On Dec 26, 2012, at 6:19 PM, Eric Hansmann <eric@...> wrote Eric, I don't know much more about these cars than I wrote in the caption for that photo, and I have only one other photo which

While thumbing through Focus on Freight Cars, Volume One recently, I noticed a box car that has real possibilities to model. It's the first car featured in the book and I never noticed it until now.

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Larry Smith asked: "What trucks would be appropriate for a Quality Craft PRR wooden caboose and who makes them?" What scale?  Quality Craft made O, HO, and N scale kits. Ben Hom

What trucks would be appropriate for a Quality Craft PRR wooden caboose and who makes them. Larry Smith

What is amazing to me about Jon's method of pattern making is that these are done primarily with sheets of photo-etched brass. The other impressive thing is the way thing fit together, especially the

Richard's post reminds me that I really should finish that Westerfield Bx-12. Which hinges on my soldering up some stirrups... For O-scalers, it looks like Southern Car and Foundry makes a really

Bob, that statement is so inaccurate I hardly know where to begin responding to it. Perhaps it's a reference to heavily insulated cars without ice bunkers or mechanical refrigeration, but those cars

Gene, Ben Hom's response leaves little to add. I'll just say that one of the most conspicuous "signature" cars of any major railroad were the Bx-11s and Bx-12s rebuilt during WW II with

I'm putting together an insert instruction sheet for the 3 dome car. I'm not at all sure what Jon's plans are for decals. Pierre Oliver

Are there is structions for that new three humper Pierre? I'm assembling a GATX single dome. The instructions are for the two humper and first single dome cars. Not even a photo of the car I'm

The WrighTrak qill have thier plate end version of the SAL Ventilator by The Beach as well. Bill Welch

Southern Car and Foundry should have their new 3 compartment tankcars ready for sale at Cocoa Beach. The pilot models are almost complete and can been seen at my

A timeline in an article titled "A Salute to Frozen Food History" ( http://www.napsnet.com/pdf_archive/42/52759.pdf <http://www.napsnet.com/pdf_archive/42/52759.pdf> ) notes that in 1944, " National

Gene Green wrote: "Thanks for your responses about the Santa Fe yard photo. When looking at any photo or film footage of a group of freight cars one of the things I notice is - for want of a better

Good morning!       If the CDS dry transfer is not available, try Jerry Glow.  He has produced G scale decals recently.  He lately has the correct goat artwork already and most of the lettering

CDS transfers had lettering for the GN USRA double wood sheath car in O scale. It is their set no. 325. Look for it for instance at: http://www.canadasouthern.com/tmr/images/cds-325.jpg Staffan

Richard and Mike, Thanks for your responses about the Santa Fe yard photo. When looking at any photo or film footage of a group of freight cars one of the things I notice is - for want of a better

Don't you just love th way those Rock Island car bend and not break? Greg Martin Eventually all things merge into one and a river runs through it. Norman Maclean

Gene, It simply isn't possible to make generalizations about the car fleet of a large railroad on the basis of one photo. Fewer than what? The Santa Fe had a smaller proportion of single sheathed box