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Re: Sunshine Mini-Kit for Kato Hopper

The most obvious difference is the use of seam caps over the gaps between the roof panels. This was common on both GATC and ACF cars -- some railroads bought them that way, and others bought them as

By Tim O'Connor <timoconnor@...> · #9263 ·

Re: Shipper's Directories

After you go to this web site. what do you do? No place to move on to. Thank you Larry Jackman Jeff Aley - GCD PE wrote:

By Lawrence Jackman <ljack70117@...> · #9255 ·

Re: Shipper's Directories

This page will get you there: http://www.geocities.com/scotm2_50158/CGWDIR.htm Pete Ismail Colorado Springs, CO

By Rawil Ismail <p.ismail@...> · #9261 ·

Re: AAR 40' Boxcar Door Widths

Dave, that helps a lot. I'd say I need to obtain a lot more cars with 6' doors for a railroad of the 1950's! Thanks, Shawn

By Shawn Beckert · #9260 ·

Re: AAR 40' Boxcar Door Widths

By Dave & Libby Nelson <muskoka@...> · #9258 ·

Re: Shipper's Directories

Larry, What more do you want? :-) OK, if you really want to see the industries, go to http://www.geocities.com/scotm2_50158/CGWDIR.htm Regards, -Jeff P.S. Sorry about that!! -- Jeff Aley

By Jeff Aley - GCD PE <jaley@...> · #9256 ·

Re: Shipper's Directories

I do. There is a CGW Directory from 1957 available on the web. See http://www.geocities.com/scotm2_50158/DirTitlePage.htm Enjoy, -Jeff -- Jeff Aley jaley@... DPG

By Jeff Aley - GCD PE <jaley@...> · #9254 ·

Re: Sunshine Mini-Kit for Kato Hopper

Mike B wrote: I agree completely. The Kato model is clearly based on the GATC and Ralston cars, not ACF or Pullman. The main spotting feature is the latch bar: GATC and Ralston used two latch bars

By D. Scott Chatfield · #9253 ·

Re: AAR 40' Boxcar Door Widths

Shawn Beckert asked: What year? 7' and 8' doors were relatively uncommon until after 1954. After 1954 the number of cars built with 6' doors dropped quickly, but of course they stayed in service

By D. Scott Chatfield · #9252 ·

AAR 40' Boxcar Door Widths

List, Looking at the Branchline web page just now, I'm struck by the sheer variety of cars with 6', 7' and 8' door widths. Wanting to "do the right thing" with my hobby dollars as far as having the

By Shawn Beckert · #9250 ·

Re: PRR Merchandise Service Boxcars

interchange service?< foot cars)and the X29b's were rebuilt for speciallized service. LCL service and most were reportly in periodical servive, "magazines", ect. Most cars were equiped with

By skunkskunk2001 <fwj@...> · #9249 ·

Re: PRR Merchandise Service Boxcars

Allen and all, Aleen wrote... First let's say never say never... No not normally. The cars were origianlly built (50-foot and 60-foot cars)and the X29b's were rebuilt for speciallized service.

By Greg Martin · #9248 ·

Re: Western Railway of Alabama PS-1 Colors

Ed, Thanks for the info. Turns out #5 is the only RPC I don't have - yet. However, I'd still like to know: Were these the first cars to wear this paint scheme? Maybe I should rephrase the question.

By Shawn Beckert · #9247 ·

Re: Reporting Marks

Hi Folks, Thanks to Larry and Guy for answering my question on the reporting marks. Now can someone tell me how a shoe company would use a 8000 gal tank car? The car in question is being routed to

By howiselary <glw@...> · #9246 ·

Re: Sunshine Mini-Kit for Kato Hopper

Shawn Beckert writes: I'm not going to address problems with the roof, but I do believe that the Kato car more closely models the General American car rather than ACF. Here's a message I sent out a

By Mike Brock <brockm@...> · #9245 ·

Re: Sunshine Mini-Kit for Kato Hopper

Mike Brock's reply: <SNIP> Shawn and Mike, In addition to the ATSF cars built by AC&F, there were quite a few other 1958 cubic foot covered hoppers with ribbed roofs (compared to smooth roofs with

By HAWK0621@... · #9262 ·

post war extinctions - was USRA box car brake systems - B&M

By ian clasper <ian@...> · #9244 ·

Re: Sunshine Mini-Kit for Kato Hopper

Nothing, it was to match a ATSF prototype Ian Clasper

By ian clasper <ian@...> · #9243 ·

Sunshine Mini-Kit for Kato Hopper

Guys, Someone mentioned that one of the Sunshine mini-kits was a replacement roof for the Kato ACF 70-Ton hopper. I'm afraid to ask this, but: what was wrong with the Kato roof? Shawn Beckert

By Shawn Beckert · #9242 ·

Re: Western Railway of Alabama PS-1 Colors

Shawn, No, the PS-1s weren't the first to wear the aluminum and black scheme. There were some 1937 AAR box cars built late 1941 originally painted aluminum and black. Ed Hawkins

By HAWK0621@... · #9257 ·

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