Kurt a lot of the High cube auto parts car had that symbol meaning DAMAGE FREE :>) the cars had special racks to hold the merchandise from moving in shipment..Lots of special fitted cars for the

I realize that the sill is supposed to be inset from the sides. I just thought it was too far inset. It will be interesting to see all these slightly different models with the same car number. I

Clark Propst wrote: In what I think is John Nehrich's memorable phrase, the "late" ends are called "banana taper," the earlier ones "rolling pin taper." I like the terms, both for vividness and

Floor and Body were supposed to be a poor fit, from memory close to an 1/8" gap. The original DS car was narrower than the postwar body. That was the reason of the channel, simulated with strip

Clark,I too had the same problem.Floor and body were a poor fit., but you can't look a gift horse in the mouth.Armand Premo

Clark Propst wrote: "I mentioned the instructions, my only complaint with them is that when the underframe was dropped into the body it was way too narrow. I ended up using several styrene strips to

John, The model that was given to us has the 'late improved dreadnaught ends' I believe the prototype had 'improved dreadnaught ends'. The ones with the large corrugations that look like rolling

Al Brown wrote: Yes, a metallurgist would <g>. Some metal linings are chosen because they are inert to particular acids (nickel, lead) and the same goes for some tank materials (aluminum).

My first entry into S scale is the Southern Ry. 41' low side steel gon in Roman and Block font lettering styles. Sales have been brisk and I'm very encouraged from comments made by modelers wanting

roads out of Gibson they called "Pacemakers" . They had no special cars or equipment included. What was the NYC's concept of "Pacemakers" ? Was it just a word that Marketing thought up? Note that

Kurt, These symbols were supposed to be put just above the right hand doors operating handle, (if so equipped). They gave more info about the car's equipment. A rather quick look at a few painting

Ben Hom wrote: I'd also like to call your attention to the "USRA SS Boxcars.xls" file posted some time ago by Larry Kline, which shows surviving SS boxcars in the 1950s as well as a summary of

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Kaminski's tank car book, pp 245-258, lists car types authorized for shipping various commodities, including some data about linings. Not all linings have special notations; some are incorporated into

Tim: The C&O did a "mass slaughter" of older cars between 1950 and 1953, no doubt in part to avoid fitting AB brakes. I'm not entirely sure what other railroads did this. It probably depended upon

I have a set of these, they look pretty good! http://www.goldmm.com/nscale/gmnorder.htm 160-55 Brakewheels (six each of fifteen different styles; total 90) Jim Eckman

benjaminfrank_hom wrote: A wealth of information, far more than I expect. Many thanks! Looking forward to it. Dave Nelson

rebuilt DS In fact So I Dave, The Wabash's 2800 USRA DS box cars were numbered in the 78200-80999 series and were never rebuilt by the railroad. 2305 of the cars were scrapped between March 1945 and

It may be added that there were only 100 NWP USRA box cars, minus the half-dozen or so that were in passenger express service, so while it's true that they did go off-line in interchange, the odds

In many boxcar photos you can see a marking that is basically a filled rectangule with a circle overlaid in the center. What's curious is that sometimes: - The symbol appears by itself - The symbol