Heap shields were referenced in the book "Freight car Equipment of the Chesapeake and Ohio railway August 1, 1937" by Carl Shaver. Originally published by the C&O in 1937 by General Superintendant of

Derwent are more chalky. SGL

Brian, the model is an ELHS exclusive. SGL exclusive to ELHS, or Intermountain in E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.1.0.447) Database version:

Ouch!!! I model the mid fifties. Thanks for the information, Ray. Might have to put it in the things to do group.   Sincerely, Mark  

Clark, the ones I use, which work well for me are Prismacolor brand. I have had the same problem you describe with others. Richard Hendrickson

Ed I looked all through my 1953 Car Builder's Cyc and I couldn't find anything that identified the "heap shields" by name -- several drawings showed different types of raised ends but none identified

Hello Clark, You can use what is called "water color pencils" that are actually used by sketch and water color artists. I like Faber-Castell, Derwent, and Prismaclor, among others. Sam Clarke Kadee

--- On Wed, 10/14/09, Clark Propst <cepropst@...> wrote:   What's a good type of colored pencil to use for freight car weathering. The ones I have a too

This car was originally built as an 8,000 gal. single compartment GATC Type 30. Apparently Tidewater converted it to a three compartment car by adding internal bulkheads (note the rivet courses

What's a good type of colored pencil to use for freight car weathering. The ones I have a too waxy. Clark Propst Mason City Iowa

Ed, thank you. I've got the first four RP Cycs. Cross-checking with your roster in Vol. 1, I see that the 1943 CBC has nine photos of these cars plus four drawings, three of which might or might not

From a slide on eBay, this appears to be a Tide Water tank car, TWOX 3050, that has been converted from a three compartment into a single compartment based upon the flanges on the top of the tank.

Bill, the suggestions about Details West ends and the ends in various resin kits are most accurate but a good stand in for 4/4 dreadnaught ends (with ladders cast on) would be the old AHM double door,

Al, That's what I'm referring to. For lack of an official term that I don't recall ever seeing in a CBC or other dictionary of terms, I have referred to them as heap shields. If anyone knows the

Brian, I discussed these types of cars in RP CYC Volumes 1, 2, 4, 8, 9, and 13. Another two-part article was published in Railmodel Journal about the time when the Kadee model was being released

Ed, Bill, Might you have a couple of references to the offset twin hoppers talked about in this thread? I'm going to look in my hoppers file right now, maybe I've got something in there. I'll check

Ed, Are talking about extended-ends and end-extensions when we mention "heap-shields"? Don't what is slang and what is "correct" terminology for these. Al Kresse

Schuyler, hi, Just explored the IRC site but I'm not sure . . . might I ask you if this box car modular model is exclusive to ELHS, or does IRC offer the model perhaps as an undec? I'm in the market

Richard, Andy, Tim, and group, Thank you for your kind responses. As I am not an end-ologist, your suggestions have been a great help. Bill Keene Irvine, CA

Hi Mark, The W&LE had 1000 USRA composite gondolas, 51000-51999, built by Pullman and Standard Steel in late 1919. The Wheeling began converting these cars to all steel gons in mid-1929 (numbered