Earlier than your time period, but the October 1948 ORER lists Wabash gondolas fitted for frame loading: 16 cars in the series 12500 - 12599 for Mercury-Lincoln frames; 35 cars in the same series for

Victor, gondolas in auto frame service were in assigned service and had racks and floor fittings designed specifically for the particular auto or truck frames they carried. Of course, these were

I need some help. I am trying to find (remember) the name of an article / author. I believe it also was made into a supplemental publication. I can't find what I had saved. The topic was

Brian, according to the C&NW diagram book, these cars had AAR self- aligning spring-plankless trucks made by ASF except for ten cars in the 46101-46599 series which were equipped with ASF A-3 "Ride

mopac51.tripod wrote: Actually the cars were rebuilt ca. 1935 and at that time carried PMcK&Y reporting marks. They were relettered P&LE very shortly afterwards, however, apparently around 1937.

...specifically the Wabash in the early 50's. Thought this type of service was common on the Wabash, there seems to be a lack of photo documentation. What cars would be fair game and would other

I'm getting close to finishing up the Tichy rebuilt boxcar and will decal as one of the P&LE cars in RPC Volume 17 on page 43 using Jerry Glow's set. P&LE 83759 is pretty weathered with a black NYC

Bill, I think most of us agree that foobies (bogus paint & lettering) is an important part of recouping an investment -- but it cuts two ways. For example, consider IM putting bogus paint jobs on a

Pierre Hah! Have you seen Bill's tank cars? I'll open the bidding at $150, and I'm sure it will go much higher... I would never imply that building resin kits to the level that we build them (as Tom

I have a p2k model of one of the above 50-ton flats that has been languishing on the bench since I don't know what trucks these guys had. Any help greatly appreciated. Brian J. Carlson,

Group, I am trying to finish a Sunshine Kit 78.4 and this is one of those times when build by the prototype photo will not completely work. The kit is for one of the 36' Illinois Terminal house cars

Ed: It is hard to quibble with you if we are talking strictly about actual numbers of prototypes but I will give it a shot. It occurs to me that IM has done a steel milk reefer that has limited

--- On Sat, 7/10/10, behillman <chris_hillman@...> wrote: From: behillman <chris_hillman@...> Subject: [STMFC] Stillwell Trucks To: STMFC@... Date: Saturday, July 10, 2010, 3:23

Bill, An insulated tank could certainly be made for installation on the existing IM Type 27 underframe. The last thing I want to do is throw cold water on the idea, but it should be pointed out

GUYZ,            The costs discussed are well within the reason of craftsman's work. How much do custom painters charge to tear down a steam loco, paint, and reassemble, detail and

It is occasionally remarkable what some people are prepared to pay for an unbuilt Sunshine kit. But the long turn around time from Martin is a major factor. It's that instant gratification thing. I

I think tom meant his Resin stuff. I bid on the Wabash car, but not nearly that high. why? Because, I have plenty of my own kits to build and if I can get a built kit for what I think is a reasonable

Bill.   That price was unbelievable.  I have 1 with a price tag on the box of $28.95.   Dennis Williams/ Owner www.resinbuilders4u.com

Among the multitude of almost-finished projects on my workbench is a Sunshine mini-kit for converting an IM 10'-6" IH boxcar into a 1942 MoP ACF car. So far the project has absorbed the mini-kit, one

Recently someone sent me the results on the bidding for one of Sunshine's AC&F insulated tank car kits. Note I said kit, as in unbuilt. The price was well over $200. (I built two of these, wonder what