It was frame and running chassis separate from the bodies in those days!

Guys, After WW2 the Auto Industry jobbed out a lot of the Station Wagon bodies to small contractors who had built auto-type assemblies for the war efforts.  Ionia Mfg (Ionia, Michigan) produced

Tim (and Group), An alternative would be to supply Mr. Glow with a nice broadside photo or twelve, and ask him if he would be interested in generating the artwork. A set that includes the later

Well, the car has a pressure bonnet not a dome. The 1/53 ORER shows 81 tank cars, AAR type TPI, ICC classes 105A300 (66 cars) and 105A300W (15 cars), 30 and 40 tons, in eleven groups between DAX

Also the only way they could get them in there in 2 layers. No axles, either? Elden Gatwood

Had you already passed on the Trix car? It is about 6k, like that one, and is also an insulated car with valve casing instead of dome. Admittedly, some work to bring up to standard. Elden Gatwood

Chris and friends, Can't help with the tank car (neat, though!), but note the NP boxcar to the right. Can't have a freight train without an NP box in the first ten cars. Kind regards, Garth

Hi: My guess is a 1957 Pontiac wagon. That stylized rocket on the side panels of the upper car gives it away. I had one similar to it. Regards, Al Campbell

Hello, I am looking for information to model this tiny tankcar: http://picasaweb.google.com/ErieChris333/ProtoPhotos#5480125587635072754 I got DIAMOND ALKALI COMPANY Painesville, OH D.A.X. The tank

Chris, Can't help with the drawings, but Dad worked there for over 20 years. You might want to check the Fairport, Painesville and Eastern

Having reviewed tha earlier posts and then read the BLI blurb I note that BLI have said that they will not be producing models with repair patches. Taking Richard Hendrickson's manuscript comments

A loaded Nickel Plate 50' auto box car -- notice the cars do not have their wheels mounted! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250644589551 Tim O'Connor

Thanks Tom, but I should have been more specific -- I meant decals for the mid to late 1950's. After a search through my catalogs and decals I've found nothing appropriate to model this car or cars

Tim O'Connor asked: See: http://www.speedwitch.com/Decals/d107.htm Tom Madden

As Brian said you can find the discussion from last month... I'll just say that my experience with BLI models is that they are good quality. I have a GACX express reefer and some H2a hoppers. The

Gene these were discussed extensively on the list less than one month ago. search the archives for "NYC Spec 486 boxcars." (Also look for spec 468 since I see many of the subject lines of the emails I

Broadway Limited has announced NYC steel boxcars. Would anyone care to comment on their accuracy judging from the available advertising material? It appears these cars are intended to represent the

They don't appear to me to have anything much mounted, maybe just car bodies being shipped to an assembly plant. Barry Bennett

Bob, it turns out that, after I sent my previous message, I discoverd another photo of a M-27F. This one is from the Bob Lorenz collection and shows B&O 295189 with a reweigh symbol and date of

Other photos which I have and can provide to you in the form of scans, are a Red Davis shot of B&O 295456 in Nebraska with a recent 12-56 reweigh date and a 1940 Kansas City photo from the Joe