I am building the Funaro 8 hatch reefer (slowly). It is going to be a 6-series with car numbers 210300-210599. Does anybody know what kind of stirrup should be under the ladder on the car sides?

Lester That’s a really nice looking build. Paul Doggett England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Sean, I have done the car in resin, photo attached, making masters or using parts for masters from two other kits for masters. I plant to write it up as my next blog post. The decals did come the

Double checking Al, is the attached your new page? It is not as you describe. Bill Welch

FWIW I agree with Todd. When I look closely at the photo I see a second roof on top of the original roof of this former box car. Something one would see on a "shed". Bob Witt

I apologize for another request but my Facebook page was compromised. I had to start a new one, still under Al Westerfield. It has a photo of a box car and covered hopper at the top. The new page

Lots of talk. Adding to anecdotes, I was in Tucson maybe ~15-18 years ago and had time to go SE along the old EP&SW line. I see a freight pass, and it has Abrams tanks on DOD flats, maybe 3 of them,

Hi All I am building 2 CNW GATC boxcars in 1-1/2" scale. Does anyone have the detailing instructions for the Sunshine 31.12 kit? Thanks Tim Meyer floridatenwheeler at Verizon dot net

Sean, You can try Ken Soroos at projects@... , the society used to print a whole bunch of decals, but with no cars to put them on, why bother. They may still have some sets left. These should also

Dennis and others, Thanks for the information, I think I have enough information so far to start the build. Is their a good decal source for these cars? I am surprised by the lack of pre-1950 Soo

I will disagree with Dan's statement that "The depressed-center flat is the transport carrier for the M-103 Heavy Tank...". First, while there is a photo that appears to show an M-103 on such a car,

Bear in mind that half of all weapons, fuel and food supplied to the USSR during World War II was shipped from West Coast ports to Vladivostok through Japanese controlled waters with the Liberty ships

Not really. In addition to the booms and winches of the ship, ports usually had much more powerful cranes available. Nowadays 70-ton M-1 tanks and much heavier items are routinely loaded the same way,

Out here in California, when there were still CA congresscritters who supported the defense of the country, Sharpe Army base bear Stockton did repair / rebuilding of damaged tanks… rail transport in

I mostly agree. The only places where such military trains would be commonplace is around military bases, defense contractors, or ports. The number of such movements would be HIGHLY related to current

I sometimes confuse people by telling them “my OTHER car" is a "1944 Buick supercharged 9-cylinder ragtop"! It’s not heavily armored, but would sure get the best of most highway encounters. Also

Steve, I did the same for my Trix/Marklini U.P. Stock Cars. The Acurail underframe lines up fairly well with very light sanding. For the Trix/Marklin U.P. Box cars I use the Speedwitch underframes.

Hadn't thought of that, in fact I haven't torn into this car. I'm only going to do one. But if there's a height issue with the car, that would definitely be easier. Ron Merrick

Hal is a master of painting and rebuilding brass steam locomotives. -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Another possibility is that the car contained small water tanks similar to those on pickle cars. Certain railroads, such as the Katy and the Milwaukee Road, built water cars like that for use mostly