Did I miss something or is the articles by Ted Culota going to be made into a book? I ask RMC awhile back about such a book and they said there were no plans for it so I went ahead a purchased all the

Definitely not the Des Plaines kit, as the NC&StL rebuilt gondolas did not use the original USRA side framing. If by NYC rebuilt USRA gon you mean the USRA gondolas that were rebuilt by the NYC

The Branchline kit is Lettered for Reading Class XMy. 10'6' 4/4 IDE ends, 8' door, 7 panel Superior Doors (The box artwork shows Youngstown) Murphy rectangular panel roof, with a 10-48 built date, and

Andy, Sorry, Andy, but the defense doesn't work in this case. There were a substantial number of 10' IH postwar AAR box cars built circa 1945-48 having the full top corrugations. However, in these

George, The NC&StL merged into the L&N in 1957 and did not exist as an independent railroad in 1958. Many NC freight cars were still showing their NC&StL reporting marks in 1958 though so your gon

Ed Hawkins <hawk0621@...> wrote: On Apr 12, 2007, at 3:30 PM, Barry Roth wrote "I thought the InterMountain 12-panel boxcar was based on a GN prototype. Did

I can't find my Nov. issue of Railroad Model Craftsman. When will the Essential Freight Car book be out?(:] My question, I have a S scale NYC rebuilt USRA gon kit and could get a Des Plaines S scale

Ed Hawkins wrote: Ed, Does anyone make the correct doors for these cars - possibly the people at Southwest Scale Productions? Shawn Beckert

Barry, The Youngstown doors provided in the GN kits were the same that InterMountain used on their 1937 AAR box car, and it is incorrect for the postwar version used by GN. InterMountain passed this

Sorry, George, but the NC&StL USRA gons were all rebuilt as all steel cars in 1939-'40. Richard Hendrickson

I thought the InterMountain 12-panel boxcar was based on a GN prototype. Did IM mess up? And if so, how badly and in what ways? Barry Roth "Steve Haas (G2)" <Goatfisher2@...> wrote:

I coulda sworn Red Caboose did these in their 10'6" box cars, but I can't find them on the web site. Although if they really had 4/4 ends then that would be an earlier postwar design --

What HO model or modifications would make an accurate Reading class XMa boxcar? As I recall, these cars had 10'-6" inside height, seven panel Superior doors, eight foot door opening, plain 4/4

Would the Intermountain car for the Nashville, Chattanooga, & St. Louis be appropriate for 1958? Were they rebuilt with steel sides and used in that era? If so does anyone have rebuilt car numbers

All, I'm getting ready to build the Sunshine MoP mini-kit which calls for an Intermountain Modified AAR (10'-6") boxcar. Can I use a Branchline kit (which I have on hand) in lieu of the

Could it just be a geographical thing?After doing an analysis of a large number of wheel reports few if any WP cars appear.As a result,I do not have many WP cars.I use this study,if you will,as a

Tony Thompson wrote: "Yup, GN is definitely among the roads "modelers like," as a hobby store owner would say. Probably it's that terrific goat emblem, one of the finest railroad emblems, in my

And I've been to Naperville but once, and still, I have several Sunshine kits, bought via the US Mails. Try it, Russ. You sends them da check, and (admittedly a Very Long Time later) dey sends you

Richard Hendrickson wrote just the articles you need in the July 1995 and July 1996 issues of Railmodel Journal. Brian Leppert Carson City, NV

red_gate_rover wrote: Jim, Very few if any of the B&M's USRA gons received the Rectangular Herald until some were rebuilt in 1934. I believe that Steam Shack released a USRA gon with the BOSTON &