Thank you Dill. Gene Green

Larrabee" <schuyler.larrabee@...> wrote: Naah, it's a visual trick resulting from the really high contrast level in that photo. If the end actually was recessed, the rounded ends of the darts would be

Naah, it's a visual trick resulting from the really high contrast level in that photo. If the end actually was recessed, the rounded ends of the darts would be hidden by the vertical rivet strip on

Greg The B-end looks normal. The A-end does not --

The two previous photos on the listed site, p01668 and p01669, show what looks like a normal junction between roof, end and sides on the same car. Greg Kennelly Burnaby, BC

Thanks to Richard Hendrickson for some excellent photos I have been able to complete artwork and accepting orders for a set for the Frisco USRA rebuild. Acc to my notes, Frisco was the largest owner

Tim O'Conno wrote: Railroading, rebuilt ladders roof and 129534 that only the Since, we are discussing USRA re-built boxcars there is a duplicate slide on eBay of an apparently very freshly painted

In message #97689, Steve Vallee wrote: - snip - " While web surfing the other day, I found two Canadian sites that I would like to share with you. The first one is;

I have a variety of HO scale freight car parts which I am offering for sale. I have them listed by manufacturer. Thanks go to Mike for allowing this posting. Please reply off-list only. I can be

Sounds good, I'll give it a try. Thanks Fenton -- Fenton Wells 3047 Creek Run Sanford NC 27332 919-499-5545 srrfan1401@... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

For B&O Freight Car Brown, try Tamiya XF-64 red brown. This paint matches the freshly painted B&O M-15j in the Jack Delano 1943 slide at the Library of Congress, paint dries a shade lighter. This

Actually, it looks sort of like the corners of the ends and sides are flanged, like the sides are long enough to run past the plane of the end, much like the roof does. Is that correct? You can't

Dear Gene: The paint schemes appear to be correct, although I could not tell in the cars with the later Gothic lettering have silver roofs. Bill Welch

Does Keith Rettier still make the Creco doors and Deco ends for the 1937 C&O Box Cars? And if so, how do I contact him? Thanks, Rich Christie

I bashed a Tichy USRA steel rebuild boxcar to a CN 470000-series car, a 1936 GTW Port Huron shops rebuild. I copied the Accurail "fishbelly" underframe, slicing and changing the ends to 7/8, with a

My "educated" guess is that "that thing" to the left of the truck is a box for holding defect cards. The 1937 AAR car design allowed the use of many different makers' rooves, doors, and ends.

Bill, You wrote, and I quote, "Two friends have asked me to comment to comment on the accuracy of the paint and stenciling schemes for the latest release of InterMountain's wood sheathed FGE/WFE

Thanks, Charlie, for the photos link! :-) http://thelibrary.springfield.missouri.org/lochist/frisco/friscoline/images/photos/p01670.jpg What is the "thing" to the left of the bolster, under the

My error: During perusal of Charlie's supplied site (Thank you!), I recalled that Atlas IS offering a Frisco rebuild (the tan and brown scheme) IF you join their club for $50--then you get one

I've also been interested in building the Tichy boxcar into the Frisco version. Here's a link to several shots of the SLSF rebuilt boxcar (plus a few other cars) for prototype