Yes, I got mine, and I emailed you asking why the deck is green! Jim Hunter

Gang; Did you get your F30’s yet? Thanks! Elden Gatwood

Doug, I used the Yarmouth drilling fixture for Kadee bracket grabs. The holes on the left were used to attach one end of a Kadee bracket grab. The upper holes on the right were used to attach

A face shovel load I did this from a diagram but cannot remember where I saw the diagram sorry. Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Thanks so much guys! I knew in more recent eras quite a bit of vehicles were shipped in the open. But I had assumed that aside from construction and large specialty vehicles it wasnt very common in

Some photos from my collection. Google AAR Loading Diagrams for details on how to secure the loads. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Rich, great work and I look forward to the complete writeup in the March 2022 Goat. The left grabs can be a pain. Did you make a jig? Doug Polinder Lowell MI

I received an email that the original wood hatches were used but if there’s an image I’d like to see it as reference. Thanks -- Charlie Duckworth Omaha, Ne.

George, Attached are under-construction photos of the underframe and slack adjuster. Ignore the loose pipe going to the air reservoir. It got fixed just before I posted these photos. Rich

I’m stepping out of my normal comfort zone and building a Tichy R-40-4 reefer kit. As normal for me, I can’t build it OOB so am building it as it would look in 1954 with solid orange sides and

Great looking cars Can you post a phot of the underframes with the rotary style brake adjusters Thanks for sharing your work George Toman

Wow, really great. Just like always. Scott Kremer

I have tons of photos of loaded flats but most vehicle loads are of military vehicles. But I suspect most cargo trucks and construction cranes and shovels and buses were shipped

Rich, Excellent work! - Jim in the PNW

The busses look like old ones. I remember when Shreveport, LA, my hometown, finished with trolleys (electric buses) they shipped them out (to Mexico?) on flat cars. J. Stephen Sandifer

Buses https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/s-new-to-san-francisco-buses-roll-off-of-flatcars-after-train-ride-picture-id1298949269?s=2048x2048 Some photos/ideas here

Beautiful cars Rich! gary roe quincy, illinois

Happy Holidays! I just finished building two Great Northern 10’ 12-panel boxcars. The cars were built to illustrate Part 2 of an article on modeling the cars that will appear in the March 2022

Point taken. It's interesting that this should be era dependent, but it does make sense. In 1922 ALL roofs had carlines, so they must have felt compelled to use the term to explain how their roof was

Bob, Here are some REA trucks on a flat car: And a construction crane: Some new trailers in 1953: Some Trolley buses in 1942: Here's a truck: