Good Day All, I have been told that Mainline Modeler did a feature article on the RDG XMu boxcar. I've tried searching the online indexes but couldn't find anything. Anyone know of this article? I

I am looking for some decals to do an Overland Models Boston and Maine XM-1 boxcar. Any suggestions on decals for this car? I model 1942. I saw that F&C does a minute man decal for the car but I

I've been under the impression that the Duryea underframe was an early form of what became known as a "cushion" underframe in the 60's. So I can certainly understand its application to boxcars. And I

Any chance you'll be sharing those pics? I sure would love to see them. Best, Lawrence Rast <WDarnaby@...> wrote:

Be wary of any instructions in the Sunshine kit as it seems they rarely get it correct concerning Duryea UF's. Their B&O M55 version is completely wrong for example. A couple of weekends ago I

Hi list members, Thanks Bob. Some more nice images from this site. The url's are long and will need to be re-combined into one line after the email program gets thru with them. I'm including the

Apparently the box was converted, or originally built, to carry coal in bulk, with top loading hatches and side unloading doors. Very interesting arrangement. Would make an interesting model,

It looks like the WCC car has roof hatches. Rob Simpson

The Wisconsin Historical Society's website (http://wisconsinhistory.org/) has several railroad subject images. Below are links to some of these images. Enjoy. Bob Chaparro Hemet,

Sunshine sells "4 General American Duryea underframe parts/details for modification of plastic & resin 40' boxcar kits" which might be useful. Jim Hayes Portland Oregon

Folks, What and when was the first offset-sides construction coal car? I've the VGN 50000 120-ton gon blt June 1917 by Pressed Stl Car Co and VGN G4 Class blt in Nov 1920. Earlier N&W 90-ton gons

Ted Culotta's Speedwitch makes a Red Caboose M-26 to M-26d/e conversion fkit and one bundled with a boxcar kit. The troubles are: (1) patent research by Bob Witt and myself show that the

Thanks Jim. Rich Orr

The VGN 50000 was not an offset side car. It was an outside rib battleship gon. According to Martin Karig in "Coal Cars the First Three Hundred Years" The first offset cars were built for the C&O

Jim, Thanks for the info. But I think you may have inadvertently compounded my problem. I am attempting to convert a few cabooses. Rich Orr

Ben, Thanks for those two very useful references. I'll print out both and put them with my NYC material. Gene Green and everyone 414-

Ben is, as usual, correct. I will add that what's in those crates is one or more Travelair biplanes, and that Travelair was (at the time) one of the largest and most successful aircraft

Wonder who in Honolulu got the Travel-Air airplane? Brian Ehni

David Snook wrote: http://www.wichitaphotos.org/graphics/wsu_tms408.9.factory.4.jpg <http://www.wichitaphotos.org/graphics/wsu_tms408.9.factory.4.jpg> "I wonder if all of those crates will fit in the