The car is Class R-30-16, with wood-sheathed sides and ends and a panel steel roof. In 1955 and for the rest of the duration of this list, PFE ice cars were specified to receive BCR roof and ends.

After several years of procrastination I started assembling my Detail Assoc.'s GS gon kit to model a car owned by the Illinois Central using early Dreadnaught ends from the Accurail 40-ft AAR gon kit.

Ed Mines asked: "There's a color slide of PFE#71675 (an R30-12?) for sale on e bay with a wood end that's apparently painted black. The car is freshly painted with 2 B&W road name heralds on the

slide is dated 1955. ed mines

There's a color slide of PFE#71675 (an R30-12?) for sale on e bay with a wood end that's apparently painted black. The car is freshly painted with 2 B&W road name heralds on the right. When did PFE

Ben, That's interesting, because their web site still lists a whole bunch of resin parts. Todd Sullivan

I hope I'm correct and I will test the system with another order tomorrow. Wish me luck. -- Fenton Wells 5 Newberry Lane Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-1144 srrfan1401@...

Fenton. You must have gotten lucky. I was a latecomer to the Stanford swain articles on modeling CN cars. I've been trying to acquire various parts for 5 years now. My luck with Sylvan directly

Thanks for the tip. #6905 is their Hutchins kit. I'm curious how the roof looks, compared to the 6806 kit's 'original' roof. Which is a weird denominiation because the Hutchins roof was the original

I could be wrong and often I am but I am pretty certain the Hutchins roof used on the WP cars was unique. I suggest contacting Andrew @ Westerfield about the roof with their kit # 6806. Bill Welch

Ben, I believe they still sell parts, roofs end and doors. I bought from them last year and they shopped to my local hobby shop. They may have since ceased as I bought a lot and haven't been back,

Fenton Wells wrote: "Fred, go to the Sylvan site and look up HO then parts. They sell several versions of the Hutchins roof that may help you." Unfortunately for all of us who like to kitbash cars,

Fred, go to the Sylvan site and look up HO then parts. They sell several versions of the Hutchins roof that may help you. Fenton -- Fenton Wells 5 Newberry Lane Pinehurst NC

Garth and others interested, all WP silver PS-1 car models produced until now have flaws. Either complete car designs, roadnumbers or dates or colors do not match the prototype. AFAIK this is the

Garth, RR Innovations just produced limited quantities of the three correct versions of the orange WP cars 1963, 1965 & 1970. Also in the pipeline: WP's experimental 'Timken' PS-1 WP19537 with the

Hi all, I'm modeling two WP reefers: 1 with the 'standard' 10 batten SRE roof (which comes with the RC reefer kit) and 2 with the Hutchins 12 (steel) batten roof as preferred by WP. I've looked all

Hi Eric, It is interesting the two side tracks on the right side of the photo area combination of sawn and hand hewed ties, which was a common practicefor side tracks for several more years. Also

Many of you will already know that the old Roco/AHM 54-ft 6-axle flat car is a fairly accurate* model of the USAX/DODX 38016-38665 series tank flats built by Magor Car in 1953, and that the cars

Ben, You are absolutely right. It just gets me exercised when I see this rare and specialized paint job spread around on cars where it doesn't belong. Because it is so striking, that

On you tube. Filmed on GN. Lots of truss rod cars. Ed Mines