Never say never. Some Santa Fe metal running boards were left galvanized George Hollwedel

I agree, The idea that a paint needs to be exactly “Erie Brown” is ridiculous for an in-service and slightly weathered car. Paint fades and weathers differently. Plenty of examples of this can be

Only if it is a wooden roof walk... metal roof walks match the roof color. Bill Daniels Santa Rosa, California

And just to add to the discussion, most of the ERIE boxcars I saw during 5+ years of prowling about the E-L Port Jervis Yard were a lot browner than the photo posted. I suspect the slide in the photo

Not to rain on Leater's parade but the running board should be Mineral Brown, like the car body. Bill W

Or buy a bottle of Tru Color Erie Freight Car Brown, which is matched to color chips and is more brown than the red in the photo. Nelson Moyer

Brian, TESTORS Flat Grapefruit in the 1/4oz. bottles. I gat mine at Michaels Arts and Craft. It is a rather new color. It may be a bit light, but very close. Greg Martin Sent from my Verizon,

Hello Group & Brian! My best choice for the ERIE's FCR was the Floquil FCR for the ATSF. I have never compared it with Vallejo or Tamiya but perhaps that color would provide you a basis to

And the printed colour charts from Vallejo are of little help as well, as I've discovered Best thing to do is take the photo to the shop and peruse the options Pierre

My only local hobby shop caters more to the plastic kit (airplanes, cars etc) modelers than Model RR but they are good for things like paint. I am going to be painting an Erie Boxcar in the near

Replying to my own post, I'd be happy to see a steel-side rebuild of any of these Santa Fe cars, I'd be happier yet to see a decal with an actual 8' circle-cross and the three-line 'ship and

This year's SHAKE N TAKE seminar is the Santa Fe's BX-34 40-foot single door boxcar as presented by our own John Barry. This year's car gets back the heart of SHAKE N TAKE being simplicity, as

Considering that I recently finished a RI 141000. have a raised-roof Bx-11 in the decaling stage, and have two raised-roof Bx-12 with bodies assembled and underframe mostly finished, I have mixed

Yep, we've all been there. Better pics or info come out after the car is done, and it will always bug you until addressed (well, it does me at least). You did a really nice save. RJ Dial Burlingame,

Sir, A big part of doing magazine articles for Rr HSs is getting high res images. Many are offered conditional on being paper published only. If digital copies are offered then they

Bruce, I believe that that hole is not what Jon is referring to... but rather the “bubbling” of incipient corrosion along the bottom of the sides. This is similar to what happened to the PRR X29

Nice work, Lester. This is one of those simple tasks that gives a freight car a bit of character as it follows the prototype. Thank for sharing! Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro,

Doug thanks for the referral Mark

I have repainted the roof on ATSF class Bx-48 twelve side panel steel boxcar numbered 274525. If you are interested as to why and how, photos and writeup of the repaint process including paint and

Check with Denver Public Library. They may have the drawings he is looking for. The drawing for sale on ebay is a what John Maxwell retraced and he use to sell when he was alive. He son, Bruce was