Folks: The felloe Dan Mitchell mentions is Jeff Eggert. A while ago (October, 2003) Jeff showed his model of C&NW 742149 at a division meet in Two Rivers, WI. It is exquisite. He made new sides and

The ends of the cars in the photo's of the 27001 series are rather unique. Did these cars also use the standard USRA end? Bill Pardie Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

Steve, those are probably the 'return to' stenciling. They would be at the extreme left of the car side, butted up against the end of the car above the grabs. That was the MoPac standard location

Guy Wilber wrote: Perfectly stated, Guy. I have had a copy for years and still use it. Tony Thompson tony@...

I would like to model a Missouri Pacific AAR boxcar in the38525-38574 series. This car has the "DF2" markings to the upper left of the door. It also has several lines of small type above and to

Guy, I agree. Greg Martin Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

Randy, “Thank You” for providing the link to read on line. Lester Breuer

Bob, Very interesting; thanks for the pointer. Jim Brewer

Evolution Of Delaware & Hudson House Cars This is a link to an article titled, "Evolution of the 40′ Steam Era House Cars of the Delaware & Hudson" from Matt Forsyth's D&H Penn Division

I wrote to Brian that I am sure there were cars with BCR ends and black ends. Model to a photo. So now he has a photo to justify his modeling work. Schuyler

Aaron, that is one good looking gondola. Is that the Westerfield G22 twin-pak flat-Pack version? I'm keeping your pictures for reference for when I build mine. RJ Dial Burlingame, CA

Your gon looks good, Claus. I've done something similar with some of my HO gons. Jim Hunter

 Hi Bob, I've done this in N scale to a gondola by lining the inside of the gon with several layers of heavy duty aluminum foil. Then use a small soldering iron to heat the inside of the gon and,

Another fine build George. Deck well done. Lester Breuer

The book Freight Car Distribution and Car Handling in the United States is also available to read online: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015006075272 Randy -- — Randy Hammill Modeling

One can carefully gouge the inside between panels with a motor tool behind the bulges. In my observation, the sheet metal bulges but the structural members of the car are much more robust on

For a loaded gon I’ve built the panel’s up with thick super glue to replicate bulges. Of course if the gon is empty this doesn’t work on the inside.

I vaguely remember Allen McClelland did an article way back in RMC about doing this. Roger Huber Deer Creek Locomotive Works

Um, no one advocates melting. Softening and bending are very different from melting. Tony Thompson

Years ago I came upon a most realistic warping of a steel freight car side when I wasn't careful in mixing the two components for a urethane pour into the box car side's mold. After removal from the