Tony LOL. Yeah right. I've got my eye open for Champ HB-178 which has this lettering. Tim O'Connor

Tim O'Connor wrote: Hey, Tim, do the artwork and get decals made, and I bet you could sell any you don't use to this group! <g> Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley,

Wow thats one of the reasons, Tim! Just have to have one! Sincerely, Mark Morgan

Richard, Thank you very much for this informaiton. I now have enough information to get myself in trouble. It is time to order a few additional modeling supplies and get this project off the

Al, Dennis, Thank you for the information. Dennis wrote: In modeling the 12000 series car I would be removing the roof from the Tichey car and it would not be hard to cut or sand the top side of the

Shay, I have several photos of these cars as rebuilt with steel side sheathing and 10' wide 1-1/2 corrugated doors, as well as one shot of a single door car. In all cases, the roofs are Climax

Dennis, Good catch.   Why else would the diagram sheet say Youngstown Steel Sides, 10 ga.  . . . .  kits?  Now to check photo's for extended side bracing under the skins at their bottom side

Many of these extremely heavy loads are welded to the decks of the cars (or the tie down devices are welded). Eventually I guess they figured holes in the deck could be used to make loops with cable

Robert Federle wrote: THere are numerous photos of pre-World War II cars with riveted decks, and no, the rivets are not flat heads, they are normal hemispherical heads. Guess the railroad

Really? This question peaked my interest because I've never seen a USRA rebuild that retained the original framing, so I looked in Shaver's Car Equipment of the C&O Railway. Turns out the ex-Hocking

Sorry Shay, I hate to say it, but you are getting two or three steel-sheathed series intermixed. The C&O 2000-2799 series 50-ton steel-sheathed box cars were converted at Raceland, Kentucky, in

Robert, While indeed a possibility, loads were often loaded onto wooden blocking and not directly onto the deck. However, you pose an interesting question as many decks on earlier riveted heavy

Were any steel decks riveted? If so would they have been recessed? Seems riveted decks would preclude proper securing of loads if said load was "lifted" at some point by a rivet head. Sorry if this

Just FYI I'm pretty sure I've seen those 5' wheelbase trucks for sale at the Railworks table at Springfield. He comes to the train show every year and brings a lot of brass trucks to sell. Tim

Thanks to some one who contacted me privately and gave me some clues, I now know that the actuall cars that I am interested in are the Ex-Hocking Valley C&O 12,000 series rebuilt boxcars. The 2000

Dear Bill: Thanks for responding. Yes Martin does include your suggestions about building the car and I like your technique of leaving the running boards off in order to detail other areas of the

Tim O'Connor wrote: I did understand your point, and I would agree about the Athearn deck--amusing since the sides of the Athearn car are NOT riveted. But whether any railroad put a riveted

Correct but now Bethlehem Car Works has the old Red Ball trucks in their Kit Bits line. They do not appear to have the Larmont design so either the mold wore out or they are just not making it

Howdy,        Which railroads and cars used this type running board.   Bob McCarthy

Tim, Folks, John Frantz posted a photo of an F34 loaded with a centrifuge pivot, destined for NASA, on the PRRPro list. For those who are PRRPro members, it is accessible