I'd be tempted to start with a Red Caboose '37 AAR kit, sand the ends flat, make a new roof from styrene sheet (the RC X29 roof is a little too long and narrow for the '37 body), and detail them up

Richard, Thanks. I'll dig out a Red Caboose undec 37 AAR and see what I can do with it. Jim Brewer

Sure looks like it; they could go CP from Vancouver all the way to Brownsville Jct ME to turn over to the BAR. A lot of freight traffic in New England came via Canada The distance from the PC&F plant

Not unless you want to cut two bodies apart horizontally and splice the pieces back together, Jim. The BS car was 10’0” inside height, the ’32 AAR cars only 9’4”. Richard Hendrickson

All, Would the Atlas 32 ARA be a basis for modeling/kitbashing this car in HO scale? It's "too neat" not to model! Jim Brewer Glenwood MD

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Thanks, Richard, it's nice to know the startinglight weight for sure. Eric N.

I have four in-service photos of these cars; apparently they were distinctive enough in appearance to attract rail photographers. Two photo show cars shortly after delivery, with all original

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Curt, and all; That really is an astoundingly beautiful (and accurate) color photo of that subject....there was a LOT of discussion on it on one of the

I wondered about this too. It seems unlikely. Onthe other hand, I've seen the light weight of this BS order given as 41,400.Even a 3,000 lb. increase seems to much for a door. Eric N.

Maybe I should have said non-corrugated ornon-pressed. :-) The roof on the RDG class XMu USRA derivative and some laterRDG designs were similar. As far as I know, this type originated on the ARA"X-29"

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Chuck If you're referring to the Yahoo archival message search, I think itbecame broken when Yahoo switched to the "neo" format. If "neo" is asynonym for "almost" "ersatz" "pseudo" or "faux" then I

Dave I plan to donate my brain to a railroad historical society. :-) Or maybe just my hard drive... there are literally gigabytes of emails, spreadsheets, pdfs, jpgs, text files (notes), etc that

Tim, From the Pullman-Standard bill of materials for lot 5541, the following is summary information compiled from the document for this light-weight box car: Pullman Flat Plate Ends; Pullman Riveted

thanks Al! Do you think the replacement doors could add 4,800 lbs?? Tim O'

Eric my notes say that it is a "lap seam" roof, but I'm notsure where that came from. The only photo I've ever seen before was in one of the Train Shed Cyclopedia reprints. Tim O'

Found this photo while surfing: http://www.shorpy.com/node/2799 Gives a little idea of what some of the interiors look like. Curt Fortenberry

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