Hi, I have one new, in undisturbed packaging, Red Caboose X29, ARA body with plate ends, 40' Boxcar undecorated kit. Many New England cars, plus the B&O used this steel car design. RC-7003 undec

One correction... I thought I remembered they were Pratt truss cars (diagonals in tension, angling down toward the center of the car.) In reality they are Howe truss cars (diagonals in compression,

Modelers, I know summer is definitely here, so it may not be modeling season, but I'm still cranking out new decals. So, the following are now available for sale: In HO Scale, PRR's leased N&W H2a

Hi Dennis and List Members, You neglected to mention an important fact that would help - these are 36' IL cars. I bet there were not too many railroads that has 36' IL single sheathed pressed steel

Another detective assignment for a slow day. Not often one finds fifteen steam era boxcars in one place these days, but there are fifteen abandoned boxcars overgrown with trees in the East Broad Top

They were shipped yesterday. Fenton -- Fenton Wells 5 Newberry Lane Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-1144 srrfan1401@... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

I know the N&W and VGN got prototypes of their so-called BATTLESGHIP 6-axle gons before placing large orders, but did the C&O do this too? I've found information on 1,000 C&O cars - 100000-100999 -

On Jun 5, 2013, at 11:31 PM, Richard Hendrickson wrote: From Tim's comment: >> Hey, wouldn't General Service gondolas be a great topic for an issue >> of the Railway Prototype Cyclopedia? :-) >> > It

The MP GS gondolas Tim refered to were built by Missouri Pacific in 1955 at their DeSoto, Mo. shops. I have uploaded the eqipment diagram for these gondolas in the files section under MP GS

I talked to Sharon yesterday. She indicated to me that the website had been repaired (I don't know if they have checked everything yet). She also recommended that anyone who had accessed the website

The WP cars were built by GATC beginning in 1953. The first were WP 9101-9400, followed later by 9401-9700; these cars wee 46' IL. Lter in the '50s they also got 42' IL 70 ton gone from AC&F; some

Richard Thanks you've jogged my memory. Of course these cars were only slightly longer (42'IL) than the more common 40'IL cars. My notes show NP 51000-51749 cars about this size, built from 1929 to

Thanks Richard, but... I was really asking specifically about THIS particular car, which looks like an Enterprise (?) design. The D&RGW cars were different, with inward sloping lower sides. I'm not

Paul, Thank you for trying. From your lead about Bowman Dairy, here is what I found: 1. Bowman Dairy started winding down in 1959, and was acquired by Dean Foods in

Ken, I've been unable to determine exactly when the car was leased to Fleischmans, who owned the bourbon plant from the 1940's to the 1970's. My Liljestrand milk book shows that 1021 was leased to

Here is a diagram for one class of NP 70 ton GS

Tim, a number of western RRs had 70 ton GS gondolas, primarily for coal service where there were no hopper car unloading trestles. Rio Grande and Western Pacific had them, as well as Northern

In the interest of diversifying my tank car fleet, I purchased a brass HO Scale tank car manufactured by Precision Scale Co (Iron Horse Models).  It is kit 15604 and is described as a 16,000 gallon

Stopped one diagram too soon. It is uploaded now. Gene Semon

The Northern Pacific had some similar big GS gons. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, Oregon