Lester Breuer wrote: "I have a diagonal panel roof from Branchline kit 1406 CN AAR Box car that I can make a mold of and cast two correct roofs for use on the IC cars." Why go through the pain of

Bob Witt wrote: "Here is the link to the Steam Era Freight web site with a builder's photo of W&LE 25000. There is an additional link on this page to a PDF file that Ben Hom created listing all the

All, I just pulled two Branchline Blueprint Series AAR Box car kits, kit 1416, lettered for IC with numbers 30559 and 30582 to build. I found Branchline put the Murphy raised panel roof in both

Thanks for your help Bob Fenton -- Fenton Wells 3047 Creek Run Sanford NC 27332 919-499-5545 srrfan1401@... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Fenton Wells wrote: Here is the link to the Steam Era Freight web site with a builder's photo of W&LE 25000. There is an additional link on this page to a PDF file that Ben Hom created listing all

Eric Hansmann wrote: standard box car design. The sides, roof and ends of W&LE 25000-25999 followed the same design as the earliest of PRR X29 box cars as well as the B&O M-26 and M-26A classes of

Dennis, pardon me if I decline to participate in an ongoing exchange of conjecture on this subject. There is abundant documentary evidence that Chicago-Cleveland made a vertically corrugated

Dennis Storzek wrote: Maybe so, Dennis, but throughout the 1920-1940 period SRECo surely did advertise in Railway Age and other journals I've seen. Richard made this observation and I agree

Thanks Eric, Great information I appreciate that. -- Fenton Wells 3047 Creek Run Sanford NC 27332 919-499-5545 srrfan1401@...

So, this is all based on conjecture. Well, then, allow me to present my alternate theory. In the 1922 Car Builder's Cyc. There is NO advertising section for ends from S.R.E.Co. Why? because the

Fenton, The Wheeling & Lake Erie rostered 1000 cars of the 1923 ARA proposed standard box car design. The sides, roof and ends of W&LE 25000-25999 followed the same design as the earliest of PRR X29

Eric, I am interested in the X-29 version of the W&LE cars. Were they relative similiar to the PRR car or were there any big differences? Fenton, -- Fenton Wells 3047 Creek Run Sanford NC

I spent a day in the Special Collections room of the Cleveland State University Library last week. Hundreds of images in their Wheeling & Lake Erie collection were reviewed. Many of these were from

Hey all, The East Coast Santa Fe Modelers will hold a meet on May 6 and 7 at the Delaware Valley College, Doylestown, PA. Guest Speakers are Stephen Priest, of Paired Rail, and the founder of "The

Is there a standard width for an extended end or end-extension notch width on a coal car (hopper or FB gondola)? . . . an ARA or AAR clearance template? Al Kresse

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Hey all; Does anyone know any background on the NKP dd 50-foot boxes that went to the P&WV? On the P&WV they were XML, numbers 1511 and 1512. They were

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Thanks, all, for the great feedback on other container cars I did not know about! The Southern and NKP cars were really a fascinating read. I will

Hi Rob, Drawings of this car appeared in the June 1953 "Model Railroader," page 45. Contact customerservice@... to order photocopies of plans or articles from out-of-print back issues. So

Hi to all Does anyone out there know where I can get plans of the New York Central express refrigerator cars, I am looking to kitbash one from an Athearn wooden milk car in N scale. Any help would

I've just added the flyer for kit #100, the ATSF Bx-40 & Fe-25 rebuilds. It will be available at the California shows later this month. And, after much too long, there is a new list of all available