Rich, I photographed a few of these helium cars passing through my town on the Norfolk Southern a few years ago. What prototype info do you have that you can share? Best regards, Charlie Charles

Brian, none of the Bx-38 "War Emergency" box cars were ever stenciled with maps/slogans or with the later slogans and S&T. Nor were any other Santa Fe single sheathed box or auto cars, for that

Can anyone tell me if the ATSF cars were repainted in the "Ship and Travel" scheme post war. I have only seen builders photos so I am not sure. Brian J Carlson P.E. Cheektowaga NY

Gene They had the Viking roof for CNW. Brian J Carlson P.E. Cheektowaga NY

Claus - My goodness! It must have taken you weeks to do the spread sheet. I'll include the link in my instructions and credit you. - Al

some of just Did the C&NW sample (if, indeed, there was one at Cocoa) have a Viking roof? Will any of the other paint schemes or versions be done? I could only find two war emergency box cars on the

Kurt For a 3-D trust plate, I don't think it needs to be truly legible. Size is the most important factor to me -- I know the dimensions of some trust plates, but we (STMFC) would have to collaborate

Like I said, you just have to make a reasonable case. As an armor modeler, looking at some of his releases leads me to believe the "reasonable bar" is rather low . . . A simple thing like trust

I don't know if it has been mentioned, but the capacity of the prototype is 200,000 lbs! Most cars were built with special heavier duty trucks, both friction bearing and in the sixties roller bearing.

The question has come up about why IM doesn't do the same level of quality work they have done in the somewhat more distant past. That is at least in part due to the same staff not working at IM

Hi List Members, A while back, I purchased one of Al Westerfield's excellent ACF Photo CDs. The good part of this CD is that it has hundreds of lovely ACF builders photos. The bad part of this CD

RE; The Avondale Yard Photo   There doesn't appear to be a 50' car anywhere in sight. Look at the cars on the leftmost RIP track that look like roofless loaded boxcars. There appears to be a

Hi Ed, I think the reference to International Steel on the equipment diagrams is regarding the Utility doors on CEI 65200-65299. I found a message in the STMFC archives (#27787) addressing this.

Market appeal?? Well, I have about 50 PFE reefers that could use builder plates... and maybe a couple hundred other cars... Tim

That's about the equivalent of 7.5oz for an HO model - less than many HO brass models. But in O scale I imagine those are indeed tubes, and the brass walls, roof and floor are closer to scale than

My O scale PRB helium car weighs 2 lb. 13 oz. 30 discrete tanks have been modeled; whether the tank models are tubes or sold rod is unknown. At the time the models were imported there was some

You misunderstood me Jon. I meant why doesn't IRC cut one set of brake parts for ALL of their own freight cars? The only vendor I know who does this is Accurail. And many vendors do buy from other

Tim, You've got to "lighten up" man! Obviously, you fill them with HELIUM <VBG>. Seriously though, you would use TUBING not SOLID ROD... That would result in a nicely weighted car. Regards Bruce

Tim O'Connor wrote: Isn't this the logic that got all the financial people into the present mess? Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA