According to the RI Color Guide, this is a repaint that dates to 1949, which would have likely been the first repaint for these 1940-42 built cars. That blurb, on p. 35, says at least 150 were

Intermountain has announced some more Rock Island Modified 1937 AAR Boxcars, link below. Since the Modified 1937 AAR cars comprised nearly 25% of the RI Boxcar fleet in 1957 I wanted to add one to the

Bill, those cars were rebuilt in the 1960s with the wide doors and vertically corrugated sides. When new, they were essentially of AAR steel-sheathed designs with 6' doors. 12 panel riveted

Brian I tried to send a message off list, but it was kicked back. I think the problem is on my end, not yours. But I do have additional contact information for the person you need to contact. It

> My freight car modeling began in earnest with Ambroid and Quality Craft kits. Several of these cars still look great o the railroad today. Back then when it came to trucks you chose between

Rich, That's quite the treasure trove. Thanks much for pointing to it. Great stuff. Brian Chapman Evansdale, Iowa

richard--thanks for the info to the site for the ORER'S--i had tried several searches but without anything close to getting ORER's---jim young

sorry that should have gone off list. Brian carlson

Rupert: I got a response this morning. Not sure if it was due to your email or not. Thanks though. Out of curiosity do you know a Kel Shearson from NZ I don't recall which city he is from off the top

The additional scans are from the Stanford Library. Go to Google Books and type in "Official Railway Equipment Register". The second one that should pop up is the 1913 edition and is from Stanford.

Brian I'm forwarding your message to the President of the Burlington Route Historical Society for his attention. Rupert Gamlen Auckland NZ

Thanks for the correction. Picture hand wiping sweat from brow :-D Jon Miller

Hello Group,       I got ahead of myself by about 3 weeks..... The second run of kits was loaded into a container yesterday and should arrive in about 3 or 4 weeks. Sorry for the confusion. We

Doug, The lady I talked to said she didn't know when the third run would be in, any guess's? As my mail order guy apparently didn't order them I guess I need to wait for the third run. ;-)

i have searched unsuccesfully--can you provide the link you used ---thanks jim young

Hello group,        This is the second run of caboose kits we have released. We had expected delivery in June, but I know this is unheard of, but we actually are delivering at least one item

At Cocoa Beach, Frank Angstead said the next rum of ATSF caboose kits was due in June. Perhaps the person you talked to was referring to a previous run? Tom Madden

Brian, While a lot of these drawings pre-date the 1950's the equipment was still in use. http://prr.railfan.net/signalstandards/standards.cgi Rich Orr

Hi, I've had good luck reaching them via postal mail, I ordered some stuff maybe 4 months back and got it fairly quickly. I've had no luck at all reaching them electronically. - Claus Schlund

There is a whole new crop of ORERs on Google Books in the 1900-1910 time frame Roger Hinman