How does one determine the A and B end on this car? Bill Pardie Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

But your photo of the Overland model shows the train line on the L (left) side, while the builder's photo of 90996 https://pullman-lib.smugmug.com/Railroad-C/i-GPxx846/A shows the train line on the R

Philip Dove wrote: Yes, for any steel part, since before World War I. Tony Thompson tony@...

If the running boards were plain unpainted steel they would be very corroded and rust coloured, after a few years,. If as seemed logical they were galvanized they were a different colour. If your

Thank you , Tony! That’s exactly what I wanted to know to make an informed decision. Nelson Moyer

Of course the running boards and hatch platforms are galvanized steel. According to Santa Fe Railway Rolling Stock Reference Series Vol. 2 Refrigerator Cars, Ice Bunker Cars 1884-1979, beginning in

Would l be right in assuming bare metal running boards were actually galvanised? Galvanized metal is difficult to paint when new, unless you give the galvanising some kind of acid wash or use a very

Modelers tend to exaggerate the role of salt in produce shipping, It was not widely used, and when used was small percentages like 5 percent, compared to the 20 or 30 percent often used with meat

Does anyone know if the painting pactice for SL&SF box cars in the late 30's and early 40's had the underframes and trucks painted back or box car red? Thanks in advance for any help. Bill

Bob, Nelson, I'll second that and note that I I'll happily do most in the "expected" level of paint and weathering and then the odd one, so Nelson, I'd go with paint some but not others and adjust

It's a Union Pacific B-50-50 built in 1957 and it looks like it has seen some use. -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

That was my middle option in the reply to Bruce. Unless I hear that few steel reefers weren’t repainted by eight years, I’ll paint two and leave one unpainted. If I paint the running boards and

Nelson, A different perspective and philosophy. I like variety in my freight car fleet, so I weather my cars differently, even cars that have the same built dates. Differences in travel, geographies

Photo: Unloading Cans At A Brewery (Circa 1955) Photo from the Montana Memory Project: https://tinyurl.com/2jw7thm4 Description: Missoula Brewing Company, exterior of the brewery showing loading

Thanks, Bruce. I’m thinking a steel reefer might have a shorter ‘normal’ repaint schedule than a steel boxcar because of salt corrosion. I’m building three cars built in 1945 and one car built

Nelson, There is no precise answer to this question. A wreck repair might result in a repaint 6 months after building. Aggressive freight car repainting schedules would start at 4-5 years, and some

It follows an early basic design of the Live Poultry Transportation Co drawings. See attached. Later LPTC had a car design with all diagonals pointing the same way. The only other company to have much

 Hi Bob and List Members, Thanks Bob for digging out this great image I will note this car has an unusual construction detail - two of the diagonal reinforcements on each side making up the

As an Illinois Railway Museum volunteer conductor I know our cars have one and only one train line, which made the QC instructions baffling. It would be interesting to know if the MR or RMC reviewed

Nelson which classes were built in 1945 ? -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts