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

Not on BOTH sides. Only on one side, with the "A end" on the left and the "B end" to the right. The trainline MUST be passed through to maintain to provide continuity throughout the

Mainline Modeler had a series of articles by Robert Hundman on scratchbuilding these cars starting in the February 1989 issue (pages 38 - 41) and continuing in the March 1989 (pages 66 - 69), April

I tried looking for pictures, but all I found looked like the same side. I did find a message where they poster said there are two published photographs of car #80996 in the Train Shed Cylopedia No17

What might be the earliest and latest date a SFRD reefer built in 1945 be repainted? The answer to this question will determine whether I paint the U. S. Gypsum running board. According to the Santa

Folks, I've been following this thread, mostly because I'm puzzled by the original QC instructions. There is no need at all for two trainlines, even with the car having two reservoirs, AB valves, and

Idler gon, actually. Jack

So, does the Overland Models car have a train line on each side, which was the original question? Quite frankly, I don't see the need if the car really has two full AB brake systems. Dennis Storzek

I like the CNJ idler flat car in front of it. :-) -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Overland's model. The AB stuff is up above the trucks. An easily omitted detail. -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

I agree. There’a a builder photo of this car in the Magor Car Corp. book, page 79. Tony Thompson tony@...

Here is a photo of C&O 80977 at Rockport, WA with a water turbine runner for Generator No. 41 at the Ross Dam powerhouse and the photo was taken in 1955. Richard Wilkens

To mount the QC trucks on my model, I used a pair of Walthers kingpins shortened to fit through the QC body and truck bolsters. The heads of the kingpins were fitted into recesses ground into the the

Photo: Poultry Car Link courtesy of Ron Christensen: https://www.sswda.org/archive/frank-wescott-1860-1929-wescott-winks/ Scroll down for photo. Bob Chaparro Moderator Railway Bull Shippers