Brian, I have the Joe Collias photo on which that model was based, and I'm sending you a scan off-list. On the basis of that photo, I don't agree with Tim O'Connor's truck recommendation, as the

Brian, According to photos with reweigh stencil dates of 2-3/1954 the A&EC received 100 ex-Southern 1937 AAR box cars with a mix of square-corner and round-corner ends in series 1000-1099.

Don, You are wrong in your supposition. Following up on what Ben has said, the car (definitely an X25) in the photos is clearly sporting patch panels. That is not a "crease". Careful examination

Tom, it looks pretty scrambled to me! I used to use the Yahoo browser interface at work, but I guess I won't ever use it again for replies. Tim O'Connor pages.) Another double line break now<>

Tahoe ARA Buckeye is the closest in appearance to A&EC prototype. Appears to be a Miner handbrake but I'm not certain of that. Tim O'Connor

My cleanup continues and I find this old IMWX kit on the shelf. Atlantic & east Carolina 1038. A little research revealed these were Ex Southern Cars received in 1953-1954 (online sources differ)

Jeff Skeels wrote: "Don, in addition to the two articles found at Trainlife, there was an article in the September 1992, Railroad Model Craftsman by Bob Smaus about building PFE R-30-21's from Tyco

Fenton Wells wrote: "Didn't Clark Propst do that in the Prototype Modeler magazine Vol. 1 by Ted Culotta?"   Probably not, though Don Valentine will have to answer that as he had the original

Don Valentine wrote: "Not being an SPF, more of a PH, I'm not going to get into car types but do feel it is an X25 as has been suggested. But lets take a longer and harder look at the first photo you

Don, in addition to the two articles found at Trainlife, there was an article in the September 1992, Railroad Model Craftsman by Bob Smaus about building PFE R-30-21's from Tyco reefers, which may be

It all runs together rich orr

&nbsp;Bruce&#39;s answer is true, but not the whole story. In Neo, when replying to a post from the web page, all text - what you add plus the quoted text you include - is run together without line

Didn't Clark Propst do that in the Prototype Modeler magazine Vol. 1 by Ted Culotta? Fenton Wells -- Fenton Wells 5 Newberry Lane Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-1144 srrfan1401@... [Non-text

Another reason for a near 70-year to not have a dumb cell phone, smart phone  or tablet.  Windows 7 and OnStar  is enough to keep track of updates and minutes on. Sorry, but if one wants help . .

Folks, This is a classic case of being too general in the description of what one is looking for from prototype documentation  -- i.e. please state if one is looking for a 50-ton or 70 -ton ,

Al, If you could read between all the inserted crap, you would already know the answer... that being no. The inserted symbols are a plain test translation of HTML and this is a significant "bug" in

Can we clean up the messages to be readable?  Al Kresse

Not being an SPF, more of a PH, I'm not going to get into car types but do feel it is an X25 as has been suggested. But lets take a longer and harder look at the first photo you posted, that

Don Valentine asked: "Someplace within the last few weeks an article was found on upgrading the Mantua reefer, I think with new ends. Now that I've located a cople of the reefers I can't seem to find

Don, this one? http://trainlife.com/magazines/pages/410/30024/october-1996-page-14 -------------------------------------- Someplace within the last few weeks an article was found on upgrading the