The planks are too obvious in my opinion. But I guess it's six of one, half dozen of the other. Kadee "Bettendorf" attached On 10/26/2022 2:36 PM,

But Tim, my truck has the BLM detail. Which is more important? Brian TMW

Brian, the Santa Fe Fe-15 cars had trucks without spring planks. Otherwise your truck is very similar. On 10/26/2022 2:28 PM, brianleppert@... wrote: -- Tim

In those years Santa Fe liked trucks with the Barber Lateral Motion Devises. Check out Tahoe Model Works' 109/209 trucks. Brian Leppert Tahoe Model Works Carson City, NV

I need trucks for an ATSF Fe-15 auto box. Richard Hendrickson's book on the cars specifies "AAR standard design cast steel w/integrally cast journal boxes". Looking at his article on freight car

Surprising how nice the stenciling is on that model. Well done as always Rich. Keep your eye on Joe next ops ; )) Clark Propst Sent from Mail for Windows

All- My comment was from the perspective of a student of Model Railroad product decisions. That somebody decided it would be a good decision to seemingly randomly flip open a Cyclopedia and tool

Impressive what can be done with an old kit that was originally far from modern standards! And I’m glad it wasn’t me doing the decals on the door. Nice one, Rich. Tony Thompson

Really good looking car build. Excellent decal work over the door. Neat prototype too. Bob Allan Omaha

indeed (albeit they were uncommon trucks) On 10/25/2022 11:48 PM, Tony Thompson wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

What number series was that ? RCW did a specific MP car built for express service, with tons of rivets ! On 10/25/2022 8:50 PM, Mike Huddleston via groups.io wrote:

Nicely done Rich. Some nice improvements to an old kit Thanks for sharing George Toman

Well done Richard, nice finish and excellent painting and lettering. Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

C’mon, Charlie, join the 20th century. Read the book. They are Symington-Gould XL tracks. Not weird. Tony Thompson tony@...

On Tue, Oct 25, 2022 at 10:03 AM, Tim O'Connor wrote: I increasingly suspect that we're looking at a film photography artifact (color shift) in that one photo. It happens.Yep. Look at the way the body

Fantastic work Rich, as always! Thank you for sharing. The paint scheme with the large slant serif lettering over the doors is a favorite of mine. -- Cheers Jeff Helm The Olympic Peninsula

Anybody notice that the PFE express reefer has the Lionel MPC weird trucks! Charlie VLK

Very, very well done and a very eye catching car in any consist. Gary Laakso

Hey Rich, That car should not be unattended on the mainline! Isn’t the Red River due?🤪 Joe Binish New Hope MN

I can confirm the original IGN image from 1945 does have a 5-8 side panel pattern thanks to Ed Hawkins. There were other cars built in 1941 with a fishbelly underframe that had a 4-6 pattern. Resin