Hi List Members, A nice view of tank car CTX 6492 Crescent Tank Line... https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/NHQAAOSw7DBckAoJ/s-l1600.jpg More details at the link below...

Of all the models of SS boxcars I've seen over the years, that one best approaches the appearance of the prototype's sides. The vertical lines between boards are not exaggerated and the unevenness is

Photo: Erie Gondola 19061 (1916) A photo from the Library Company of Philadelphia Digital

Gene, The work is so good that I kept expecting you to "April Fools" us and tell us that it was a pic of a prototype. ;-)

Note, by the way, that the Tichy wheels have ribbed backs. I spoke to a Tichy rep at a train show a while ago and asked if there were plans for smooth-backed wheels and he was non-committal. Having

Tim, The embossed TM shows up well in the wheel car photo you posted. Dan Smith

Steve I love the Reynolds Aluminum trademark embossed into the car side! I don't think Sunshine reproduced that when they offered this car as a resin kit. :-D

Absolutely beautiful museum quality model! The mud splatter on the ends is very convincing, do you know how that was applied? Kevin Lafferty

Sorry folks I meant that to be a private email to Charlie... :-[ -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Charlie, these may help. I have no plans however. Tim -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Dan Those are not Allied full cushion trucks. But they are high speed trucks. Tim -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

That is a fantastic looking build and paint/weathering Have to look close to see that it is a model Thanks for sharing George Toman

Here's a photo that shows two in Roman lettering -- evidently one red car, and one black car. Tim O'Connor -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Gene That’s modelling and weathering of the very best. Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Gene https://myp48.files.wordpress.com/2021/04/np-preshade-1.jpg That is an awesome technique!! I have tried multi-layers but was never that

https://myp48.wordpress.com/2021/04/03/modeling-mid-century-composite-boxcar-completed/ Lee Turner finishes a boxcar I built. Please take a look. Gene Deimling

I found this add for Enterprise Railway Equipment. Not a clear picture but a start. Al Smith Sonora CA

In a conversation with Dave Grandt, when I was writing a review of the kit for RMC (Jan 2002), he told me the two kits were based on oil jobbers he saw and photographed in Colorado, New Mexico and

All that roof and they still stuck the cupola at the very end. -Jeff Ford Sanger, TX

Did you check with the Arkansas Railroad Museum in Pine Bluff? They reportedly have a number of records for SSW. Gene S.