Scott... I believe they were used by a brakeman to ride a car being set out or just moved if it needed to be uncoupled from the “left” end of the car. Jack Burgess

Yes. I have one of the grabs from the US Army cars that were stored at the EBT yard in Mt. Union. Funny thing is that it was just bolted to the side of the car - no sort of backer plate on the

Folks, One of the models I'm working on came with bracket grabs for the left of the sides. I know that this is an expedient use of a sprue originally designed for a different car, But it begs a

Folks, I believe the word 'rib' in the hobby context, refers to the stamped stiffeners embossed into the individual panels, not the joints between panels. A Viking roof would be an

Dennis says: I went a step further and grabbed a small collection of roof manufacturers' blueprints I have here on hand: 2 Chicago Cleveland Car Roofing Co prints from 1918, 7 Hutchins Car Roofing

A month ago, a model railroader emailed me and wrote that “I've developed neuropathy in my hands over the last 2-3 years, which makes it increasingly more difficult to do fine modeling. I was

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thanks! the photo is from 1975. no longer in revenue service. -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Very nice Lester; I was so impressed with all the detailing on the B end I hadn't noticed the grabs on the covers. Merry Christmas to all. Jim Brewer

Good catch Lester, Merry Christmas-- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

Nice car! (Merry Christmas to all.) Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

After rewiew of photos I took of GN 73994 I thought was finished I realized I had not changed the molded on hatch grabs irons to wire ones. Therefore, back to the hopper roof hatches to carve off

Tim Your photo is of a modernized refrigerator car from the one of the following classes RR-23, 25, 27, 28 or 32. The common features of these classes are the 3 inch top lip on the sides, the inset

I hardly think F&C should be considered experts on either car construction or the terminology thereof. Possibly a better reference would the materials published by the Standard Railway Equipment Co.,

definitely a scanner illusion -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

The SFRD car in Tim O's photo appears to have external ribs. Optical illusion? Scott Chatfield

Lester, Very nicely done! I particularly like the piping from the retainer to the AB valve, a very nice detail. I have a Bowser kit for a Western Maryland covered hopper in the stash and your post

I should mention there’s some Texas & Pacific, Missouri-Illinois and even the Missouri Southern as I couldn’t resist adding their Brill Model 55. -- Charlie Duckworth Omaha, Ne.

Rr-48 and 55 were the only fishbelly underframe cars with 6 foot plug doors when the class was created. But many/most of the earlier rebuilds had them added from 1953 on. The Rr-48 class originally

Great news....thanks, Dennis! Chuck Greene St. Charles, IL