Thanks for the info. I guessed as to the time period, and I guessed wrong! I will repost on the Modern Freight car List! Steve Kay

I recently bought a kit for a UP S-40-6 stock car from the UPHS. Although there's a page of small print instructions and a page of exploded views of the kit parts (well, most of them), I still have

I want to thank Bruce "PRR" Smith for his wonderful suggestions on using Norton sandpaper on stock car resin sides, doors and ends. It was easily 10 times as fast as my last stock car resin kit

My copy of Morning Sun's Tank Car Color Guide by James Kinkaid arrived today. It has a wonderful collection of rare color pix, some I noted are: Western Union water car WUTX 4522; 2 UTLX fully

Sorry Elden, I was just poking you for the FOUO marking at the top of your post! KL

I saw that too and was intrigued by it. However I have no idea of how to make those side panels. I hope you get a solution from someone. Jim Hayes Portland Oregon www.sunshinekits.com [Non-text

Steve, cars with Transco vertically-corrugated side sheathing were built or rebuilt by a number of different railroads in the mid-1960s, and this was one (the Santa Fe also had some Fe-35 class

To all -- SORRY ABOUT THAT--WRONG LINK!! HERE IS THE CORRECTED MESSAGE: On the top of page 50 of the December RMC is a photo of a model of an odd D&RGW boxcar. (Odd to me, anyway!) I tracked down a

ON the top of page 50 of the December RMC is a photo of a model of an odd D&RGW boxcar. (Odd to me, anyway!) I tracked down a prototype photo: http://www.holophane.com/LED/LEDgend/default.asp I

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: FOUO Kurt; I did not investigate the details on the NYC cars past a certain point, but Al Westerfield did, to some extent. Container loading was sometimes a

Group: Hats off to Clint Hyde for undertaking one of the seemingly thankless jobs that this hobby needs done...our talent doesn't necessarily start with good information but is certainly it achieves

For what it is worth, my diagram books on the ACL show pretty much the info Tom provided. So I reference my January 1942 ORER. Page 2 shows the ACL series 14000-14199 IL 50'6", IW 9'02", and IH 10'01"

Tom, I have a W. C. Whittaker photo of O-24 14210 at San Francisco in April, 1954, only a few months after it was reweighed and repainted at Waycross in 11-53, on which the built date stenciled on

All the rosters and diagram books I have show both the O-22s and O-24s as built by Mt. Vernon Car in 1941. The builders photo of O-22 14199 is 1/41. And the in service photo of  O-24 14319 appears

I bought the Diagrams of Freight Cars book from the C&O HIstorical Society.  To update the record, cars 12392-12999 rebuilt from cars originally built by Ill. Car & Mfgr. Co. had Murphy radial all

Tom Christensen is correct that the ends are 4-5; I missed that when making a quick scan through my steel auto car files. Unfortunately for your purposes, Tim, they're round cornered; the O-24s

Rich Orrm wrote: Thanks for the links, Rich. I see what you mean, and the photos are quite clear. From a modeling perspective, the rivet rows DO correspond to what would be present in a 4-6

Tony, I'm the first to admit I am not that conversant on rivet patterns. The builder's photos which I copied and enlarged to see the overlapping seams are

Denny Anspach writes: "It is now just six (6) weeks until the Cocoa Beach meet, and of course that means just six weeks to GET GOING on your DT&I gon projects!" Well...OK. OTOH, I am still working

Elden, can you elaborate on the approved official uses for this info? KL