A closer match for 50 pre-war WFE steel reefers would be a PFE 40-10, with different Miner hinges. Pre-war FGE reefers, only 55 of them, had horizontal sheathing (maybe use the IM ART kit here)while

Although the Western Asphalt cars were not likely to travel far, the particular car in question was a commonplace car -- insulated with an expansion dome. Besides asphalt, a car like that might be in

Anyone know when the Wabash acquired the H2A hoppers from the N&W? From what I have read previously this car is correctly decorated but of course I don't trust the stencil date

Richard, Many thanks for the great information - looks like I need to put a few on my to-buy list, with light weathering as opposed to heavy. Dave Evans

If anyone's interested, there's a full set of plans for a Mathers 36 foot, steel underframe stock car in the 1916 CBD, available as a free download on Google Books. Ray Breyer Elgin, IL

It's a typical valve casing as applied to high pressure chlorine or LPG cars. Richard Hendrickson

Yes, there were almost 21,000 of them on the New York Central System, including the Peoria & Eastern and Boston & Albany (see my article in the March, 2007 Railmodel Journal), and some lasted into

The 40' cars modeled by Life-Like/Walthers first appeared in the 1920s. But Alonzo C. Mather was a precocious inventor who got into the stock car business well before the turn of the century by

Mather was born in 1848 and developed and built his first stock cars by 1881. He received an award from the American Humane Society for certain humane features of his cars, which also reduced losses

Dave,          No heresy in mentioning the "Big Oval"; after all we SPF's love it every time we haul one of their cars! As Bill will say, there are many possibilities for FGEX / consortium

Mike, CDLX 318 was a three compartment AAR (not ICC) 203 built by AC&F in March, 1937; I have a builders photo of that car. CDLX 904 was a four compartment car, as were all the cars in the

From AMERICAN ENGINEER, CAR BUILDER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL., Volume LXXL, January 1897, page 37, "The Indianapolis Car Works are building 60 stock cars for the Mather Stock Car Company." I had no idea

Richard Hendrickson notes: While the following does not dispute Richard's comment about CDLX cars carrying asphalt, it is interesting to note that California Despatch Line tank cars did make it east

Bill, As soon as I saw your name, I opened up your outstanding TKM/SAL special edition on "The Companies" reefers. I see that the WFEX only had 47 steel reefers through 1948. Yet the 1943 ORER has an

Bruce Smith wrote: Thank you, Bruce. I'll have to get one and have a look. I've heard previously that such a part existed from Precision, but haven't ever seen one as far as I know. Is it like

Bruce, do you know the Precision part number for the valve casing? Tony Thompson Tony, The valve casing I have is Precision Scale 31005. That is listed in their catalog as a "tank car

No one has mentioned Ted Culotta'a Tank Car Reference Manual. It has a number of GATX tank car photos from the various phases of GA designs. And there is a nice article by Richard H in RMJ August

Brian, the print isn't dated, and there are no visible reweigh or repacking dates on the car, but there's a wood sheathed Santa Fe reefer in the background which had recently been repaired and

Richard, is there a date when Will took the photo? Brian Leppert Carson City, NV

I understand that Richard. I was responding to his thought that asphalt would not be shipped far, but wherever it is used, it has to be shipped from a refinery. CJ