Brain, check our mopac.org. I think you can find good matches there. Jerry Michels

It does help, thanks. Because there are a number of photos of the tanks, etc and none of them show piping at the top of the tank I am going to assume that the piping is at ground or floor level and

Scott, I enjoy giving the clinics at the RPM's. I even have a few ready to go, whenever that is. As far as a photo showing the piping, I do not have one in the book. But the diagram on page 94 sums up

Is the Atlas 4-hinge reefer close to the Swift 4-hinge prototypes? I've compared the Atlas reefer (a CRLX prototype) to photos at the below link, and the bodies seem pretty close to me beyond

I assume many of this group are on the OpSig group that discussed Live Stock Operations today. The question concerned the 50’ Mather stock cars. Mather cars were generally leased cars. Beginning

Fine build Worth the long haul to get there. Lester Breuer

Brian, I don’t have any Vallejo paints to help, but if you have any Branchline Trains MP 40’ box car models, they are spot-on matches to a 1956 Bowles Color Drift Card. Regards, Ed Hawkins

Does anyone have a good starting point for a 1950s Missouri Pacific box car color using Vallejo paint? Brian J. Carlson

Thanks for all the replies. Didn't know about the solid frame Kadee trucks. Looks like they are the only viable game in town right now at $12/pair (ouch). I forgot about the Owl Mountain Flatcars, i

Great minds think alike eh?! I like your version of this car Rich. Nice to see the chalk marks. Colin Meikle

This has wandered pretty far off target but, yes, those drawings in the 1916 (also in the 1912) CBC are of the "B&M style" UF used on the majority (63%) of the B&M's shorty SUF XM and XA cars. The

Re the B&M cars- the 1916 CBD figure.425 on,pg.384 shows the Western Stl Car underframe for these cars. I'm not sure if this is exactly the same as the "B&M" underframe. Note these cars had 8x12 brake

Wonderful work! And a big THANK YOU for the weathering details. I presently have a couple of single sheathed box cars on the work bench and you have provided a good education in how to apply

Ken and Friends, Ah, but some of these cars lasted a long time in company service. The Western Pacific still had AC&F 10K Type 7 cars until the very early 1980s. One still survives at the Western

Yes, Tony, there's MUCH I'd like to edit in my above! Re Owl Mt, Jason told me recently he had started looking into making his own HO Bettendorf T Section Truck, but was able to purchase "several

Ray, Among others, the AC&F Type 7 (1907 design) and very early Type 11 (1911) cars were built as high walkway cars. Regards, Bruce Smith Auburn, AL

Ray, When you say "early", what years do you mean? And "the usual models"... what does that mean? There are excellent models out there of many pre-WWII tank cars that need no, or next to no

Rich, Nice looking car. I love those Speedwiitch kits. Always a fun and satisfying experience with a rewarding result! Jim Kubanick Morgantown WV

Of course when the T section trucks were introduced, roller bearings were effectively (yes available, but not used on freight cars due to perceived higher cost and conservative attitudes about

No shortage of options of "horribly overscaled" early tank cars.... might I suggest the Funaro & Camerlengo type 7 ACF kits with High Walk? For HO detail parts, Jason over at Owl Mountain Models