Thanks Ed. I’d would have probably numbered it wrong. I will be going a route of eagles repaint. Brian J. Carlson

Brian, The 2005 Sunshine mini-kit was for different series of MoPac 40’ box cars built in 1942 in which the side sill door reinforcement extended from bolster to bolster, unlike the AAR model

Bill, I believe those are the new etched ladders from Plano that came in the kit. I will say that is some excellent modeling on everybody's part and thanks for sharing it. I really liked the

The article mentions "modified AAR lettering guidelines". When did this take place? Todd Horton

Way back in 2005 the Sunshine mini-kit for Naperville was for a MP 1942 era built boxcar. That was my first naperville and I started the kit around 2007 but never finished it. It's been sitting on

This build utilizes across the board an interesting progression on building etched ladders. Could the builders elaborate on howthey created the many perfectly spaced rungs? Bill Pardie Sent from my

Tractors made by Wiklng. Years ago Walthers put them in a sale flier at a small discount so I ordered enough to do the flatcar load. Took almost a year for them to show up. They are Fergusons which

RE: patch panel on end Note there also appears to be a seam on the bottom end panel (same place as on the top end panel) Hard to tell w/o the whole end, but I'll speculate: ends were from a wider car

Photo: Morrell Mechanical Meat Reefers (1954) Photo from Classic Trains website: https://www.trains.com/ctr/photos-videos/photo-of-the-day/morrell-meat-reefers/ Caption: “Meatpacking firm John

Photo: MILW Flat Car With Bridge Girder Photo from the Milwaukee Public Library: https://content.mpl.org/digital/collection/HstoricPho/id/3569/rec/74 Use arrows and scroll on photo to enlarge

Photo: A Load Of Trolley Buses (1942) Photo from the Milwaukee Public Library: https://content.mpl.org/digital/collection/HstoricPho/id/13695/rec/83 Use arrows and scroll on photo to enlarge

Fenton Outstanding models as always, Fenton. Thank you for sharing your work. I’m looking at my stash of CB&T, McKean and Front Range kits with new eyes! I missed out on many of the Sunshine kits

Tony's PFE book tells us that in the 1950s PFE added sidesill reinforcements to R-40-23, R-40-20, and other steel reefers. I would like to know the dimensions of those reinforcements, particularly

For some reason I got the 40 ft DD boxcar bug after Martin left us and had a terrible time finding those cars at what I considered a reasonable price. But I started using the CB&T, McKean and Front

Sunshine #40.4R is the later model with 4/4 ends. But as Tim states, using the Branchline kit along with proper doors and Archers will yield a good clone. Rich Christie

Gary, I don't have that book nor do I have a photo of the car you are talking about but my 1951 SRR ORER shows series 3200-3239 were 40'-6" ft wd express cars with steel underframe, class BX. That's

Craig, that is a great point as I am doing the ARA 1923 boxcars(x29) and wanted the smaller CNJ logo. K4 was very helpful getting me the right scale for the correct logo. Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250

Jerry Hamsmith has shared photos and details of four modelers building the same Resin Car Works Illinois Central boxcar kit in the latest RCW blog post.

Nice load !! Whose tractors are those? Tim O'Connor -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Sorry I meant to write "1947" -- not 1949. Tim O'Connor -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts