With snippification applied, Jim Betz wrote, in essence: Mostly, I can offer an exception. The ERIE revised their Diamond herald on freight cars a few times. First, they changed from Roman to Gothic

I realize that there were wide variations from RR to RR and from car class to car class and probably even from car to car - however, I'm still going to ask this question because it still deserves

Brian, Like Richard, I have not seen the model "in person"; but I did send a painting and lettering diagram to Athearn, so they have no excuses to have done it wrong. gary roe

I was at a fledgling fund raiser for the U of M model railroad club in Minneapolis yesterday. The show was set up like an RPM meet. I was happy to listen to a couple older gentleman's recollections.

Walter Cox wrote: "This sounds like a website I should visit. Does anyone have the address." http://www.canadasouthern.com/caso/NYC-MODELS-FREIGHT.htm will take you directly to the NYC Freight Car

Canada Southern.com Tony Wagner WaltGCox@... wrote:

Thanks Ben and Tony. It is a most useful site and will save me a lot of time ensuring a acceptable degree of accuracy in the NYC cars that I will be adding to my collection. Walter

Sure, lots of them, though perhaps not with 1930s and '40s P/L schemes. Richard Hendrickson

They came from the builder's with wood running boards, and it's unlikely that the NYC later replaced them with metal RBs. Richard Hendrickson

John, I have an undec PSC model. It's a relatively accurate and well detailed model of a GATC car. But not, please note, of the AC&F cars operated by SHPX and NATX, which had quite different

One followup, Can either of you tell from photos if the wood roofwalk provided in the kit is correct? Were these replaced with an expanded metal product later in life? Brian J Carlson

Thank you Richard and Jeff: I'll have to check Bob's stuff out in March. Hanging onto this one for now. Brian J Carlson P.E. Cheektowaga NY

Brian, the P2K model is just about dead-on accurate for the NYC cars as built. Whether one would have lasted as late as 1957 with original P/L is another matter. NYC wasn't known for frequently

Thanks for the input on the reefers. I'll take a look at cutting them down to size and see if I feel it's within my cpapbilities (not nearly as good as many of you). It will be difficult with the

--- In STMFC@..., "Brian J Carlson" <brian@...> wrote: <snip> > Lot 700B boxcar 176613. <snip> > I haven't been able yet to > locate a picture of one of these cars. Photos have been

Cleaning out some more models for potential sales. I have a P2k model for 50' single door, Lot 700B boxcar 176613. The P2k model is listed as reasonably accurate on Terry Link's website. I haven't

Brian, I haven't seen one of these models yet, so it would be good to get an evaluation by a Wabash maven like Chet French who has actually had an opportunity to compare the model with the prototype

Andreas Kuehnpast said on the BM_RR list a couple weeks ago (when the subject line had been Pullman Palace Car photos): Ted Anderson supplied drawings for, among others, the B&M's 80000 series of GS

In a message dated 2/23/2008 10:13:14 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, rhendrickson@... writes: 50' single door, Lot 700B boxcar 176613. The P2k model is listed as > reasonably accurate on

Gentlemen, One source of tools, screws and all kinds of good stuff that I have not seen mentioned in connection with this topic is Small Parts Inc. They can be accessed at www.smallparts.com. They