The possibilities are endless of course in terms of where the new or newer boards can appear. Here is what I did on my Sunshine X28 and X29 models that are in

Hi Claus, Glad you found this! That's what's great about this list. Randy Danniel

Here are two photos of one of my wood RUNNING BOARDS on a 20+ year old F&C MILW SS DD car: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/0n8bq57n1yjkiz5/AAD-0f5CLOT9QHg_9M3FNRA3a?dl=0 After painting the car with most

Hello Group - I usually avoid comments like this but after reading the latest emails on the subject I feel I have to weight in - I believe the correct term to be applied for railroad equipment is

Yes, I've done real wood roof walks. I got a little obsessed about doing a wood roof walk when I did the RI Autobox Shake'n'Take a couple of years ago. Took several attempts to get it "right."

Jim, I've built cars with individual board roof walks using Detail Associates kits and similar sized northeastern strip wood. Sometimes I use .010 tichy wire as a spacer between planks on the

Tony: The Southern apparently started microfilming structure and Val maps as early as the 50s. Those examples appear to have used rather unstable 16 and even 8 mm film. In many cases the film base

Eric: To your question, yes there was a very high degree of design commonality between different Southern house car designs throughout the wood car era. Underframes, brake and roof arrangements were

Bruce and Schuyler (and any one else that wants to join in), I also have been studying the roof walks in that photo. The first thing that jumps out at me is that almost every single car has

Thank you for the replies, I model 1950 so with this information I will do a really faded red paint with a peeling effect. Way easier said then done of course. I found the Model Master Steel paint at

Both PFE reefers are spoken for. Thanks STMFC! -Andy Carlson Ojai CA Hello- I am offering two mint/new Intermountain HO RTR models of Pacific Fruit Express R-40-23 steel ice bunker refrigerator cars.

---In STMFC@..., <steve.sandifer@...> wrote : Overland also made a brass model in HO. Having seen the real thing in St. Louis and having studied a lot of photos, the models don’t do them justice. It

Hi All, Google “first pickens county poultry shipment 1924” and there will be a link to the Pickens County SC library website. Somewhere on there should be a link to 2 really neat photos of

Thanks, Ike, for making this available. The construction of this car is quite fascinating, from the long U-bolts securing the vertical side members to the very interesting construction of the roof

Thank you for sharing this drawing,George! Were the Southern box cars and ventilatedcars constructed to a similar design in this era? Eric Hansmann El Paso, TX From: STMFC@...

Hi Randy and List Members, Randy hit the nail on the head - the drawing can indeed be found in The Railroad Car Journal January 1893 page 65-67. This volume is available on Google books at the URL

Hi George, Thanks, great drawing! Claus Schlund

george eichelberger wrote: I'm interested in this because I know from my interviews with PFE retirees that the government had urged organizations such as PFE to microfilm key drawings and

Scott, This may interest you. I received it from Lee Turner whose dad was a superintendent at the LV Sayre shops. As Eric mentioned, it depends on the time frame your modeling. When these

All: As many people seem interested in these unusual cars, I’ve posted Southern Poultry Car drawing SF-1021, drawn Feb 10,1906, on Google Drive at: