I've updated my list to show the new sets I've added recently. Look for the "NEW" logo. Most are for F&C replacements + a few others including one for the recently P&LE car. Jerry

Frank, A roster of twin PS-2s was published in Dec. 2003 Railmodel Journal, roughly the time the Kadee model was introduced. Regards, Ed Hawkins

Schuyler admitted: < Never saw a need for a double action brush, but then that may be my failing, not <seeking one out to try. The concept of a double action air brush can seem intimidating and,

Thank you to all of you for your replies. It looks like this year, I may be asking Santa for some "new" stock car and reefer kits. By the way, Armand, have you posted any of those New York State

Bill, do you have a link? Clark Cone [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

I agree with most of what I hear, and also still use my old Pasche for applying Floquil and other solvent-based paints, but do like my double-actions for control. My Iwata double-action is great for

Also fruit and vegetables. Barry Bennett Coventry, England

On steamfreightcars.com there are some lists that have proven very useful, of as-built info on various freight car types like 1937 AAR boxcar, 1932 ARA boxcar, etc., listing each road and number

Schuyler Larrabee wrote: I'll confess, now that Schuyler's broken the ice, that I do the vast majority of my airbrushing with an old Badger single action brush, which works fine for almost

Denny, of course I remember that conversation. Mostly I remember thinking that I'd done all my modeling with a Binks Wren, and still do. Never saw a need for a double action brush, but then that may

Victor Baird asked: Rather late in the steam era, C&NW converted hundreds of its "USRA clone" SS boxcars in 1954-55. Reduced capital expenditure was probably important to the North Western, and

SAL did it too--with B-class box cars. John Golden O'Fallon, IL

The Wabash converted six hundred 40000 series single sheath auto cars, built by AC&F in 1925, into stock cars. Single deck cars, numbers 15000-15399, will converted in 1933-34. Double deck cars,

John Riddell wrote: John is fond of referring to this meat shipment idea for 8- hatch reefers as a myth, but it's one derived from the published comments of Canadian railroaders. The point

Interestingly, the RI had some stock cars built new to the same basic design as their B2 boxcars and THEN rebuilt some of their boxcars into stock cars. I am hoping to discuss these in more detail

Rob, Canadian stock cars did indeed travel across the border into the U.S. for about a century transporting animals for grazing, feeding and slaughter. A 44-page Canadian National Railways

Add Northern Pacific to the list. The 40' Pig Palace cars 84000-84188 were rebuilt c. 1958 from 8000-8199 single sheathed double door auto box cars. Matt Herson

Tony Thompson has already responded re: the SP stock cars that were converted from box cars, as has Staffan Ehnbom re: the GN's rebuilt cars. In addition, the Santa Fe had several thousand stock

And the M&StL. Gene Green

As an addition to the pondering about Canadian stock cars and reefers in the U.S., some years ago we ran an article in CN Lines about loading stock cars with Alberta coal. Plywood sheets were placed