Late to the discussion, but I believe I have one of the MILW 50’ brass cars in HO. I can photograph it when I get home from Collinsville. Thanks! — Brian Ehni From:

I don't know of any on line, but here are a couple. SRLX 14991 is from my collection, and SRLX 14994 is from the 1943 CBC. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

Richard do you know of any photos of the Swift cars that are online? Thanks Scott McDonald

Jack, You are, of course, correct and I forgot to consider this. I seem to recall the Pfaudler cars built in the thirties had wood sheathed bodies with prominent lifting lugs on the side plates; the

The Swift cars were built in 1934. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

Dennis, I agree that there seems to be a shared design here, but perhaps the lineage runs the other way. If my memory serves, all of the steel 50' Pfaudler cars were built postwar. The reefer in

I believe the Pfaulder milk tank cars had cork as insulation wrapped around the enameled tanks, I was inside the car at the MOT St Louis and can’t remember if there was insulation on the walls also;

There was a series of Swift reefers that als was similar to the MILW cars and the Pfaudler cars

That's really great Ben! How did I miss that one? Bill Pardie Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

Yeah, I was thinking that they didn't look like they ever had steam lines, nor buffers, but that separate plate across the bottom of the end could have been a patch, so lack of buffers was

George Courtney wrote: "I've got 5, late steam era Equipco Brake Wheels. Does anyone know what freight cars they could be found on for a 1953 model railroad. Just need 5 names if possible. These

Thanks, guys for the help. Much appreciated. George Courtney

General Arrangement drawings and other detail drawings of the original 1934 URTX frozen food car are available in the Jan Kirsten paper collection and SMU Roger Hinman

I agree, but these boards ran lengthwise, not crosswise. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

Richard, I think that it was pretty standard for stock cars to have board roofs, at least for the 1st half of the 20th century. After all, there is no need for the cars to be 100%

I neglected to mention that in my stash of prehistoric freight car models I have an HO scale diecast metal model of a K8 stock car. Does anyone know who made the kits for these models? Richard

The PRR K8 stock cars had unusual roofs with boards running lengthwise. See the attached plans from the 1931 CBC. A question has come up on another list regarding whether these cars had metal panels

 Hi List Members, There appears to be some interest in box/tank cars that carried liquefied gases... There is a color image of AIRCO (Air Reduction Co) car AROX 110, a 40ft box equipped with

Some of the other ATSF stock cars of similar design don’t have the center groove at all. J. Stephen Sandifer

And that’s on the near side of the door. I wonder - looking at the top board on the far side of the door - might they have used the 5 1/4” with the groove facing the inside of the car? Rob