Bill You are not on your own using slotted screws I us BA screws as US screws are not readily available over here, BA ( British Association) are slotted. Paul Doggett. England

Randy, you can purchase the drawings at the Pullman Library, Illionois Railway Museum. The original drawings state: 3/32" roof plates and rivets, see drawing. The wooden construction must have been

Dear Garth, the store cars were still on the system in the 1950's, see picture: SAC 7-56. They were numbered 8051-8085 from the start and went into MW/scrapped. Why are boxcars assigned to plaster

We have one of these box cars in our museum shop, WP 2711, wreck train rider car (Elko) , earlier numbers unknown, To Heber UT, converted to a tourist rider car, to Nevada State Railroad Museum

I knew there are "Prototype Police," had no idea there was a "Slotted Screw" police force. I better be careful about "screwing up." Bill Welch

Pretty sure those "brackets" are hinges for ice loading doors. Best, Dave Smith

Brian: Wonderful pictures, thank you very much for sharing them. Gary Laakso Northwest of Mike Brock

Hi Bill, Nothing really, but I have a very strong preference for Philips head screws, primarily because the screw driver can’t easily slide out of the slot as with slotted screws. The down side

Nothing ‘wrong’ with slotted screws, but RTR cars have mostly Philips. I started with slotted because I couldn’t source 2-56 Philips in the lengths I needed locally, but as I got serious about

From the Steamtown site today. http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-12-10-19/X4586.jpg along with SFRD reefer 6719

So I was wrong! Clark, for the CN cars you seek the article you want to read is Railmodel Journal October 2000. Available on TrainLife I believe. Colin Meikle

Fred and friends, What I said, or intended to say, was that WP 8051-8055 were the last of the ex-15001 cars in general service, and that they were gone before 1949. The renumbered 26001-series was

What is wrong with slotted screws, I have 400 of them?! Well truthfully I have probably used 100 from that 400 screw order. And then there are the 400+ models already built. Have I messed up using

Garth, You discussed those cars with me (among others). John's pictures and info is stashed away at the moment, so out of reach. I also supplied you with copies of the Pullman drawings. The last

hi: how were the seams or joints sealed? thanks mrl perry

Guys, I have copies of the Pullman drawings, pictures of the cars in question and I can assure you the roof of these cars consisted of overlapping steel sheets through their lifes from 1916-1983.

Hi Larry, I'm 3D printing these at home on a Formlabs Form 2 SLA resin printer, it uses a acrylic liquid resin that is UV photo-sensitive. I do end up with some support blemishes on one side of the

What a relief! With all the discussion about the roof on these cars I was pleased to find when I got home today that Andy got the roof right in his kit. The plan in the March 1990 Mainline Modeler

Bill, Great work - thanks for posting the photos. I have to admit I cringed when I saw the slotted screws - perhaps they are just place holders for what you will use for the final assembly.

These cars look extremely well done. Two questions- who does your printing, and what is the resin or plastic that is used? Sincerely, Larry King ,<lrkdbn@...>