Jim, Two issues. One, the original post indicated that the load would be steel plates and second the era was 19445-1949. In that era all flat cars were in a national pool, so in fact, the load would

Great resource for Midwestern roads. There don't seem to be any for the Rust Belt, the southwest, or south of the Ohio. Are there other sources for those areas? Alex Schneider

In his initial statement/request he clearly stated what the planned load is. Bill Welch

For those who don't know, the reprinting of railroad-created Shipper Guides can be a boon to understanding freight traffic. The main source nowadays for these reprints is Rails Unlimited, and they

Hi, What load are you going to put on it? The load is likely to influence the choice of RR - which will affect the choice of car ... For example - if you are going to do a lumber load then you

Thanks again Greg! Rob

Hi Group, Does anyone know are there decals available for these cars? Thanks, Tim Alund

---In STMFC@..., <vasa0vasa@...> wrote : The paint drops from the top of the boxcar roof seams did not cover thesides of the seams: https://www.loc.gov/resource/fsa.8d12060/ gary laakso south of

my thoughts exactly - sheen of moisture/water/ice

Garth Certainly I remember. I have dozens of emails between Byron and myself and everyone else on the intricacies of the "War Emergency" flat cars and indeed even with Byron's model, you can't model

I agree, I think you are seeing snow or ice, according to Library of Congress this was shot in January of 1943 on the IHB by Jack Delano. Larry Wolohon

Maybe you've been down here long enough to forget about snow. Look at how the guy is dressed. Look down along the track. I think you are seeing icey stuff. Chuck Peck in FL

Andy Carlson wrote: No argument about enjoying seeing what Jack had done. I too was agog at the detailing. It's the question of whether I would undertake the same stuff, at which I demur. Tony

Or was that ice or snow accumulated in the corners? __________________________________________________ J. Stephen Sandifer Minister Emeritus, Southwest Central Church of Christ Webmaster, Santa

The paint drops from the top of the boxcar roof seams did not cover thesides of the seams: https://www.loc.gov/resource/fsa.8d12060/ gary laakso south of Mike Brock

My mileage definitely varied with your's, Tony. I attended that clinic and I was introduced to Jack as I had never heard of him before. He started out mentioning that he was in the dark concerning

Tim, Remember Byron Rose's wonderful 53' flatcar? It was my second resin kit, and I did the whole underframe faithfully, except for the retainer line. I just couldn't fit the piping

Tim O'Connor wrote: And Richard wasn't the only one . . . I have huge admiration for Jack's underframe modeling, but it's one of those things that I have simply put to one side, so that other

Ah! Andy, at this point in my life I'm not sweating stringers -- Eversince IMWX screwed up the stringers on their otherwise perfect 1937 AAR boxcar (and copied by other manufacturers!) I decided that

Rob, I have sent you the data off site. Eric Eric Lombard Homewood, IL rericlombard at gmail.com elombard at uchicago.edu