Saw that. Was perplexed. Presumed that the owner's spousal unit told him to sell some trains or some such…and he can now say, "Look it's on Ebay…" And I bet you'd get the end decals on straight

I like to keep tabs on a weekly basis on what Walthers has on sale for my favorite railroad. I also check Ebay regularly to see what's available. I always see listings of rolling stock on Ebay at or

Phooey! Every Illinois Central car listed on the Landmesser hot box list is found in the April 1947 ORER meaning that any IC freight car appearing on my September 1950 layout would have had to have

CNJ had single sheathed cars similar to the Accurail single sheathed box cars with 6 diagonals (photo in the NMRA book), USRA single sheathed box cars and X29 sized steel box cars with flat ends and

Pierre: Having acquired one of your built cars which is excellent by the way. I also was wondering about the get in price of the model. Paul C. Koehler _____ From:

Thank you Don Burn, Ray Breyer and Ed Hawkins for answering my questions. I am often astonished and always very pleased at the quality of answers received from this group. For my September 1950

I believe P. T. Barnum once said "There's one born every day." In this case its the seller who is asking that much but that could change to the sucker-I mean buyer that would pay that much. Mike

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BRASS-EQUIVALENT-Sunshine-Models-Vinager-Tank-Car-PRO-BUILT-/130749404092?pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item1e714593bc Currently on Ebay. $750.00? Now I know that the car in

Thanks Guy. That does explain why photos of these cars are so rare... I don't think anyone in Soo Line land owned a camera before 1935 :-) I remember looking at the builder's General Arrangement

Gene, Per IC marking arrangement drawing T426, dated 2-6-41, applicable to IC 40' box cars, stencil #529 (Mainline of Mid-America) was added per revision D on 12-3-47. This was in accordance with an

Branchline's 1937 AAR boxcars are the only Yardmaster. All others are Blueprint. https://secure.atlasrr.com/mod1/items.asp?Cc=HT120&iTpStatus=0&Tp=&Bc= Jim

Weird? Different is a word I would use rather than weird. Makes modelling them interesting given that they are not cookie cutter versions of US cars!   Daniel McConnachie Retired Head of

Atlas does sell some of the Branchline parts on their website. I purchased several roofs for Southern boxcars and they are reasonably priced and came quickly. I too would like to see them offer

IIRC Branchline's postwar boxcars, like the ACF/URTX reefers, were in the Blueprint series. Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

Hi Gene!   1947. That IS a bit subjective. But by 1955 it was basically everywhere on steel cars. Nope. The slogan was added to all STEEL cars, including the prewar ones. Yes, if they were

Well I remember the slogan while growing up in Elmhurst, Il and then going to Champaign for college years before the merger. Doing a quick web search found timetables for sale with the slogan from

When did the Illinois Central first use the slogan "Main Line of Mid-America?" Was there ever a point in time pre-ICG that the slogan could be said to be in widespread use? (Is the answer too

Atlas has listed in their online catalog several of these kits, but no undecs. See https://secure.atlasrr.com/mod1/items.asp?Cc=H994&iTpStatus=0&Tp=&Bc= I believe these are Blueprint cars, but they

Thanks, Bob and Ben, for your comments. I want to keep these cars and upgrade them, like that CNJ model in the photo. The concept of taking old AHM, etc. cars (as with the helium car that was

Speaking of CNJ boxcars,does any one know of any current offering for this,or CRP cars ?Armand Premo