 71% of Ford vehicles but only 17% of GM vehicles. The Ford percentage is comparable to imports. C.R. uses paper and

Paul, I believe that PSC has the drawing in their catalogs. I don't know how accurate it is. Chuck Hladik

Hello all, While I have been a long-time lurker on this group and have really enjoyed the modeling efforts and information shared by many of you, I have never posted here before. Most modellers on