Bud Rindfleisch asked: "Now those M&W Ball line cars......that's where I need more help (plans?)" Which ones - the Mather cars or their secondhand rebuilt boxcars? Ben Hom

Brian, Thank you also for the BCK roof info......I couldn't have asked you Saturday, the question wasn't asked of me until Monday! Now those M&W Ball line cars......that's where I need more help

Ed, Thanks for the info. I knew I would get accurate information on this list. Bud Rindfleisch

I have a couple of photos of non-insulated tank cars in wine service that were owned by the California Despatch Line of San Francisco (reporting marks CDLX). Bear in mind that the wine that was

Rich, What do you know about Penny's Kiesel and his involvement in PRR and USRA/ARA/AAR FC design? WE have his patent for an offset-side end side-panel trasition design and he is mention as being

Rich, If it is NOT too much of a task. Yes we would like to have a sentence of two associated with that early hi capy gon with twin claimshell hoppers. It would be a lot of hand-shoveling if you

Along with brown/black over spray, I would imagine that rotting feed/flour would make the roof appear to be black as well. Romi Romano for

--- In STMFC@..., "John Hile" <john66h@...> wrote: .....page also includes other new photos: (1) a 1948 b&w photo showing a 25-car trainload of Chateau Martin wine after arrival in the

Jim, Thanks for the update info and for posting the photos. In the 1948 Bronx photo it is interesting to me that a few of the cars appear to be non-insulated types. I have always associated

Dennis,   I think CID stands for "Central Indiana Division" which is an NMRA group.  I seem to recall they used their own reporting marks when doing club type projects.   There were no

Guys, Railway Age ran an article on the G23, and H26 (quintuple hopper) in the June 18, 1919 issue on pages 1461-1466 (RA was paged in six month block back then). The article has full drawings

I added the photo of the Chateau Martin car in New York City to my Chateau Martin web page: http://www.geocities.com/jim_lancaster.geo/chatmart/cmwx_roster_1.html The page also includes other new

Ben, Fred, thanks for the info. Kitbashing one of those monsters is way down the road. We're doing a comparison of the three Pochahontas road's HiCapGons, and also a look at the models. The

Dean,I have several photos that might answer your question, but it's hard to help without a lot number or number series. Richard Hendrickson

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),