Paul, No need to come to a "consensus". Jerry Britton sentout a pole to the PRR lists every year asking for the top 3 requests in a variety of categories. He simply coalated the responses in

Is it possible to (a) reach a consensus,  and (b) choose say five cars and (c) campaign heavily with the model manufacturers for their production?   Then each year update the list bumping those that

I think the GATC 6-dome tanks would be good sellers -- they went all over the country, and wore a number of paint schemes. I'd definitely be interested in several. The brass PSC models usually fetch

http://goldsales.co.cc/74m1

In source material, I have always seen XLT car hardware discussed in a B&O freight car context. QUESTION: has anybody seen XLT hardware mentioned in non-B&O or vendor literature and

The B&O hopper car at North Conway, marked 829839, is a curious aberration. During 1965-66, B&O leased some offset side twin hoppers from Maine Central, all painted in B&O Billboard lettering scheme.

Speaking of missing significant cars I have a top 6 list of cars and 1 engine that would be great to have but is not available in HO-scale. And this list is not in any kind of order. - Pennsylvania

Some thoughts: Chris Barkan termed the M-15 as the boxcar that would not die. M-15 (wood) subclass to M-15k wagontop (1935-6) to M-15na (1955) to M-15pd. Three rebuildings. Note that the M-15k

I would like a good (accurate) 2 ,3, or 6 dome tank (injected). While I realize they were rare I think they would sell. The manufacture (or importer) could paint them with granny goose for all

Sure, John. I have numerous photos. Richard Hendrickson

Is there any record out there as to how the prewar ACF Type 27 USQX cars were painted and lettered after they became USAX cars in the postwar era? John Hile

--- In STMFC@..., Tim O'Connor wrote: I think the car most likely to be seen on the prototype while least likely to be seen on a model layout remains the UTLX X-3 tank car ... There are at

Richard Hendrickson writes: All of this having been well I would speculate that your barber might reduce his fee after you have run Prototype Rails AND the STMFC for ten yrs.<G> Actually, I

Here are some photos of the N&W H-10 http://nwhs.org/archivesdb/listdocs.php?index=rs&id=759&Type=Picture And here are some photos of the N&W

Beginning in 3-1956 to past the end of the list's period of interest. Jim, have you considered the N&W H-9?  These were the two-bay hoppers rebuilt from the Class HL; N&W had lots and lots of

On Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:57:22 -0400, mike brock wrote Nope. You can't make an H10 out of an H2a, if you could I'd already have a bunch of kitbashes in the works. It's easier to scratch build it.

I'm sure most of them were black, Tim, as I remember seeing them in the late '40s and early '50s. As for your color photo showing a green car, one can't argue with photographic evidence (though,

From my observations in Lala land, I've seen high sided MP gondolas (usually singles) with coke but full strings of hoppers were coal. Jerry Glow

Andy Harman writes: Well...there isn't much difference between an H2a and an H10. The H10 is 4" wider but the other dimensions are the same. I'll be on the lookout for the N&W hopper and measure

It doesn't, Andy, not even close AHM made it as a modified tank on their 10,500 gal. "chemical car," a cheap copy of the inaccurate Athearn "chemical car." So it's tank scales out to about S