On February 4 I posted a list "of the car series that I'm having trouble classifying as double sheathed, single sheathed, or steel as of July,1950. There are nineteen on the list, hence my Subject

Dennis Storzek wrote: Neither do I, but it's a matter of fact, not debate. You quote the Stanford Libraries site (full respect on that, as I'm an alum and still use the Special Collections at

HI Frank, I believe some of these cars are preserved at North Freedom, Wis. at the Mid Continent Ry Museum. I believe that are photos on line at the museum website. Ted Rails Unlimited Ted

The Missouri Pacific now joins Club 100*, thanks to Charles Shope. Here is its summary table with his data added

Tony, I don't want to debate this, I spent waaay too much time on the Trademark issue... And I can't quickly find the citation on the U.S. Copyright Office

Tom Olsen wrote: "Wasn't this this the car in the photograph that Martin Lofton used in the product and instruction sheets for his Kit #26.13 X29 Express Boxcar Kit?" Tom, I don't have that kit but I

Anthony Thompson wrote: I thought the changes in the law in the late 70's said if a work had been copyrighted (and so marked) that the law would assume a renewal had occurred and therefore extended

Dennis Storzek wrote: I believe this is a misunderstanding. Once copyrights expired under the old law, they were gone. As the phrase went, it was required that they be "timely renewed." The

Ben, Wasn't this this the car in the photograph that Martin Lofton used in the product and instruction sheets for his Kit #26.13 X29 Express Boxcar Kit? Tom Olsen Newark, Delaware,

Dave Lambert wrote: "The two cars (whose numbers I will have to look up, but later) were, I believe, in dedicated bulk mail service-Columbus to Akron, OH." One car is PRR 100688, which was also

Southern Rails was published by the SR Historical Society. The SRHA has the remaining back issues and they're available at http://www.srha.net/public/Grab/grab.asp>. Frank Greene Memphis, TN

Jerry, I believe at least two did. They rode on a short wheel-base version of the GSC Commonwealth BX express truck (with the outboard Houdaille snubber) like their bigger brothers under the

Would guess that means it was not one of the cars built at Havelock. They had ASF "Non-Unit" trucks, whatever that means. Russ

Frank, The end "that looks like a Murphy end but turned sideways" with the corrugations oriented vertically you mentioned a while back is the elusive and short lived Vulcan end. It's illustrated in

Don Worthy writes- This is an MDC (Roundhouse) cast metal car produced between the approximate dates 1955-65. The model number was G-100. One of the cars in my roster is F/P and lettered for the

Jerry Michels asked: "Did the PRR X29s in express service ride on some sort of high-speed truck?" Yes; however, while attempts were made to improve the ride of these cars at high speed using

A former USN 50' boxcar in the CSRM collection at Jamestown, CA rests on Chrysler trucks. Unfortunately, it is in storage and is not readily available to the casual visitor. Denny -- Denny S.

For those who might be interested, the 2007 NMRA Sunshine Region Convention will be in Ocala Florida May 18, 19, and 20. Info at www.ocalamodelrailroaders.com Freight car modelers are very welcome.

Mike, As others have stated, this is likely a Roundhouse car. Except for cast-on grabs, a slight clunkiness, and sometimes a poor fit of parts, it was one of the better kits in the 1950s. I have one

Hi All, Did the PRR X29s in express service ride on some sort of high-speed truck? If so, what would be the best truck to use? Jerry Michels