Dave, THANKS for the heads up on the ends. I came up with the year 1906 from the VGN Group. Thanks again, Davey

You could borrow the ends from this: http://www.westerfield.biz/it390006.htm (though you may need to cut some height out of the bottom). Also, the cars were built in 1916, not 1906. David Thompson

The VGN H-12 was a continuation of the late-1930s H-8 and as such was basically the Unitcast ribside twin hopper that showed up in various '30s and '40s CBCs. Virginian was by far the largest user of

Gene - Absolutely beautiful model! Thank you! I think Jim had access to a lot of photos of the prototype cars under construction too. Unusual centersill with fishbelly and totally plated over on

I received two of the F&C kits today and have the following thoughts for the group. Take them as you will. -- The cars are called AC&F Type 7. Steve said that is what it said on the PRR drawing.

Bill Welch has built two of the HO Norwest models: http://www.steamfreightcars.com/modeling/models/welch/np90218main.html http://www.steamfreightcars.com/modeling/models/welch/np92313main.html I have

Ed Mines writes- Generally no, and in this regard it seems to be much better than GOO, as explained below . Virtually all contact cements that I have been acquainted with develop "stringing"

Tim, I have a photo (so do those who bought the Wheeler CD from me) of an empty VGN hopper in Stewartville MN about to be loaded with iron ore for shipment to Granite City IL Rules are ment to be

Ben, Many THANKS for all the info. I knew the ends would need to be scratch built and I thought the car looked to tall as compared to the pix on the VGN Group but with that said I guess I will

looked one. I out- cars nonstandard Ron, I have sent you a scan of the builder photo of car 7000. Wabash built this group of box cars at their Decatur, IL shop between April and December 1952.

Well, yeah. Denny can tell this better, I think, but he drills a hole through the cap which he plugs with a T-pin so he gets a tiny bit at a time. I've not gotten 'round to that yet, though I intend

Brian, Yes. I did notice the Ames Monument. - Bill Keene Irvine, CA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Davey Powell asked: "I am searching for some info on Virginian, class BX-10/11, 40 foot O.B. boxcars that were built by Baltimore Car & Foundry in 1906. These are 50 ton, steel frame cars in the #

Anyone else notice the Nissan Pathfinder "Left Turn" ad? A stone pyramid is prominently featured. This is the Ames Monument, located at the original site of Sherman, between Cheyenne and Laramie,

Hi Guys, I am searching for some info on Virginian, class BX-10/11, 40 foot O.B. boxcars that were built by Baltimore Car & Foundry in 1906. These are 50 ton, steel frame cars in the # sries

Bill McCoy asked: "Is there a good starting point available for the Virginian H-12 2 bay and H-14 3 bay hoppers? Frank Bongiovanni wrote: "The H-12 is a 55T "34 foot" 8 panel hopper, and, to my eye,

Gene Deimling wrote... This series of cars presented a challenge to research since no plans were found only a folio sheet. Fortunately, there are a few old bodies to be found in Montana and other

Ed: The only color photos that I have seen show black hardware. I am not sure that an old "Prototype Modeler" article is a valid source of prototype information. The There are no data sheets

Have any of the group checked out the new Hard Coal and Coal cars book by Robert Karig??? Although it mainly on the O&W Hopper fleet it has mountains of info and drawing also photos of other roads

Bill, as a quick answer: The H-12 is a 55T "34 foot" 8 panel hopper, and, to my eye, the Accurail or the flat end Athearn works. Marty Swartz's VGN resource guide suggests the Walthers, with