I went back to look at my photos of these cars and I need to correct what I said about the door handle on the BREX/MNX cars. Without a protractor, I have to admit I am not really sure what the angle

Ha--that wasn't me who put that in, I left it at "AAR"...I was edited. Chris Frissell Polson, MT

Folks - I'm doing research on cars that are listed in various train consists on the PRR's Delmarva Division between 1955-1956. After looking at the 1953 ORER, I was able to narrow down what number

Tony,         If only we could convince the manufacturers to add those ends to the parts spru !! The worst they can do is sell 4 times the amount of kits, easily. Fred

Walt Cox wrote (about avoiding carving ladders off the Accurail ends): Or maybe just provide plain ends as parts. That seems at least as practical as running shots with "unfinished"

Bill, I think Stan R. may make correct resin ends for these cars. I'd just cut off the Accurail ends and replace them. I avoid carving at all costs :-) Tim O'Connor

I knew someone would be introducing a 40' plug door iced reefer soon, because I just finished a project to build 15 of them using the old Trains Miniature sides with I/M roofs and ends and an Accurail

Bill mentions his dread concerning the ladder carving on the ends. Perhaps Dennis could do us STMFC'ers a favor, and hold off to last the cutting in the end ladders, and run some bodies with the

Thanks fellers. Looks like you got it right, CF, but we still need to talk to you about what "AAR" stands for! Muahahaha! John Phillips Seattle

Not to pick too many nits, but technically speaking the hinged doors on reefers are "plug doors" are they not? I have come to prefer "sliding door" and "hinged door' in talking about reefer

Dave Evans wrote: "A late arriving SPF who knows not to use hyphens, but has actually encountered one or two official PRR documents with hyphens - don't tell anyone ;-)" Dave, since you're late to

Great idea, I could use about 8 such bodies. Walt

Dennis, From what I can find, these cars started being built during WWII, and being in the WWII modeler minority (as opposed to all of the transition era modelers on this esteemed list), a WFEX with

I had recoreded it on my DVR and played it in the background while I worked on models. I just basically looked up when they would mention something about trains. It was not that good of movie except

Without! There are no hyphens in PRR freight car classes. Rich Orr

John,           Without !  Why do I hear a fait echo of cussing in Cantonese?? Fred Freitas ________________________________ To: STMFC@... Sent: Thu, May 13, 2010 1:30:00

Oh, doesn't Ben Hom live for the day when any Pennsy fan could so state it.... Without. Chris Frissell Polson, MT

John Phillips wrote: You may get some vociferous replies, John, but the answer is: without. Always, Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA

Can any Pennsy fan state whether X31 and X32 should be expressed with or without a hyphen? RSVP John Phillips Seattle

Thanks Al And Pat: I'm glad that I was able to catch this film on TCM. I didn't watch most of it but my wife called me for the steam sequences at the end. As an SP steam modeler all I can say is