Hi All, My favorite prototype purchased ten of these gondola cars. Does anyone know of some photos or plans of them? David Guillaudeu

Group, I am looking for photos of this series.   From what I know they are 50' with 8' doors, built 1953 by GATC, they have a 1/3/4 IDE, Roof?   Thanks, Rich Christie

Brian I don't know the number -- when they came out, I did a bulk buy directly from Steve Stewart and sold 10-packs to a couple of people here on STMFC. They are ok looking, but not nearly as good as

The "Mystery Boxcar Survivor" is now in the photo section in a folder of same name. I would appreciate any information about this car. Regards, Otto

Folks, I'm looking for information about the roof on the Reading's Xad auto parts car. The photos that I have show only side views. The car was built circa 1937, is a forty foot car, 10'4'' high,

Clark, you are the doorMAN, hehehe   Looks great!   Rich Christie ________________________________ To: STMFC <STMFC@...> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 4:07 PM Subject: [STMFC] Creco

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To change car numbers, you need seven inch reporting mark numbers and four inch end lettering, in the B&O font. These can be found on the pre-1955 M-26 decals from Speedwitch, and some Westerfield

As I recall, there were NYC Pacemaker (LCL) boxcars without dimensional data. Those were not intended for off-line use, either.

I worked with Bill Meredith of Proto West supplying B&O P-24/25 flat car prototype information for his master and decal graphics. I enjoyed the experience and the final product was very good. I'd

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Andy, oil paint is a great media not only for weathering but for painting figures and just about anything else you are inclined toward. (I am certain it would be the BEST media for brass in terms of

John, my own repeated rollability test data shows that the #566 Kadee Barber S2b truck rolls best with either the 1.020" or 1.025" Reboxx wheelsets (both in the lower acceptable range), with the

ProtoWest is the parent company of Cimarron Model Works and Design Tech. Dr. Robert Stears and William Meredith started Cimarron Works in about 2002. Bob is the money and Bill is the master car

I don't want to give too much of the story away because it is pretty long and very interesting, but according to the GN files I accessed it was clear that by and after 1920 they were reacting to

What's their part number? I believe #74277, what they call an "AAR 70-ton" is actualy a Pennsy 50-ton 2D-F8, and this is what Bowser puts in some 70-ton car kits. I heard that the old Stewart

Awaiting approval is a photo of the Creco door master Chad has made. This is for a AAR 1937 box car. The folder in the photo files is titled "Creco door" Clark Propst Mason City Iowa

Then why was the ARA in the immediate post-Firs t World War era able to "take control" of the Eastern railroad s' o pen-top car fleets to get home heating  coal to the eastern states at the  expense

I suspect the real important event was not so much forming WFE, but associating it with FGE, to take advantage of a larger managed car fleet, spread across more growing seasons. The actual reason for