Bob looks good. Only one small issue is the cars have 8 rung ladders not 9. You picked a good number too. 5000-5249 had superior doors. 5250-5499 had Youngstown. Brian J. Carlson

Yes Mel, John White's American Railroad Freight Car has an excellent detailed plan of this car on pp354-355. It's reproduced from Engineering News of April 19, 1890 (so a bit outside the time frame

"With a bit of trepidation. . ." Bob, glad to see you are not cowed by comments from some who have never shared photos of their modeling thus conveintly avoiding scrutiny. I like your weathering

Actually, if you convert the color of these to a yellow, you can use them on just about any UPRR freight cars. I made them up in three sizes to best fit the scale. In HO they work out to roughly 2",

Here's a master I made for UP stock cars, because the Microscale set is (or was - they may have added it) missing the end markings -- or was it thew Athearn decorated cars -- its been so long I forgot

There's no reason for anyone to think that Rutand stock cars were painted in a color different from the boxcars, Bill, so the Iron Oxide should stand you in good stead. Hope to see the finished car

Bob Great job on the CB&T car. I have a ton of these cars to do. You have given me some inspiration to get one of these cars out and up grade it as well. Dave

Nice work Bob! Jim Brewer

Bob It looks great. Paul Doggett. England

With a bit of trepidation, here's another upgrade to a rivet-starved C&BT carbody from deep in the unbuilt kit stash -- this one the 7-foot door variation, detailed for NKP.

A fellow modeler is interested in building the attached ore car and asked if there are any drawings available. Any chance someone here would know about this car and have better photos and a possible

Thank you Al for bringing the discussion back to the topic. I have no reason to believe Rutland stock cars were painted any differently than their boxcars—Oxide Red it will be. Bill Welch

I start with .010 brass with and flatten whatever length I visualize I need to form the handle with Chain Nose Pliers little bit by little bit. Then I use Needle Nose Pliers to further try to flatten

Brokers dress well to this day. Chicken attendants looked like hobos after a three day bender, and oftentimes were. Ray Breyer Elgin, IL

Going back to Bill's original question, Jordan, "Rutland in Color", has photos of R 8118 (p 39), 8283, 8060 (both p 78). 8033, 7999 (both p 102). All look oxide red; but they're all box cars. I don't

Great work as usual Bill. How do you make the handle in the middle of the door? I need 4 of them for every IC caboose I own. I tried bending phosphate bronze wire but I can't make it look

Sorry I have NOT priced these yet. Just digging them out as part of a move of trains from one house to another. Would consider selling everything... you may offer but please give me a chance to work

Ryan's company is National Scale Car. I bought a set of his door stops and happy to see how one looks. Brian Leppert Carson City, NV

Amazing Bill, You continue to raise the bar. Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

The Boys at the Clearwater Car Shops broke out their Stynylrez Neutral Yellow primer yesterday and here are the results. Many harvested rivets and even more Archer Rivet decals. Ladder have .010