I bought the square corner Sunshine minikit last N'ville for a friend, finally got an undec IM AAR 42 car in the mail from Stan and sent my friend the link to Jerry's decal. I love it when a play

For me it was the other way around. I started modelling an IC square corner box and asked the list for a tip for a good decal and Jerry decided to start a whole new decal project. It is a lot smarter

Funny how new decals can spur a whole new construction project. Starting with an undec IM kit car, I thought about doing one of those infamous square-corner 10'6" boxcars, so I played around with a

Mike Carson wrote: There is extremely little about George Gould in Klein's book about Jay Gould. Don't let your opinion of George affect the chance to learn something accurate about Jay. But

Thank you for the information, Victor Did the special issue give you any insight into Wabash cabooses that might have built during the Gould era? IIRC, George Gould lost control of the roads he

Tony, I always appreciate leads to authors presenting alternate interpretations of accepted fact, particularly those I was unaware of. Professor Klein appears to a prolific author, who it

Chet French would probably have more detailed info but the wooden Wabash cabooses that looked very much like a Mopac caboose were known by railroaders and fans as the "Twenty-Six Hundreds". They were

Olin Dirks wrote: Along the old Wabash near Minneola Iowa, are three wrecked boxcars lying on their sides tilted down into a gully. Olin, I can't help you with identifying the car; but the

Along the old Wabash near Minneola Iowa, are three wrecked boxcars lying on their sides tilted down into a gully. One appears to be a N&W B-5 or similar (flat X29 type roof, 5-4 blank W corner post

The Illinois Central boxcar decal set that was the subject of much discussion and help recently is now available. See: http://home.comcast.net/~jerryglow/samples/IC.jpg or whole line at

This link takes one to the Armorama Website page with an index of articles, including one group called "Most Read" which has several very good articles on

Tony writes: "If you really think this about Jay Gould, you need to read Maury Klein's bio of Gould, which explodes many of the tired and inaccurate jibes directed at Jay for decades." I

Jim, HUH? Perhaps in RTR, but in kits? Can you say "Westerfield"?! <VBG> And Sunshine, F&C, Speedwitch, Red Caboose, P2K Bowser... etc After all, many of the cars for my 1944 date are pre-war.

MP's Magors and clones vary considerably in the end platform detail and steps as can be seen in my modified one: http://home.comcast.net/~jerryglow/more/Magor.html Jerry Glow

33" wheels it is then. Thanks to all who responded. Regards, Otto

While the time is way outside the scope of this group, SP used ore cars in the 70s for hauling gravel. Same might apply for use within the time scope of the group. Brian Ehni

Otto wrote: <There is photographic evidence of GN jennies in ore service on Cajon <Pass in California during the winter of 1951/52, carrrying Utah ore to <Kaiser Steel in Fontana, Cal. I wonder

Mike, Yes, some of the differences were due to evolving technology. However, as I noted, there were big differences in some non-technological features, including the cupolas widths of cars built for

Jim, This is definitely a great idea. In fact, since our new friend is interested in the upper midwest, the Delano photos and others found at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html would be a great

All of the ore car diagrams in the 1948 edition of the Great Northern Freight Car Diagrams show 33" wheels. gary laakso south of Mike Brock vasa0vasa@...