The recent discussion about reefers came to mind when I found the following: To feed an American for an average lifetime, the following shopping list will take care of the essentials: 4 tons beef,

Rob, I had the same problem . . . Model Railroader of December, 1975, page59. I checked the internet for a used magazine vendor to obtain mycopy. Expensive but worth it for the wealth of data.

LOL – well, because I am building to O scale. Rob

---In STMFC@..., <smithbf@...> wrote : ​Lester, The X23 family of cars, including the R7, did not have stringers. I base this in an AB brake arrangement diagram for the X23, which clearly shows the

​Lester, The X23 family of cars, including the R7, did not have stringers. I base this in an AB brake arrangement diagram for the X23, which clearly shows the center sills, all of the cross-bearers

Ben, First a correction - inside widths for USRA and AAR std boxcars were 8' 6" and 9' 2" respectively. You're right about IW being increased when the cars were rebuilt. The CNW/CMO rebuilds had 9'2

These are PRR R7 class cars sold to FGEX when it was formed. PRR drawings are available from the PRRT&HS archives Drawings are C-40633, C-48069, C-65591 This is the link to the order form

Hello Group! In response to my morning's note about the subject, Dennis Storzek mentioned, "The gold standard for drawing search criteria is the builder's lot number; all drawings are organized by

I am working on an Westerfield Models R7 FGEX Refrigerator, kit 11661, to be numbered in the 45645 to 46270 series. A photo of a car in this series appears in Railway Prototype Cyc., Vol. 15, p.75.

Hi,   Most painted brass cabooses simply paint the roof walks the same color as the roof - factory or custom painted. Once in a while you will see one that is a different color but typically/usually

Working on a Westerfield Models FGEX R7 reefer which I will number in the series 45645 to 46270 using photo in Railway Prototype Cyc., Vol. 15, p.75 for lettering guide. My question is on the

---In STMFC@..., <mike_schleigh@...> wrote : ...Get on with it; the process was very easy as long as you provide the basic information the Library needs, i. e., car description including railroad and

After the hiatis I want to start hosting op sessions on the Alma branch again. The following days in February are open: Saturday the 10th and Saturday the 17th; Sunday the 11th, Sunday the 18th and

Ted was very helpful to me in obtaining a drawing for a C&O HS project years ago just after they moved in. Al Kresse

Over this past weekend, Group---- I received three sets of car builder drawing copies from the Pullman Library at the Illinois Railroad Museum. I had begun discussing these cars with Ted Anderson on

If you are in 1/87 scale why not use the Westerfield ends for this car? Bill Welch

I’m working on a model of the car end for these cars for another modeller, but so far am working from a poor ¾ view photo and the basic dimensions of murphy ends. It would be useful to obtain

Thanks for looking Ian. I have a blurred copy of a photo of GTW 441304, which is also an end door car. Far as I can tell from that photo, it too uses a truck with integral cast bolsters, so what I

Unfortunately, I don’t have a diagram sheet for these cars — if I did, I could cite a specific truck design. However, I think the Andrews truck that MM used is likely an unusual example. A

Believe from an earlier comment that I cannot find (Yahoo Groups search capacity not being what it was) that many USRA DS rebuilds were taken out to the width of a 1932 ARA/AAR boxcar, so that would