Ian, I wonder whether those renumbering guides allow one to trace pre-renumbering number series into the later series? And are copies available anywhere? Rob

It's that slow connection. Can't get through thr rain drops. CJ

CJ, you do realize your emails arrive wrinkled from being wet, don't you? SGL think....it just seems that way. wrote:

Thanks to everyone for the answers. Ed they

The NCC 52'6" gondola sides represented a Greenville gondola -- the Proto 2000 car. The NCC ends were unique to rebuilds of the NYC cars.

Larry, We freight car guys in Seattle welcome you warmly. It doesn't rain as much as you might think....it just seems that way. CJ Riley Bainbridge Island

A quick trip to the Flyers by RR page of my Sunshine website www.sunshinekits.com tells me that they are kits 67.7 (K-9), 67.8 (K-10), 67.9 (K-10-A). Jim Hayes Portland Oregon

gondolas--the K-9, K-10 and K-10-A cars? > John, K-9 67.7 K-10 67.8 K-10-A 67.9 Above is per sunshinekits.com John Hile Blacksburg, VA

Good luck Larry, have a safe trip. John Cizmar

Best Wishes to you Larry. I am out of work at the moment, 31 years at a steel mill. Your email has gave me a wake up call. Sincerely, Mark Morgan

Gentlemen,   Can anyone please tell me the kit numbers for Sunshine's three ACL gondolas--the K-9, K-10 and K-10-A cars?   Thank you!   John John Golden Bloomington, IN [Non-text portions of this

Our Prayers and thoughts go with you Larry. Robert Federle ---- Larry Jackman <Ljack70117@...> wrote:

Hi Fellow list buddies. I writing this to let you know I will not be at Cocoa Beach this year. I am moving back to Seattle area By the end of Dec. I never really liked Florida. We came down to look

Thanks for the answer, Ian. The photo in Canadian Railway & Marine World, January 1917 issue, shows a build date of November 1916 for this car. Frank Valoczy Vancouver, BC Frank Valoczy Vancouver,

It did. When the Canadian Northern system (including the DW&P) was amalgamated with others to form the Canadian National Railways in 1918, the new system moved to rationalize the numbering systems

Alan; I am in the middle of a PS-5 bash, and found when looking at photos that PS-5's seem to have varied a lot, depending on built dates and customer preferences, so some have a side very much

There was an ad in the 1961 Car Builders' Cyclopedia with a drawing of the side and end of a PS-5. No underframe drawing and not the usual CBC detail type drawing. Many years ago National Car Cast of

Did DW&P freight cars ever undergo a renumbering? I found a builder's photo of DW&P 30426, a 36' double-sheathed truss-rod boxcar built in November, 1916, and am wondering if this might not later have

U-Bolts were used where the pipe runs directly along side a surface. A Pipe Clamp and "Standoff" is used where support is not adjacent to the pipe. Pipe Clamps and Standoffs are a welded assembly with