I think Jim Kinkaid is working on two tank car books for Morning Sun. They are due next year. Scott Chatfield

trucks prototype if Yes, it is clear from the photos on the Elwood site that the trucks were 70-ton spring plank trucks. FB 9432 <http://gelwood.railfan.net/bo/bo9432akg.jpg> - Newark NJ - 08/07/83

wrote: The press steel bracing show signs of repairs where they trapped water and it received A-B scheduled brakes, but without any paint or stenciling visible the owner remains a mystery. If the

--- In STMFC@..., Richard Hendrickson <rhendrickson@...> wrote: But it turns out I have a Soph Marty photo of an identical C&NW car > As a pitch, Mike Moore will be showing some of Soph's

Tim, Thanks for the insight. Do you have any idea about the yellow on red car versus the white on red car? Thanks, Matt Forsyth Modeling the D&H Penn Division/ Erie Jefferson Division in "O"

The "For Progress" slogan was applied from early 1948 on.

The good news is that both the Canton Tank Car Co. and Globe Oil cars are based on prototype photos. The bad news is that both companies were absorbed by others well before 1953 so the prototypes

Group (and C&O Mavens in particular) Can anyone advise as to when the C&O first started lettering box cars with the "For Progress" slogan, and in addition, when they started using that slogan on

IM lists an 8K tank car stencilled for Canton Tank Car Co and another for Globe Oil. Are there prototypes for these models and while I gather Globe Oil was an oil producer or distributor, what did

Rob, I'm sure you are correct. I hadn't considered the C&NW cars because they were not as tall as the USRA cars, and the proportion of length to width is hard to judge in the photo. But it turns

I picked up one of the new models. I understand the deck issues. What trucks were these cars fitted with when built. The B&O Modeler has one prototype photo of a P-25a and it has 70 ton spring plank

Thanks Rich: Do you have any photos of these cars. Unfortunately I don't know how to take the technical (Correct) side frame designation and convert it to the terms I know like ASF Ride Control,

Tim; I'd wager that it is a former C&NW car built in the 1920's. See Jeff Koeller's article on p. 42 of the September 2003 issue of Mainline Modeler. I believe that Sunshine has produced a kit for

The design is USRA 50 ton single sheathed. Definitely not Rock Island, which owned no such box cars. And definitely not built for the USRA, as the ends are 7/8 corrugated, not 5/5/5. I'm not

Jim King notes: "Second, as for collecting info to make kits or RTR "right", this is all a matter of economics for the manufacturer. There are at least 2 very basic differences between resin kit

Steve Kay wrote: Well said, Steve. My preferences, enjoyments and approach are essentially the same. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley,

First of all, thanks for the insights. It is easy for us modelers to get a totally wrong idea on how things work, since we just see the finished products and not all of the design and research that

USRA S/S, no? With newer trucks and AB brakes. Walt Lankenau

The Ebay seller says this is a Rock Island box car. Anyone recognize it? http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c248/myoungwisc/May%20Slides/riBracedBoxcar_unk_unk_stamped.jpg Tim O

Bill, glad to see you took no offense at my comments. And I appreciate your in-depth look at the manufacturing side. Many of us modelers have very little knowledge of what is involved in seeing our