Ok....I went and found my NKP Society magazines covering these cars. The Spring 1990 issue did the 15000 cars and the Winter 1991 did the 18000 cars. First, there were no rebuilds of the 15000

--- In STMFC@..., Tim O'Connor wrote: From such a late photo, there is no certainty about WHO or WHEN it was rebuilt -- this work could easily have been performed by the N&W for example.

Ted's article appeared in RMC, July 2007 Scott Haycock

I remember Ted's kit. Flat chance of finding one. I bet Ted wrote the kit up as an `essentials' article in Craftsman. I'm going to "Trainfest" in Milwaukee in a couple weeks I'll look for the Accurail

Clark. the Lackawanna cars were apparently standard AAR 40' steel box cars with 8' doors, but I have no photos as they were built new in the mid-'50s. The Katy cars were single sheathed box cars

I just had that book out when doing a SOO RC 40'DD! Thanks for reminding me Charles. The DL&W car is too new for me. Looks like the Accurail MKT car is pretty close. Thanks again Clark Propst

The ads for Trueline trains CP "minibox" show an etched metal roofwalk but wouldn't those cars have had a wooden roofwalk during most of their life? Robert Oom Kalamazoo, MI

Clark, I'll have a try at these. I think the DL&W 5400-55899 were 40' 12-panel riveted AAR boxcars built in 1955 through 1957. From the Jan 1958 ORER: 54000-55899: XM, Box, All Steel, W-Section; IL

I seem to do about everything backwards. I’ve searched my lists and found a couple loads I’d like to use on my layout. But, I can’t find anything out about the cars hauling them. Any

Dave From such a late photo, there is no certainty about WHO or WHEN it was rebuilt -- this work could easily have been performed by the N&W for example. Do you have any photos of any of the 15000

Tim, appreciate your response; however, Mark Morgan's post that began this thread included a link to a Fallen Flags photo of NKP 15797, a square-corner '37 boxcar with a drop sill reinforcement,

NKP rebuilt some 16000-17699 series cars into 18000 series in 1963. I guess they would have rebuilt all of them if they weren't being bought by the N&W. Covered in the NKP Hist Society Volume 25,

Too bad this has nothing to do with Steam-Era Freight Cars. Let's get back to trains, please. Thanks, -Jeff Aley Deputy Moderator, STMFC

Too bad Chrome has been proven to NOT be 100% compatable with all Microsoft software. Click HERE to see for yourself. Almost like trying to run HOn3 trains on HO track... almost. <--- (Required

In STMFC@..., Brian Carlson wrote: Richard [Hendrickson] is correct this was a late in life NKP sidesill reinforcement to strengthen the sides for loading by fork trucks ... Gentlemen,

Or give up and install Chrome. Everybody should know that Google's going to take over the world. I use Chrome for email, Firefox for web access, and leave Explorer for my wife. Jim [Non-text

Click on the link. Once it downloads. Control-S. click on download then open with adobe then save as a pdf or text if you prefer Rich Orr

I sent that before figuring out (again) how to download the PDF; I have sent those instructions to STMFC, so I no longer feel it's necessary to upload to the STMFC site, as users can either bookmark

Brian, there are several problems with that. One is that the file is huge, with all those photos. Another is that only STMFC members have access to STMFC files. And then I'd have it in two

Just figured it out (again). On the web page controls (File, Edit, View, Help), click on "File", then "Download" Thanks! -- Brian Ehni