True enough, Tony. I probably should have used some other dimension than 40'-6". It didn't occur to me at the time that it was a Significant Dimension in the freight car world. From:

Charlie Duckworth writes: "It would be nice to see a site where model railroaders could post previews of kits, building blogs and reviews of the paint and decals available." Actually there is a

Tony, nice write up. Here's an example of what I was talking about as to a site with model reviews and several active blogs: http://www.track-link.com/ The aircraft and military modelers are a

Not a real spotting feature. There are (unmodified) 1937 AAR box cars with both square and round corner ends. Let me clarify that - different, but not on the same car! Example: SP class B-50-18 and

Gary, I thought about using this photo for my clinic <VBG>! Regards Bruce Bruce Smith Auburn, AL ________________________________________ Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 8:26 PM To:

gary laakso wrote: Note on the car end that compartments A and B have quite different capacities, so although the two domes look equally spaced from the tank ends, the dividing bulkheads must be

Another Jack Delano picture of a 2 dome Mobilgas tank car in red, okay a very faded red (maybe Bruce Smith got to with with his

Arved Grass wrote: From 1939 onward, the 1937 cars built by just about everyone had W-corner post (curved-corner) ends instead of the sharp corners of the original 1937 cars. Tony Thompson

Sometimes I feel like I'm the world's oldest newbie... But as they say, the first step is to admit there is a problem... I'm having some trouble differentiating between the 1937 AAR box car, and the

Hi All, I found a plan for a 38' gondola in the 1906 reproduction of the Car Builders Encyclopedia that sure looks like the NH 38' gon. Joel Holmes

I guess that the hidden question is how did I happen to choose H-6 for a decal set, right? Well... I was working up a set for the MDC 1:32 hopper carbody, and presented its measurements to the

A few years (15+) ago (pre-computer) RMC had two articles on determining dimensions for RR side structures. If I remember it may have touch on using it for car dimensions also. If you can search thru

In addition to the two new tank cars from Jon Cagle at Southern Car & Foundry, both 3 dome cars, there were two new models I spotted. From InterMountain they had their beautiful offset twin

A little expansion on the Accurail listings... the 2400 series are supposed to be USRA "as built" lettering schemes. Most of our cars have the post 1926 dimensional data arrangement, because it

Keith's catalog lists a photo of NH 51000 built 10/23/1906, Neg 328 and NH 51500 blt 10/27/07 Neg 379 Roger Hinman

chuyler Larrabee wrote: Be careful with this example. Usually 40' 6" is an INSIDE dimension. Length over strikers CAN correspond to an outside length, though usually not exactly. Tony Thompson

Charlie Duckworth wrote: Gosh, Charlie, I do a blog about modeling, covers many aspects of modeling, not just new kits. Have a look -- here's a recent

None of them, really. The H6 falls outside of the dimensional envelopes of all three. The Bowser GLa is a good starting point for an H3, the Accurail USRA twin is good for H9 and 10, and the Athearn

Eric Hansmann wrote: "After a few months of discussion, a few friends and I have compiled a guide to plastic HO scale freight cars that were a part of the national fleet during the 1920s. Most of the

Bill Welch mentioned the importance of establishing lines for the tops and bottoms of the tanks during the construction of our tank cars. While machinists have great tools for this purpose, there