Roger, Let me broaden the question and narrow the year - would there likely be ANY MDT reefers in white paint in 1944 (the year I model)? Regards Bruce Bruce F. Smith Auburn,

Richand and Paul, Thanks! I've gathered all this info together, printed it out, and filed in the kit box. Hopefully, soon, I'll get back to building some freight cars! Jim Brewer Glenwood MD

Rob Kirkham: That's a pretty good idea. You want Prismacolor pencils. They're slightly waxy, and will stick better. There is another brand that's common, Derwent, which are much more chalky, and

Well, OK - I already conceded its possible. I also concede my photo is not proof of anything because it just doesn't have the quality with which to judge with certainty. But I wish I could catch

Wood, Jim. Even when the KCS took them over and shopped them for general repairs in the mid-'50s, they didn't get metal RBs. Richard Hendrickson

Allen, the thru line for the M&StL was the former Iowa Central line which came down through Mason City, Marshalltown and Oskaloosa to Albia. At Oskaloosa the line turned east to Peoria. The original

Group: I went to the B&O Modeler site and found that the B&O Modeler #3 (Nov/Dec) is out. I think I stopped by there a week or so ago and it was not yet out. I've not seen an announcement, so I

Hey Fred, Some of Seaboard's early pulpwood racks, class R-1, had rails spiked to the decks of the cars. These pulwood racks were originally F-4 class flat cars converted to R-1s in 1940. Rails were

Larry,you probably joined STMPH individually, and therefore can view the files, even though not a Yahoo yourself. Er, uh, wait, that didn't come out the way I intended . . . SGL

That photo is certain in keeping with the one on Lee's site showing a faded herald, with the blue bolt and hardly any white around it; if the bolt were white, shouldn't it be as faded as the

Hi Shawn, One of your photos convinces me that its possible the herald has a blue lightning bolt in this photo, but frankly, I still have my doubts. So I scanned it at 2400 dpi and posted it to the

Hi Gordon, I'm home now - as promised here is what I have on file: Model Railroader Nov 99 pg 104 "CHIEF PETROLEUM - COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO." Journal Jan 97 - This is the most comprehensive series

Ok, I give up. I've been quietly following this thread as I have the same Sunshine kit, albeit still in the box to be built. On the running board, wood or metal? Jim Brewer Glenwood MD

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Unlikely, there is an excellent photo of one of the 6000 series cars in the LOC collection already painted in orange in the early 40s; given these were wood sided cars, I doubt any survived the war

Dates are never absolute, but the white was only used on the first few lots of the steel cars and if I get my notes I can state exactly which ones. My suspicion is they were repainted orange during

I hate to say it but 8350 is a bum number' the 8000 series cars were numbered 8000-8149 Roger Hinman

Jim, Go to the files and see the picture that Pat posted. It clearly shows the car to have a wood roof walk and AB brakes. Take note of the brake part locations as they are different from what is

My suspicion on definitive orange is there may not have been one. On a painting diagram I have for the 1947 white cars, it basically states white and a red shade for the two colors, no reference

--- In STMFC@..., cobrapsl@a... wrote: FANTASTIC Pat, The photo answers all my question except what type power hand brakes these cars were equiped with. I am assuming they were