Ed, How likely would it be for a car built in 1937/38 to get repainted, especially in wartime? I personally think it would be pretty rare, and without evidence a slightly later scheme, I would run

In Arizona today along the Sunset route it is common to see strings of tank cars labeled for sulfuric acid loading as they are a part of copper smelting operations. I am modeling a portion of an SP

Dave, I think some of the expanded metal rb's were TRANSCO rather than GYPSUM*. Unfortunately, as far as I know the etched TRANSCO rb's from Plano only fit the Intermountain PFE and SFRD ice

To the Group, What Bruce stated is what I always believed to be the case until about 6 months ago I purchased an Al Armitage print of a as-built M-53 (#381303) in service still lettered with

How many M-53s have been done? Sunshine, F&C, who else? This is the first in styrene I think. Andy

Here is the link to the image I wanted earlier: http://www.shorpy.com/node/9682?size=_original I'm sure these dumpers were hard on the cars, that seems to be a recurring comment that the Salida

David, I wondered about the strength of the side assemblies get the loads thru the body bolster when being clamped in a dumper and then tilted or rotated.  The earlier cars had very rigid,

That depends on the car in question. The Ralston GS gons certainly did have doors over the trucks, as did some Cambria cars of that era. The broader point about the volume used by the customer is

That looks like it will be a nice model in either HO or N if the do it right. If you look at that prototype photo you can see the Tatum slack adjuster there on the right side sill of car near the

Marty, no I was asking about the plain B&O capital dome in a circle. Bruce, thanks for confirming that the plain B&O capital dome should be on the cars in the as-delivered scheme. And Denis, good to

Let me remind folks that WrightTRAK has custom decals for these M53's that cover ALL the paintschemes as applied to these cars. Denis Blake 2011 Central Ohio Prototype Modelers Meet, May

Gene, Are you referring to the plain B&O capital dome that is seen on the left side of these cars? Yep, it is missing from the artwork! But hey, that's what decals are for ;^) and at least this

Dave Sieber wrote: "Three prime examples from my replace-the-running-boards bin: Kadee #s 4822, 4917 & 4924, as WP 19521, 21068 & 20834 respectively; the prototypes were built 10-51 in PS lot#8027,

Plain bearing trucks are correct for the as-built B&O PS-2 offered by Kadee. Bob Witt Larry Kline wrote: with plain bearing trucks, has the wrong trucks. >

Gene, If the lettering you're referring to is a small round "T" in a circle to the left of the number that indicates the car is suitable for B&O LCL "T"imesaver service. So it wouldn't have been on

The first photo I sent of RPRX 571 was taken at Fayetteville, NC by Col. Chet McCoid in 10/51 (Bob's Photo Collection). The photo below of MUNX 3483 was taken in 1940 and is from the Joe

Clark, I'd be curious where Bob got "lots of pictures" of the 37' Mather reefers in Rath service. I was a consultant to Red Caboose on the HO scale model and found very few photos of the 37'

--- In STMFC@..., Tim O'Connor wrote: "Many of the PS-1 box cars have incorrect running boards" and Benjamin Hom wrote: "Which PS-1s? Which road names?" Gentlemen, Three prime examples

Dennis, Thanks for the short and logical historical update.  Al

I have a friend that models in 1 1/2" gauge, he's building a Mathers reefer and has some questions I how you fellas can answer? So I can pass them along to him and take the credit of course : ) Any