Bill Hirt wrote: No, that's a quite different dealer. IIRC the Grandt Lines kit was already available well before that RMJ article. I also have a faint recollection that Grandt did several structures

Bob, The caption says it is a Philadelphia & Reading car. Respectfully, John Mateyko

I’ve got a laser/resin manufacturer interested in doing the Cotton Belt double sheathed LCL long body caboose. If anyone has plans can you contact me? Thanks -- Charlie Duckworth Omaha, Ne.

Sure is. Small lettering in the leftmost panel reads PHILADELPHIA AND READING RAILWAY CO. The class, GHc is to the left of the car number. Take a look at the bad rust and paint failure on the side

Looked everywhere I could think of for photos of the subject cars - no luck. If anyone has a photo of SOU 17500-178197, 287000-287999, or 315700-315949 series gondolas circa 1940s or 50s that they

And NYC flat x97x27(?) beyond it -- Ken Akerboom

I agree that the gondola is P&R. Note the car class of GHc. This doesn’t mesh with any Pennsy class gondola. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

Bob Chaparro wrote: "Photo: PRR Gondola (1904) A photo from the Library Company of Philadelphia Digital

I think it's a P&R car, number 27185 (the 1 is hiding behind the stake). Nothing lines up with it being a PRR car. -- Dave Parker Swall Meadows, CA

Bob Chaparro wrote: "Photo: Unloading Coal (Circa 1920) A photo from the Library Company of Philadelphia Digital

Photo: PRR Gondola 2785 (1916) A photo from the Library Company of Philadelphia Digital

Photo: PRR Gondola (1904) A photo from the Library Company of Philadelphia Digital

Photo: Unloading Coal (Circa 1920) A photo from the Library Company of Philadelphia Digital

thank you eric, you saved me the comment hindsight 20/20 would provide a larger audience ;-) mel perry

George, You wrote: "Note 2: I’ve thought this would not be the most interesting presentation to many people but I’ve considered proposing the subject for a session at the CCB RPM. That’s still

Wasn't these 2 kits based on the series of articles that Rail Model Journal published circa 1997 about oil distributors? I remember some of the articles had scale plans of oil distributor

It’s important to understand there are multiple ICC reports than can provide quite detailed history on a railroad’s rolling stock and fixed plant. I’ve uploaded four examples* to Google Drive

Fantastic. I spoke to them at Springfield last year and they said they had no firm plans to reintroduce the kit. It wasn't something they were sure they would bring back, or something along those

Bill thanks for the information on this; I’d been searching Ebay for a couple years trying to score the kit. Just ordered one. -- Charlie Duckworth Omaha, Ne.

It's been a number of years since I was last in the valuation files, but I think I found at least one or two rolling stock photos of the roads I chase (ACL, SAL, AB&A/C) in the annual update files