Look in RPC No. 24. And good luck with that one. You will need a special radial roof with 17 ribs. I have wanted to build one of those as well but haven't tried the roof yet. I purchased radial

The next FtD box car Jason would like to build (me) is the 11000 series. These came from the DT&I so hopefully someone has a photo or two? Thank you all! Clark AFE #DateWork

Tom Christenson sent me a photo of one of the SAL cars too. Those are so cool, I had no idea that was way to hang doors. Thanks for posting. Too bad Clark's search wound up with a standard car! --

The ten foot rolling doors just stacked one on top of the other. Ted Schnepf

Are you going to paint brass? I might be able to keep you busy for a while. Charlie

Jason found a photo of one of the cars! Here's the link https://www.lakestatesarchive.org/Ed-Wilkommen-BW-Collection/Freight-Cars/i-xzL7LhV/A So, the dimensional data in the ORERs is correct. It's

There's more than one way to hang doors... 😉 -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

The January 1959 ORER says 6' doors. In the January 1996 RMC (pages 72-75) there was an article by John Edwards on kitbashing an SAL 20-foot door boxcar from a combination of parts from Front Range,

60’s vintage ORER’s only list the 6 foot door. Then the FtDDM&S disappears into the C&NW. Maybe that might be a way to follow these two cars. Steve Hile

Clark, If you want to find the answer bad enough (or if someone out there owes you a big favor - ha) The Kansas Historical Society might have what you are looking for in their Darby Collection; the

If these cars truly did have 20' doors, they must have been roll up types. With ladders and grabs at the ends of the sides. anything more than an 18' opening is too big for sliding doors to actually

Entirely possible that what was written in an annual report was intended, but never actually done. What do later ORER's say about the door opening? Dennis Storzek

That occurred to me, thinking it might just be a typo, but it also occurred to me that it might be a term of art with which I am unfamiliar. So I thought I would ask.

Staggered? Steve Hile

What is a “staged door?”

This came from a spread sheet on FtD cars compiled by Ron Christensen. I just emailed Ron asking where he got the info. Jason Klocke, the guy interested in these cars looked through his Annual reports

Hear hear! I love this mixer, and it works with every brand of paint. No shaking needed. The batteries last for a long time too. Tim O'Connor -- Tim O'Connor Sterling,

Hey Gang: Years ago I was involved in a model train painting business. This was in the days of FloQuil and ScaleCoat. Been out of the hobby for a number of years, but every now and then I start to

Clark & Group, Greetings! The Fort Dodge cars are listed in the October 1958 ORER but not as 'new' or with any special door information. Regards from Grove City, Penna., 20 degrees F......Mike

Steve & Clark,To help narrow down the date, FtDDM&S 13000-13001 first appeared in the ORER sometime after 1/58 and before the 1/59 edition. The 1/59 ORER actually has Oct. 1958 in the lower right