Tim, The running boards were left unpainted, however, the builder's photo shows some overspray where the running board extends beyond the car end and on the edges of the latitudinals. The brake step

What about the running board on the TP&W 626-650? Painted or left unpainted? Tim O'Connor

Ed, Depending on the definition of "common," data from AC&F bills of materials show that unpainted galvanized roofs became more widely used starting in 1953. At that time there were a lot of AC&F

There was considerable "overspray" from the sides also.Armand Premo

Thanks everyone for all the help. The projects are underway but in N scale not HO. Thanks again Rick Dietrichson Wilmington, NC

I built the F&C P&LE 36' DS box, and need only to know what trucks to stick under it to get it on the layout. The F&C website has a photo of the kit with Kadee Andrews trucks (for what that's worth),

Unpainted galvanized roofs. Some high angle shows appear to show black car cement seam caps, may just be shadows, see pages 68 and 69 of the Morning Sun book BR&P Vol 1. You could have asked me

Bud, According to AC&F bill of materials for series 1500-1999, sides were brown. Ends, underframes, brake parts, and trucks were black. There is nothing specified for the roof, so it's presumed it

Linde cars with LAPX reporting makrs were leased from General American. Linde cars with SERX reporting marks were leased from Shippers Car Line. Richard Hendrickson

When did it become common not to paint galvanized box car roofs? Ed

Hi guys, I'm trying to help a friend with info on the roof color of the Buffalo Creek boxcars, does anyone have that info? I am guessing when new they were unpainted galvanized, but Champ's

Ben, Thanks for the link. I've added same to my bookmarks. This is a good thing to have access to here at work. ;-) Kind regards, Garth G. Groff benjaminfrank_hom wrote:

Ben, How close was it to the March 1918 USRA 100-ton gon proposal? Was it ribbed-sided? I ask that because I believe Pennsy's Kiesel was on their Mech Committee. Al Kresse

Garth Groff wrote: "RAILWAY PROTOTYPE CYCLOPEDIA had a very interesting story on these [cryogenic "boxcar" tank] cars, complete with rosters and plans. Sorry, I'm at work and can't supply the issue

Frank, Rich Burg and Ben Homm sent me something a while back. Yes, it was a one-off, dedicated service test car built in their own shops with what looked like tender trucks under it. Al

Richard, Yes, that "boxcar" is actually a tank car. These cars were used by Linde and National Cylinder Gas to carry industrial gasses. LAPX was a Linde reporting mark, with many later Linde cars

My guess is that it is the Union Stockyards. John F. Cizmar

I'm in the process of finishing up a SFe Ft-5 early piggyback car and need the "this end toward dock" and "other end toward dock" decal. Is anything like this available ? The thought of letter by

The second photo on the freight car page looks interesting. A tank inside a box car. Why would this be? An earlier method of insulating tanks? Adam

Tim, A whole lot of eastern Utah coal is ordinary boiler coal and much of it was shipped to northwestern states. Dave Nelson Tim O'Connor wrote: