I'm not sure if this has been mentioned before regarding Chateau Martin cars before but here is a webpage with good information on their cars: http://coastdaylight.com/chatmart/cmwx_roster_1.html -

Some people have shown interest in the cars of this owner here. This is the first one I've seen of CMWX 1001 (a sliding door car) in full billboard

In case anyone is interested, there's a nice color slide of SHPX 6622, a six-dome tank car, on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140474722549 -Clark Cooper

Can't say definitively, but it was putting Ride Control trucks under its 50-ton cars of the same vintage and its 70-ton cars later in the decade. Bob Karig

I forgot to mention I have a very early scratch built model on eBay that expires soon: http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=Galt+Line&_sacat=See-All-Categories if you're

I have broken down the Broadway Website listings of these cars and matched them with the Lot Numbers in Terry Links website. You will find that a number of the cars are not lettered correctly for

Per Ian Cranstone's list in CN Lines 7/3, page 27, this car was built by Pullman in April, 1929. The car would have had cast-steel "Bettendorf" trucks when built. CN did not use National Type B

It shouldn't. The C&O (and NKP) ARA 1932 cars had a late Hutchins radial roof (which is not the same as the 1920s Hutchins radial). David Thompson

That is an incredible picture -- a really dark and disturbing force in me REALLY wants to model that scene!! LOL -Ryan

I have this Walthers car -- bought it at least 20 years ago. This would be an awesome choice for a resin kit, but it's probably too "modern" for most resin freight car enthusiasts. Tim O'Connor

These were rebuilds of the MDT 5000 and 3500 series composite reefers done in 1954-56 using Despatch Ends. Since the rebuild used an older under-frame with a full length side sill, the side panel

Looks like C. V. 412--- to me (I can't make out what's after the 412, or if the full # is 5 or 6 digits. Tim Barney

What trucks would these cars have had when built in 1952? Michael Kmetz

Thanks Al. I had better purchase #13! Saw a photo of 48500 in Train Shed #17. Really appreciate your reply. Mark Morgan

Looks like a CV car to me and believe Funaro has a kit for that one! Mark Morgan

I bought a kit from Valley Railroad Models today , first of all because he had a nice selection of F&C kits, and the price and shipping was attractive. Two hours after I ordered the owner called and

Tom Casey asked: "Do my eyes deceive me, or does this car (end doors/fire truck load) have "CV" (Central Vermont) reporting

Mark, Do my eyes deceive me, or does this car (end doors/fire truck load) have "CV" (Central Vermont) reporting marks? Was CV or CB&Q the original owner? Tom Casey

Greetings, I would like to model several of these cars leased by the WM in 1956. These were originally built by MDT in sept 1931 apparently for Northern Refrigerator Line. Here's a pic previously