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Re: GTW 50’ Auto Box

Seth, The number of panels and size differs compared to the Proto car vs the car in your photo. GTW did have cars that match the Proto cars number of panels and sizes though. I modelled one of the

By Ryan Mendell · #196889 ·

Re: SAL Rebuilt Lumber Box Cars

12-57 (picture of 20209) On 11/26/2022 11:53 AM, Bill Parks via groups.io wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

By Tim O'Connor · #196888 ·

Need Westerfield #4352 prototype data sheet and instructions and appropriate decals for 36' Fowler Erie boxcar

Group, I have a kit without instructions and prototype data sheet for Westerfield #4352 36' Fowler Erie boxcar. Once I have the instructions, I will have a little better idea of what decals that I

By Chuck Cover · #196887 ·

Re: SAL Rebuilt Lumber Box Cars

On Sat, Nov 26, 2022 at 09:59 AM, spsalso wrote: SAL 20200-20209 built 12-57.The SAL Color Guide (mentioned above) also says they were re-built in 1957 at the West Jacksonville Shops (where

By Bill Parks · #196886 ·

Re: SAL Rebuilt Lumber Box Cars

Re: the SAL cars. SAL 20053 not in July 1955 ORER, but in July 1956. SAL 20200-20209 built 12-57. There was a similar car on the Milwaukee: MILW 39000. Except it was bigger. IL was 48-3 and

By spsalso · #196885 ·

3D printed O scale box cars

Ryan Tamburrino shares his work developing and printing a pair of B&O box cars in the latest Resin Car Works blog post. http://blog.resincarworks.com/3d-printing-an-o-scale-box-car/ Eric Hansmann RCW

By Eric Hansmann · #196884 ·

Re: SAL Rebuilt Lumber Box Cars

Hi Guy, John Golden here. I hope you're doing great! SAL rebuilt 11 rebuilt B-5 cars with 20’ doors in mid-1950s. SAL 20053 was the first and was an experimental car, and I believe it was rebuilt

By golden1014 · #196883 ·

Re: SAL Rebuilt Lumber Box Cars

On Fri, Nov 25, 2022 at 02:48 PM, Guy Wilber wrote: Would anyone here have additional information, photos and/or diagrams of these cars?The first one was numbered 20053, and the other ten were

By Bill Parks · #196882 ·

Re: SAL Rebuilt Lumber Box Cars

Somewhat related is that GN built a similar car, GN 29001, in 1958. The timing hints that someone at GN thought it an interesting idea. The SAL cars and the GN cars were not so wonderful as to

By spsalso · #196881 ·

Re: GTW 50’ Auto Box

Seth & group, I agree with Bill on the sealing of end doors. That appears to be the case in my 1965 ORER. The 1955 ORER lists.573000-099 classified XM, no end doors Rich Christie

By Rich C · #196880 ·

Re: GTW 50’ Auto Box

The pictured car had end doors but may be sealed so does not show in the ORERs Bill Vaughn

By Bill Vaughn · #196879 ·

GTW 50’ Auto Box

Group is there a published roster of 5/5 ended 50’ 10’ IH both single door and double door boxes with and with out end doors that can be modeled with the Proto 2000/Walthers boxes? The reason

By Seth Lakin · #196878 ·

Re: P2k Mather 40' SS Muncie and Western box car MWR 1272

Bill, there was indeed a 'tall Mather' kit from Sunshine, kit 103. See attached for details. Craig Zeni Mayberry NC

By Craig Zeni · #196877 ·

Re: P2k Mather 40' SS Muncie and Western box car MWR 1272

Sorry should have read the header more carefully

By Philip Dove · #196876 ·

Re: P2k Mather 40' SS Muncie and Western box car MWR 1272

I recall that one of the P2k matcher cattle cars had some minor dimensional compromise so both double deck and single deck cars could be made from the same body.

By Philip Dove · #196875 ·

LS&MS 'Red Line' double sheathed boxcar

Hi List Members, Image of LS&MS 'Red Line' double sheathed boxcar at the Union Manufacturing Company facility in New Britain Connecticut (undated) at the link

By Claus Schlund \(HGM\) · #196874 ·

SAL Rebuilt Lumber Box Cars

The Seaboard Air Line put its first rebuilt SS 40 foot box car with 20 foot door openings into service in February of 1956. The doors were arranged allowing openings from the end to the center

By Guy Wilber · #196873 ·

Re: Resin and brass

Those are the ancient imported brass US Hobbies bulkhead cars -- stand in I guess for the General Steel postwar bulkheads cars later done in resin and then plastic from Atlas I think huge numbers of

By Tim O'Connor · #196872 ·

Re: MDT reefer

Tim Thank you. I used a mix of Sunshine and Microscale MDT set 87-890 Paul Doggett

By Paul Doggett · #196871 ·

Re: MDT reefer

nice build ! did you use the Sunshine decals ? On 11/25/2022 10:37 AM, Paul Doggett via groups.io wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

By Tim O'Connor · #196870 ·

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