Hi Eric Full Name: Tim Meyer My main interest is in CNW. Right now I am working on 2 slogan boxcars from the 1945 to 1953 range. Then it will be a 40-foot billboard gondola from the 1942. At some

Gentlemen,   The latest edition of The Seaboard-Coast Line Modeler magazine, issue #10, is available for viewing and free download at the ACL & SAL Historical Society website at http://www.aclsal.

Builders photo of Northern Pacific NP 14843 single sheathed boxcar built 10-32 has two grabs. Richard Wilkens

Dean, If you have cars with the earlier blackened wheels. the issue is not wit the wheels but rather the axles. Those wheels used plastic axles, the later (shiny) ones had metal axles. The metal

I will add to this what photographic evidence shows, that though many railroads added second grabs to most of their older cars in the mid-1930s, some cars still had only single grabs a decade

Larry, My emails regarding the Wabash 12900 series gons are being returned, not delivered, account of your address. Now back to our regular programming. Chet French Dixon, IL

Nothing has happened to Ted as far as I know. There is a difference between the Steam Era freight car site which Ted started, and the Speedwitch Media site, which he also started. Speedwitch site

The last time I talked to Ted, I think he had gone back to work (regular job) and he has much less time for Speedwitch than before. Hopefully I will see him at Springfield in a couple of weeks. Tim

Dave 1930 builder photos show a single grab, 1934 builder photos show two grabs. There were very few cars built 1931-1933. According to Richard Hendrickson, the AAR rule change took effect after

Dave, MP general arrangement drawings were revised in June 1932 adding a second grab for those cars built before this date having a single grab. Regards, Ed Hawkins

Dave Yingst wrote: How exact a date do you want? It was in the 1930s. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

The same thing happened in 2008... -------------------- Richard Brennan - San Leandro CA --------------------

--- "Tim" with no last name wrote: ====================================================== Tim, Paint colors changed over time. B&O boxcars were painted a brownish color in the 1920s and a red oxide

Purge your cache and see if it works. It's not coming up for me. Jerry Glow

I'm not sure Ted had much to do with it over the past 4-5 years. Rob Adams was updating it, but it's likely the domain wasn't paid up since the page that comes up now is a generic web page. Brian

OhOh bad news - usually the sign of someone not paying for the domain name. I was just on Speedwitch (that still works) this morning to order a couple sets of decals as Ted didn't make it to Cocoa

From the look of the current page, I'd say the renewal for the domain and web space has expired. Eric Eric Hansmann Chagrin Falls, Ohio Starting over in a new

Looks like someone failed to continue paying for either the domain or the webhosting. I think Rob Adams took over the site and I bet he'll address this soon. Pierre Oliver

Could someone give me an idea of when the railroads started adding the second grab iron to the left side of freight cars? Thanks Dave Yingst Corning, CA

What has happened to Ted ?Armand Premo