List, With the recent discussion of the West India Co.; I went looking for photos of the cars. I find that some of them were cars rebuilt by the Erie by placing steel on the outside of the truss

Yep, that's the one I was thinking of. Thanks all, Jason Hill

Steve and group, Forgive me for jumping in so late on this topic, but I purchased a four-pack of the Branchline CMO 39000's, and am concerned about the lettering above the reporting marks. Every

I am building a Sunshine Models ATSF Work Train that is missing the PDS. Any help out there?? Thanks, Dennis

True, but there is the not-small matter of artwork necessary. I, too, have an ALPS, but without the correct lettering style, you're only as close as what Intermountain already sells (which is to say

At Tim's request, I've added a DSS&A decal set good for Ps-1s and AARs. This was a real case of cooperation from several list members esp Dennis Storzk who provided some excellent drawings of the

Brian, Talk to Jeffrey Damerst at Shawmut Car Shops.  Here is his website: http://www.shawmutcarshops.com/ and you can see some of his work. I have used Jeff for many projects, and would recommend

I emailed Protocraft, and got this response: sorry, no. It's a big expense to produce these and there is a 125 minimum Unless a lot more people ask them, it looks like a dead end, unless Ted can do

Thank you Steve. I had asked a guy who'd work at an elevator for car capy in bushels, but they don't grow wheat around here. I did get a kick out of some replies. It's like we used to say at work

Courtesy of Michael Bishop, here is a link to a 1947 C&NW film. The film features a large amount of steam era freight equipment, although the quality is so-so. Bob Chaparro Hemet,

The general rule that I learned years ago was 2,000 bushels of wheat in a nominal 50-ton boxcar, 1,500 to 1,600 bushels of wheat in a 40-ton car. I don't know about other roads' cars, but CN 40'

There are photos of a number of these cars in both AC&F Kaminski books. Elden Gatwood

Brian, Second the motion, not just for those Chateau Martin wine cars, but also the Norfork Southern 1932 AAR boxcars and the West India Fruit boxcars. Perhaps some reciprocity - they issue Ted

Dear Group, Does anyone make an 8' Superior 5 panel door with rib stiffeners? Thanks in advance, Rich Christie

Wish they would do them in HO! Brian Ehni

Although I'm not sure of its build date, Bobby Pitts did a great model of a bromine car that naturally fits in with his rail whale models. Mike Turner Simpsonville, SC 29681

Protocraft developed artwork for four different CMWX sets for the ¼” scale market. http://www.protocraft.com/category.cfm?Categoryid=1 They are also releasing Speedwitch decals in ¼” scale

Al Brown wrote: As Al certainly knows but others may not, the statement applies to LIQUID bromine, not the ordinary gas. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906

Looked it up, instead of answering off the top of my head again ... the article's in the 2/01 MRR, p 74; the author is Dick Scott; and the car (DOWX 52312) was built in 1965. I beg the list's

There was an article in Model Railroader some years ago, about scratchbuilding a Dow Chemical bromine car. Bromine is four times as dense as water, so a 50-ton car runs about 2000 gallons. They look