Hi Clark, that car has a mail section. typically it would run on secondary through routes. Milw also had mixed train cars with only a baggage and coach section, for stub end branch lines.. The Milw

For Milwaukee, this is the one you need. I don’t know if it has every been produced as a model. J. Stephen Sandifer

Don Ball and Roger E. M. Whittaker, “Decade of the Trains: the 1940s,” narrate the trip of a passenger from this plant on the SP mixed train to the crossing of the ATSF in French, NM, in February

Map attached Tom Madden

Clark, It might have been used on mixed trains as a caboose, but it also could have been used on branchline passenger trains as a passenger-baggage-mail car. The PRR had at least a couple of classes

Dick Harley wrote: "That stencil at the far left of car #99025 reads: DRY ICE LOADING RETURN TO DIOXICE NEW MEXICO I have no idea where that was, and neither does Google Maps." The

Thanks. I wasn't successful searching their website. Due in March. The car has probably been lurking in my cabinet for 20 years so a few more months is nothing. Alex Schneider Sent from AT&T Yahoo

Bob, That stencil at the far left of car #99025 reads: DRY ICE LOADING RETURN TO DIOXICE NEW MEXICO I have no idea where that was, and neither does Google Maps. Other Dry Ice cars

Tim & All, According to the PFE diagram R-21, dated 11-7-42, class R-30/40-9 cars numbered #95737-98718 had integral ice

Alex Schneider asked: "I have a legacy model of a 50 foot depressed center flat car, for which I need a pair of 6 wheel freight trucks. I would prefer a set on which I could replace the wheels, unless

I have a legacy model of a 50 foot depressed center flat car, for which I need a pair of 6 wheel freight trucks. I would prefer a set on which I could replace the wheels, unless they are metal wheels

I am working on a Speedwitch Western Pacific interim box car and have a question on the WP herald. On numerous pieces of WP equipment (tenders, auto cars, etc.) the herald is on a plackard attached

Some modelers have said the Tahoe Model Works' A-3 Ride Control truck is better. Brian Leppert Tahoe Model Works Carson City, NV

https://www.ebay.com/itm/115160791093?hash=item1ad01e3835:g:dTYAAOSwoFBhyz~q Is a link to a branchline combine I think classifies as a caboose? Hopefully, Clark Propst

The stencil to the left reads "Dry Ice Loading...". Can anyone make out the final wording? Thanks. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Great summary of available kits and prototype cars. Thank you. John Sanders

Cars are sold. Thanks everybody. Have a great modeling new year! Clark

Thanks for the information on trucks. Tangent trucks on order. Keep Modeling, Keep Sharing, Lester

I’m selling models for an estate. I’d prefer to sell them on line rather than going through eBay. The two reefers are Stan Rydarowicz kits built by Stan. The two box cars are Rail Yard models

Steven Hedlund has created an MP boxcar fleet resource focused on cars from the 1900-1930 decades. It’s the latest feature on the DesignBuildOp blog.