Jerry mentioned Cocoa Beach. Off the top of my head (and w/ apologies to those manufacturers I left out), this January we had: Intermountain Broadway Limited Walthers Speedwitch Media Tangent

original manufacturer of this kit. There is a pair up for auction as we speak...eBay item #140234183080 John Hile Blacksburg, VA

The fact that there were customs and "red tape" problems IMO was the fault of the NMRA not recognizing it but it's in the past hopefully not to reoccur. On the smaller "grass roots" level, I can

Garth, Thanks for the response. I need to clarify what I meant. My comment was meant to indicate my disagreement over the time period of this photo with some of the other members of the historical

Also, do these boxcars have cast-on grabs & ladders like most (all?) Accurail cars? Rob Simpson boxcars (SP design, except for the special brake rigging for tight curves), but you would do better

Bob Chaparro asked: "Alpine Scale Models has partnered with Accurail to offer two outside braced boxcars as can be view on the following

I was working for Kato at the time and there were other issues involved beyond rash decisions based on rumor.... The customs situation (not exclusively on the Canadian side of the border either) made

Bob, They have to be considered stand-ins. Yes, the PE had similar boxcars (SP design, except for the special brake rigging for tight curves), but you would do better to track down the Sunshine resin

Bob, You need a copy of Tony Thompson's book on SP Boxcars and all your questions will be answered. Jim Scott Lompoc, CA.

Alpine Scale Models has partnered with Accurail to offer two outside braced boxcars as can be view on the following

CVSNE, They were probably marked "Ford" because Ford built the greatest number of Jeeps during WWII, not Willys. American Bantam, which more or less invented the Jeep, built only a few prototypes. AB

Al, this is later than the Model T era - I don't have a date on the photo but believe it was taken around WWII. Some of the guys in the CV Historical Society mentioned they thought these were Jeeps

I have posted to the photos section scans of photos from a scrapbook of CB&Q furniture cars being repainted for two different owners by the Grace Tank Car Lines. They were a family-owned lessor of

They boxed up Fords and other autos for overseas shipments. What year was it? There are images of Model Ts being disassembled for crating for overseas shipment on the Model T Forum Website. I've

The RPI pay site has photos of bilevel auto-racks on NYC and UP flat cars. If you're a member, you can see these

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Brian Ehni wrote: "P.S. I seem to be unable to post messages here and on PCL via email; I have to come to the web site; anyone else having problems?" I had problems last night with pretty much all

wrote: end....... original Chris- These cars had "Buckeye steel ends" when built, not reverse Buckeye. You can check the diagrams on the fallen flags site (these were originally double door box cars).

When you look on eBay, check under Revell, too, since Revell was the original manufacturer of this kit. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, Oregon

Al Kresse asked: "Were not the GTW and NYC flats longer than 56-ft >> maybe 65-70-ft long or so?" I can't speak for any possible experimental GTW racks, but the NYC flats were 53 ft 6 in flats: NYC