Marty - As requested. - Al

Recently purchased a Walthers model of this 40 ft meat reefer, which I remember as a 13 year old. Visited my LHS yesterday and found Athearn now has a model of this car. My question: which is closer

Contact me at <midcentury@...> off-list, please, for info on ordering $16.00 assembled K brake Santa Fe stockcars. Sorry, no AB brakes at this time... -Andy Carlson Ojai CA

To compound the felony,not all panels on some of the cars were replaced with blisters at the same time.There is photographic evidence showing cars with a combination of panels.This may suggest that as

Tim, You can build the IC, SOO and DSS&A cars with a Sunshine Mini Kit and a IM 10'-6" boxcar kit. However, if you want to be dead accurate model you are stuck with an IC car as the other two

Gentlemen,My October 1949 OER shows a split of 110 1650 cu ft to 85 1769 cu ft. Armand Premo

Eric Gagnon wrote: There has been a number of articles published on fixing up Athearn and MDC cars, but one I like was by Dennis Storzek published way back in April 1982 in RMC. Alan --

Dick, I know that by 1951 there was only one car listed with the blister panels -- but I've always thought half the hoppers were rebuilt with blister sides. This is what John Riddell showed in his

Al, It's mjmcguirk@... -- Thanks. In studying these cars I've noticed the side posts vary widely -- I've seen them in photos from the 1940s and 50s with what I'd describe as "as-built" side

Marty, The July 1947 ORER paints a little bit different picture. It lists two lines for CV hoppers; Line 4 is Hopper, Twin, Steel panel sides, series 20000 to 20199, cu ft 1769, 185 cars. Line 5

Marty - The 1/40 ORER describes the car numbers. Send me your email address and I'll send you the page. - Al Westerfield

I'm trying to pull together some details on the Central Vermont's twin hoppers for a clinic I'm presenting at the CV Historical Society. I know a number (100) of these cars got blister side panels

The Athearn 40' steel box has some dimensional problems. It represents 10'6" cars owned by IC, SOO, and DSS&A. With new doors, door tracks and Detail Associates 5/5 S-corner ends, you can really

My Athearn 40-foot steel boxcars (the blue box ones) have got to be re- worked. I've decided those clunky door slides and short-looking doors have got to go. Other listers have probably gone

In a message dated 9/22/2007 6:52:54 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, mile179kingston@... writes: I understand the Athearn prototype is of a limited 1937 production run, but I'd like to keep the

Temporary interchange rules for box cars were adapted during WWII because of shortages caused by the war. These temporary rules were extended for several years after the war. Exactly when were the

I am new to the list and an interesting question has come up in the process of replacing some plastic wheelsets on my CN AAR box cars . Is there any way to determine if any new cars were built

Greg Martin wrote: "There has been several good resources articles for this kit and one that comes to mind was Kris Kollar's article in Mainline Modeler." Kris' article was "Haulin' Steel - PRR

Rob Kirkham wrote Once the body is together, it should all straighten out. Just glue everything together straight and true. When I build the ECW gondolas, I am careful to lower the body height so

Eldon, thanks for walking me through the process. I need two cars, so especially appreciate your pointing out the difference with the centre side rib. The long centre beam/frame piece in my kit