If you have copies or any of the reproductions of the early Car Builder's Dictionary's, look in the back in the advertising section. Bob Karig

I know this is before this groups normal era (1870-1895 instead) of 1910-1956, but I believe editors and authors of books from this group have the expertice or knowledge. Mr. K's ACF book states that

Along with the GM&O supplemental decals - see: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STMFC/message/88225 I have sets for: ACL flatcar (Tichy with one less stake pocket) $4.00 ACL lowside gondola (Ertl or

I should add the Newfoundland Railway had several reefers built of this design. A colour photo of of a golden-yellow-painted CNF 330 at Port-aux-Basques, NF is in Omer Lavalee's "Narrow Gauge

The tome titled "Canadian National Railways Passenger Equipment 1967-1992" describes a group of express reefers built in February, 1951 by the Eastern Car Company of Trenton, Nova Scotia, that this

Looks like it might be a rework of one of the CN's 8000-series outside frame boxcars used in Newfoundland. Found a couple of low-resolution photos on the web (links below), maybe someone has better

Given the recent discussions in this forum and the recent MR article on the Bx-11/12 kit by Westerfield (not to mention the fact that I am in the process of assembling my own!), I nearly forgot

Bob,          This has the look of one of the Reading RR's conversions. Why it is in Canada is another question.   Fred Freitas

Didn't Maine Central have some rebuilt single sheathed milk cars? FWIW my guess is that whoever owned it, it was in milk/creamery service... Tim O'Connor

Quidi Vidi Brewing is in St. John's Newfoundland, which might stir someone's "mental list" of probable owners. Scott Pitzer

Originally built in the late teens or early 1920s as a single sheathed box car. Rebuilt 1948 or later with a slightly elevated diagonal-panel Murphy roof. Either at that time or later, it was

A reefer. Bill Schneider (ducking for cover...) Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 6:06 PM To: STMFC@... Subject: [STMFC] This Car Is... Can anyone identify the car on the photo links

Can anyone identify the car on the photo links below? Thanks. Bob Chaparro Hemet,

Chris That may be, but it's far wider than the prototype. I know it's not easy (and may not be feasible with a #78) but the whole draft gear casting is really quite a prominent feature of the

Tim, the box is set up for a #78 Kadee. That is a narrow box with a Kadee #78 coupler stuck in it. If you want it more narrow, I suppose you can file the sides down some more. Chris

Chris Those ends cages are beautiful... Do you have any opinion on how difficult it would be to replace the draft gear with Accurail or Kadee or Details West "scale size" boxes? A kit that good

Mark4 has successfully done work for a number of major clients and, while there were many problems with the machine initially and as an aftermath of the move to New Zealand (damage to major

I posted some pictures of the upcoming H30 hopper car from Railshop. I sold some of these kits at Cocoa Beach and these pictures may be of some help in

I have used Mark4Design, and the work is good, BUT.... Mark is very slow, doesn't respond to emails, machine breaks down frequently, there's always an excuse, so my experience is that he

In building my GM&O car from the Naperville handout, I noticed some errors in the decals and made a supplemental set as can be seen on my