About 1966 if memory serves me right.  Same time as roof walks were gone on new cars.  However high brake wheels lasted a long time after 1966.

Mark - While the wheels extend quite far on the model, the prototype has a 5' wheelbase rather than 5'6". Unfortunately, no matching trucks are available (arch bar for D&IR/D&MN and Andrews for SOO).

January, 2009 RMC, Page 123, has a photo of one of the Wabash cars. Do you know if the kits which Stan Rydarowicz offers come with decals? Thanks, Phil Buchwald

Westerfield soon plans to release a model of a turn-of-the-century ore car. From the photo on Westerfield's website, it looks like a tiny model. Truck wheels are dramatically exposed: Proto 87 will

Ed- Here's the link-- http://www.imagescn.technomuses.ca/ You'll find that there is no catalogue per se, but rather a series of categories from which you can browse for images. Most are of CN or

Thanks to everyone for their advice on modelling this car. It's one that I've wanted to model for some time, and took a few photos of an example that survived until about ten years or so

The C&O/N&W/Virginian 6-wheel trucked gondola cars built circa 1920 +/- were either initially or upgraded to KDE 16-12 loaded, 4-10-12 empty and Westinghouse KDE4-10-16E8L with royal Type F regulators

Please bring the following to Cocoa Beach for me: 7951 NYC 1916 design boxcar 2901 USRA STL Box Car NYC DECAL 2901 Decals - NYC USRA STL box car DECAL 3302 Decals - USRA SS Box

Correct. I believe the last box cars built with non-geared vertical staff hand brakes, at least for a major railroad, were the GN 50000-50999 series double wood sheathed cars, delivered late in

Rob, There are still a few High Hand Brakes on older cars to this day. Ron Smith Carman UPRR

"What we've got here is failure to communicate" I believe that the original question referred to the standard position of horizontal shaft brakewheels in the steam era (high) versus the

I left the Santa Fe in 1955 and there were still staff brakes above the roof then. Thank you Larry Jackman ljack70117@...

My notes indicate that high mount hand brakes were prohibited on new cars after 1/1/67. High brakes on existing equipment lasted well into the 80s, at least. In the early 50's very few cars with

The Union Freight Line in Boston used Climax steam dummies until the 44 tonners were purchased... Romi Romano

Group, This is most likely a easy question but I can not find the answer. I am wondering when did it become out-lawed to have the brake wheel on the top of the car? I am modeling the early 50s and

We will be at the RPM next week. If you want us to bring any specific kits let us know within the next 3 days. - Al Westerfield

Seems like a good application . . . ;^) SGL the

Thomas Baker wrote: "I have an old kit, probably from the very early Fifties, of a Fruit Growers Express refrigerator car. Its number is 36000, and I wonder if someone out there knows when cars in

I have an old kit, probably from the very early Fifties, of a Fruit Growers Express refrigerator car. Its number is 36000, and I wonder if someone out there knows when cars in that series became

Ed Mines wrote: "At one time someone (Pikestuff?) offered a sprue of solid bulges that fit the Athearn twin car." Pikestuff 541-4000. According to Stan, these aren't quite right for the Wabash cars,