But didn't IM produce both the Caswell and the caboose after the stock cars?? I know the caboose was after the stock car but I forget when the Caswell was first sold. Maybe the

Thanks everyone. What I'd like to find are engineering drawings... most anything on freight cars that has a lot of dimensional data -- much more than the small folio drawings. Any of you who have

Then one can only hope that it is a far better model than Intermountain's really poor GPEX 6,000 gal. milk tank car. These cars, incidentally, were carried in both freight and passenger trains even

Bill's experience is much more succcessful than mine at MHS or anywhere else. This is due to my lack of electronic equipment and knowledge of how to work with the staff, etc. However, the MHS is very

A while back we all enjoyed a well informed and enlightening discussion on the Rail Shop and F&C car kits for the carbon black cars. Several years ago I started to build my first ever resin kit, the

Jerry. I think that both Richard and Jared are quite aware of the IM offering. I base Richard's awareness on the review he wrote, published in "The Warbonnet." I think Jared is just gently

I spent five days there researching Western Fruit Express. I used a digital camera to copy the numerous letters, memos, reports etc. Staff is very helpful. Pulling boxes, etc was easy and was done

I'm amazed that you are not aware of Intermountin's offering. Some of their variations are bogus but with careful selection, it is a very nice accurate model. Jerry Glow

Jeff Koeller made a number of visits there and did some cataloging of the drawings. Does anyone know if Jeff left a copy of his work with the folks at MHS? I've lost contact with Jeff. Have the MHS

I have been there several times.  Lots of good stuff on freight cars and the NP and GN in general.  Be sure to check their hours and plan to be there the whole day. Cyril Durrenberger

Has anyone on the list got anything to say about the usefulness of information on steam era freight cars at the Minnesota Historical Society? I'm looking at a couple of catalog entries of theirs for

Hi folks, I've got plenty of great information from this list, so here's a little tidbit that I picked up. I'm modifying an F&C X28a to better represent the prototype - moving the seam to the left of

Yes, Jared, I did say that, and yes, we do have Santa Fe stock cars in plastic. And they have not sold well, and the manufacturer who produced them has told me (actually, in a discussion about

Richard, That's basically what you said some years ago when I commented that it would be nice to have Santa Fe stock cars in plastic. Do we have Santa Fe stock cars in plastic? Jared Harper Athens,

John Hile wrote: "I have been doing my research, trying to determine which of the new Rapido meat reefers would be suitable for mid-`52 to mid-'53," Such as where were the various packing houses

The prevention of disease would be of much greater concern to someone shipping spring calves to the Midwest for "finishing" than to someone shipping stock to slaughter, where the stock likely had

Richard Hendrickson wrote: "TVAX 1053 appears in the photo to have been a 10K gal. GATC car built before GATC switched from riveted to welded tanks, so it's certainly a second-hand steam era car,

Bob, the cars in photos 23 and 24 appear to be white-lined and out of service. TVAX 1053, in photo 25, has reporting marks and numbers but the data lettering is insufficient for it to have been

Hello All, I have been doing my research, trying to determine which of the new Rapido meat reefers would be suitable for mid-`52 to mid-'53, and am looking first at the Kingan cars. I'll make some

Bob, The trailer in photo 24 tells me that we are not in the steam era and the ACI's came in the mid to late '60's. The tank cars appear to be built prior to the mid 50's but Richard Hendricks can