I just counted the battens between the roof panels in the photos I have and called them ribs for lack of the correct term. The photos I have are of the car sides, no roof shots. Clark Propst

Brad Andonian writes: "Ted, Am I correct to assume these are all HO? If you have some in O, please email me--" Off list, Brad, Off List. Mike Brock STMFC Owner

CNW Fowlers had roofs with "ribs"? My Westerfield kit has a wood-planked roof. So CNW rebuilt the roofs on all or some? And when? Brian Leppert Carson City, NV

Ted,   Am I correct to assume these are all HO?   If you have some in O, please email me--   Thanks, Brad ________________________________ To: stmfc@... Sent: Sunday, January 6, 2013

As some of you are aware, I have pulled in the date that I am modeling from 1947 to 1938. This means that I have several (actually many) models of Steam Era Freight Cars (jail term avoided!) that for

A. T. Kott wrote: "He also imported a PRR car - I recall that there were 5 cars in that series??" I replied: "NO! Just one car - PRR 36986, Class X35. You were probably thinking about the five

A.T. Kott wrote: If I gave the impression I did not believe the car was done, I apologize. I did not think that and did not mean to say it. My comment was that for most modelers, CHOOSING to

Ben - You are right! Pat did do the demonstrator cars. A.T. Kott

A. T. Kott wrote: "He also imported a PRR car - I recall that there were 5 cars in that series??" NO!  Just one car - PRR 36986, Class X35. You were probably thinking about the five demonstator

Al, Someone surely has the answer about the uncoupling device on the B-50-11. I have it, but my negatives are in the bank and I leave for the Beach tomorrow. I assume this can't wait until I

Tony - Pacific Limited did in fact import a model of the single UP boxcar. Pat O'Boyle imported brass models of about 16 different varieties of the 1932 ARA boxcar, with the appropriate roadname on

I'm doing a Sketchup flat car model in HO and wanted to include the retainer valve in the drawing: I wonder if there is a downloadable scale drawing I might access, but haven't found one yet, so

Since Naperville I have been tweaking two chapters and have added two more chapters to give people an idea of what I am thinking layout wise and the number of photos and size I intend to use. If

Would anyone happen to know what kind of cut levers these cars had late in their careers, say after WWII? The CYC diagram shows a Carmer (TS CYC 35, pp 262-263; reprinted from the 1919 Car Builder's

Bill: Thanks for the help! Charlie Duckworth

Larry the K wrote: And in addition, there is a superb summary article by Pat Wider in _Railway Prototype Cyclopedia_ in issue 17. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley,

Accurail does give the paint information on their website, but it's not exactly easy to find. It is located at: http://www.accurail.com/accurail/paint.htm   Bill Daniels San Francisco,

The Accurail USRA DS boxcar has a very accurate lettering scheme for their Missouri Pacific boxcar. Last night I removed all the cast on hand grabs and ladder rungs and rescribed the vertical wood

Jim Thanks for sharing, great illustrations on both wood and paper grain doors. Charlie Duckworth

Benjamin Scanlon wrote: They did run with the D&RGW well into the 1950s, though, and there are other cars you can model using the Gold Coast model as a basis, so it may not be a complete