Bob; So, did the M-15K get new underframes and run as a new sub-class? Did their outward appearance (aside from underframe) change significantly? What numbers were they, and when did they run up

Guys; I didn't say I believed them, just that they said it to me. I suspect that you all are correct that there is a bit of obfuscating going on here, as they continue to make a few of these cars

Let me predict that -someone- is working on a B&O Wagontop in plastic. How could they not be? :-) The question remains, will anyone ever wake up and give us the AAR alternate standard offet

I can't give you anything more specific than that the cars had corrosion problems that caused them to require more maintenance than steel cars of similar type. This is from being around the

Which shows that the items most heavily advertise are the most superfluous. What was the major product advertised on the billboard freightcars? Are there any stats? Manfred

Relax, Elden. Facile generalizations about what sells and what doesn't are worthless, regardless of where they originate. It's obvious that the manufacturers of injection-molded HO scale freight car

Jon, not to be argumentative, but I think a 6-dome wine tank car would not only sell, but it would sell very well, if it were done properly. Which do you think would sell more: the GA-Pfaulder

Bill Welch wrote: When I last talked to a friend who worked at Peterbilt (a connected company) about ten years ago, he said all the PC&F archives were boxed up and in storage. Whether that is

Pat Wider wrote (responding to Randy Hees): It was well recognized, all right: by the operating boys. Mechanical departments disliked this idea, as weight savings often meant different designs

Tim O'Connor wrote: Some of what vendors tell you is to make your eyes glaze over and your legs take you away. Some of it is natural "protective coloration" to disguise actual intentions. And

I am curious to know if anyone on the list has any "definitive" information on the disposition of the Builder's photos files from Pacific Car & Foundry. A gift of 5 photos of Western Fruit & Fruit

Maybe, but the carbuilders obviously were, how else do you explain the experimental lightweight box cars built by AC&F, P-S, General American, et al. circa 1940? To quote the P-S ad in the 1940

IMO those Milwaukee gons would make an excellent project for Sunshine to produce... they are too late for Westerfield. I've seen a photo of them on the SSW in Texarkana, so they got around. Tim

Elden If flat cars don't sell, then who do we have to thank for Proto, Red Caboose, Walthers, Atlas, and Intermountain flat cars? And Athearn recently spiffed up their TOFC cars and is offering the

I don't know about tank cars as LL and IM (and Tichy) have done a bunch with a new LL one coming. Maybe a better statement would be small (4K or 6K) as well as multiple dome cars, don't sell. The

Bill Welch wrote: Bill, I believe the answer is no, something for the B&OHS to consider. It is a stencil with the painting information: such as the manufacturer use, the date, etc. My understanding

Jon and all; In some of my recent interactions with manufacturers and sellers I am also being told very disturbing stuff like "flat cars don't sell", "gondolas don't sell", and "tank cars don't

After these cars drifted into my brain last month, lo and behold Classic Trains runs a photo of the MILW in the Northwest with 3! of these cars in one photo. "can't be that hard to make", I says

My wife ordered it for me from a commercial mail order catalog; it should be readily available in both videotape and DVD. The title is "Otto Perry's Santa Fe" and it was produced by the Rocky

I am in the process of decaling Sunshine's B&O's M27f and M15k and I notice that near the handgrabs on the left end of each side there is is a small rectangular stencil This is not included in the