Thanks for the quick and excellent answers. I will have some work to do on this one. Sincerely, Mark Morgan

The scheme is pre shield! Mark

The other issue is proto offered these in the late 60's large shield scheme also so which do you have. Brian J. Carlson, P.E. Cheektowaga NY From: STMFC@...

Mark, according to the UP equipment diagram, these cars had Barber trucks (Branchline in HO) and Equipco hand brakes. Running boards were wood. As for paint and lettering, "the fifties" was a

Bought one of these on eBay, minus steps! Were these still in the scheme that proto applied during the fifties? Any suggestions on the trucks, roofwalk, brakes, etc. Thank You, Mark Morgan

The Chicago & Western Indiana RR had several Haskell & Barker, 40 ft, Wood Side-Dump gondolas. Some were still in use in 1960. #1185, built in 1913, was at the Illinois Railway Museum the last I saw.

Yes, there are numerous photos of the 50' cars mixed in with 40' cars in reefer blocks. The photo you cite of a solid block of 50' reefers may be a publicity shot of new cars being delivered,

I have seen many photos of solid trains of Santa Fe 40 ft. refers (GFX Designation). I also have a photo of what seems to be a solid train of 50 ft Santa Fe refers. I believe that the 50 ft cars

Peter, You pretty much answered all my questions. Thank you for the help. Chris

And on Feb 21, 2010, at 5:08 AM, al_brown03 wrote: Eric, Al Brown is totally correct about the 6 groups (vs. my count of 5) as I excluded the 8250-8449 fish-belly side series built by Greenville in

Larry Goolsby's article in Lines South 4th/98, pp 18-23, contains photos of SAL 7622 and 8449 (the latter in sand service), as well as several cars outside your stated number series. A photo of SAL

Eric, The cars in the 7600-8649 range were built in 5 different groups by 3 different builders covering a 13-year span of time 1940 to 1952. Bob's Photo has in-service photos from each of the 5

Which Paint Scheme? Warm Orange. Greg Martin

Group, Does anyone have pictures of Seaboard Air Line 1958 cuft covered hoppers in the 7600 to 8649 range? I would like to see if they are close to the new Intermountain car to see if they can be

Hi Chris, The precise answer is, "it depends"... If you are modeling before 1955 everything except the 1953 PC&F-built, plug door-equipped AAR Class XIH (heated, insulated) 45000-45099 was freight

Which paint scheme? Depending on when in the "mid 50s" the colors could vary considerably. Marty [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Thanks All. I was leaning toward painting out the "Return When Empty" lettering to model a XM car as Ben suggested. I too was under the impression Bowser grabbed it from a photo of another car or

I'm having a little trouble trying to get the correct color for New Haven boxcars in the mid 50's. Can anyone help? CML

I think that it's time that we had a look at prototype couplers, in keeping with the STMFC list's mandate. My 1995 AAR Field Manual gives coupler dimensions for Type E couplers. Rule 16, paragraph 8

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