The "boxcar" might well be an ex-PRR R7 assigned to FGEX. Best Wishes--Carl Carl G. Camann Atlanta, GA

Magnifying the picture 400%, the "boxcar" appears to have reefer-type doors ... and real funny-looking lateral running boards. Insulated box, maybe? Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

Over on [citrusmodeling]... Bruce Morden referenced a Shorpy/LoC photo... and Tony commented (below); My eye is drawn to the cars on the far right... One is an ancient-looking (for 1943) SS boxcar...

Pierre Oliver wrote: This three-compartment car with larger middle dome is something LONG needed! Great stuff! I hope they are for sale at Cocoa Beach. Tony Thompson Editor,

Has far as I know they are a custom run for the kits. The full sheet which I received also had decals for 6 other tank cars which I suspect are for all new cars coming from SC&F. All you tank car

Nice. Whose decals?

The Sunshine Kits site also has a brief history (link from "West India Fruit" on "Flyers by RR" page) on the ten 1923 ARA box cars purchased by WIF in 1949 from the High Point,Thomasville, and Denton.

For all of those interested in this company, their business and their rolling stock, I offer the following info. Thanks to a tip from Bob Witt, I recently purchased a Blueprint showing the location

Bill, the photos I have are of A&EC 1101 & 1102 with rewigh dates 8-55. They appear to be freshly painted. The lower portion of the door on 1101, has a mental plate applied, about 9-12 inches high.

The pilot models of the latest Southern Car & Foundry kits are done. Have a look at, http://elgincarshops.blogspot.ca/2012/12/ready-for-my-close-up-mr-demille.html Happy New Year -- Pierre

Bill, Two questions, do you know which car(s) went to the A&EC and secondly which Speedwitch kit is appropriate? I couldn't locate anything on the net. Thanks, Bill Hoss

The car from the Fallen Flags site is a 40-ft car and was part of rebuilds by the Erie from two series of cars, 70000-70999 and 71000-71567 from 1933 to 1936, originally built in 1923-24. There were 3

Eric, First of all, I've corrected my typo in the original post, it says, now, LIFT that ERIE car. It is not (AFAIK) a Life Magazine image. This is an ERIE-only car, in that it IS one of the

Is this a steel sheathed box car in the Life magazine image? I don't see any rivets. It reminds me of the 36-foot, wood, double sheathed box cars the Erie owned. Here's a similar angle on an Erie DS

Richard; Thank you. For some reason, I was under the impression that Sinclair had 8K Type 21 cars in addition to the 10K version. Drats. I switched to Proto:48 from HO about four years ago and am

Bill Daniels wrote: On the SP, all cabooses to my knowledge had 33-inch wheels. When assigned to fast trains like the "Overnight," a caboose with steel wheels was required, rather than the cast

Rob, I ave no photos of either Sinclair or Mobilgas 8K gal. AC&F Type 21 tank cars, and to the best of my knowledge neither company owned 8K Type 21s, though Sinclair had a large number of 10K four

Andy, You can add the C&NW and M&StL to that list. Gene Green

Checked the list of 1937 AAR boxcars on the steamerafreightcar.com and found a few sq. corner post 10' high boxcars. Question, 10'H ten panel riveted, murphy roof with carbuilders ends any road have

Why raise the Center of Gravity on a light car that bobbed around too much anyway.  They could also use the re-machined wheelsets off of 40-ton box cars being scrapped for new 50-ton cars.  It