I was wondering when the "split rail" herald first appeared on IC box cars and how quickly it was applied to 1937 and 1937 modified box cars. I model the summer of 1959.

Bill, I built two of the F&C kits for my own (hypothetical, free lance prototype)railroad, and I found the kits to be relatively easy to do. I used one of those special clamps for 90 degree corners,

I would think ebay is a good place for custom builders to troll for customers. Some people do have a lot more money than others and are willing to pay asking prices when the see something that they

Bill, I have built six of these from F&C $14 Baggie Kits and found them to assemble quite easily, with care. All castings fit well and I encountered no problems during construction. The finished car

Judging by how many of them made it to railroad museums, I would guess they were in service well into the 60's, if not later. A perusal of equipment registries would give a definitive picture of how

Paolo, I have the SS Models PDS for this Kit. Photo's show cars in use into the mid 1960's. As far as I know, what ever cars that were sill in use ran into the Late 1960's. James Kinkaid's Color

Bill,Not familiar with the specific roads that you mentioned,but I have built four CV and one StJ& LC and plan to build a Grand Trunk.They are really not bad kits .With some care in construction and a

There was another photo of one of these cars, #SBIX-1643, in the consist of an eastbound Conrail train on the B&A east of West Springfield Massachusetts in 1984 that was posted on the list by Tim

This car is dead on *if* you get a couple of Kadee 9' thin-frame doors to replace the thick frame doors that come with the kit. Andy

Bill, Thanks for posting. That is an excellent piece giving all the information needed to build/detail a USRA caboose and general caboose wood construction practice in the WW1 time frame. John

I sent Paolo (off-list) a Clyde King photo of SBIX #1651... at West Oakland CA in April 1974. long past this list's Steam-Era focus. Gene Deimling has a B&W shot of the same car in Perris CA... but I

While I didn't take a picture of it, I once saw one at the Speas vinegar plant in Houston, TX, in the mid 60's. This plant was located very near Eureka Junction, where the MKT yard was, and the SP

Here s a link I found with specs and drawing of the USRA caboose. Sweet! http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/stevec/MLS-Topic-Article/RollingStock/Caboose/USRA-StdCabooseCar-1919.pdf Bill Welch

I just noticed Funaro & Camerlengo offers USRA cabooses with kits for the New York Central and Ulster & Delaware. The Clinchfield also owned these. I am curious if anyone on the list has built one of

Good evening all - The ridiculous eBay price aside, how late would such a car have lasted in service? I just joined this list about a month ago, and thus far its made for fascinating reading (case

Schuyler.larrabee wrote: Interesting point. When I interviewed Earl Hopkins, retired PFE Chief Mechanical Officer, he said that PFE had usually painted roofs and ends which had car cement

The ends of ERIE box cars were covered with black car cement, and didn't get painted for years. Roofs got the same treatment. SGL From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] On

Walthers lists them under ATLAS  Alan             150-B1416 Branchline Blueprint Series AAR 40' Postwar Boxcar w/6' Door - Kit (Plastic) -- Illinois Central (Boxcar Red, Mainline of

In a message dated 8/17/2012 9:00:46 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, scottp459@... writes: When I was reviewing a lot of C&O box car photos, I got the impression that in the Progress-logo

Bill Pardie asked: "It seems that most brake systems in the 20's and 30's used a regular 'TEE" fitting to route the air flow to the KD or AB brake system. Later (in the 40's) a special "TEE"