Chet: Thanks for the info. I re-read a Railroad Modeler article on Mather cars and it suggested that some cars were running in 1957 but all gone by 1959. I think that the article was done by Martin

Thanks. I'll bear that in mind.

Bill, It is a violation of the Uniform Code of STMFC Conduct to discuss these BAR ex-PFE R-40-10 reefers since they fall well outside the official discussable time period of the list. Tim O'Connor

I made a mistake on the car number. It's BAR 8573. The reweigh date shows "L7-66" The Citrus Yahoo group was where the original post was and refered to the BAR's purchase of second hand PFE cars.

I picked up a McKean Master Series undecorated 40' PS-1 combination plug and sliding door box car kit in April. The car has an 8' youmgstown silding door and a 7' smooth riveted plug door. There are

Tony: I disagree with your statement regarding MM. Every time that I have found a publication error MM has published it promptly. With Peter W. involved I'm sure the matter will receive the

Garth, a photo shows WP 9027 with 2 roping staples per panel but otherwise looks identical to the AAR design.

Richard, How different were WP 9001-9050 (Greenville, 1949) from the new Athearn 65' car? Kind regards, Garth G. Groff

Group, A search of the archives produced no hits on this car. Anyone out there know when this car was first produced? I have a Great Northern photo of Moore Patent Refrigerator # 92202. The series

about Gene, I found two of these cars on switch lists dated March 1955, loaded with feed and interchanged from the TP&W to the Wabash at Forrest, IL. Chet French Dixon, IL

Stefan, Sorry, I misread my own notes!! Those Wabash cars had 6 foot doors. I don't think any prototype exists. Tim O.

Stefan, Scrape off the rivets and model Wabash 88200-88699 which had 12 panel welded sides, RP roof and 4/4 ends. (YSD-2A doors -- 5/5/4 pattern) Tim O.

I also asked the train man about wood roof walks. He said man of them were paint free but didn't remember details of them after so many years. Ed

A few months back we discussed walking on a moving train containing open top cars. I said it was physically impossible. I recently spoke to a train man who started working in 1956. He confirmed

I came across this oddball C&BT boxcar in my pile of older cars and was wondering if there is a prototype for this arrangement: 10'6'height, 4/4 Improved Dreadnaught ends(rolling pin), 12

According to the Erie freight car diagram for this series, hand brakes were Ajax and trucks were Barber Stabilized. The kit trucks aren't bad, but Branchline's Barber trucks would be slightly more

Tyler, The construction of the Panama Canal occurred over a number of years and while it did involve a massive amount of equipment and supplies it is doubtful if much of it was shipped in unit

--- The model is the Ulrich truss rod flat car.I verified it from a google run. The model has no brakes on it . What is a good online prototype photo to add a few Westerfield or other detail parts

I'm just putting this one together and wondering if the as provided Ajax brakewheel, steel round hole brake platform, black underframe and AAR trucks, and wood running boards in black car cement on

Brian: Thanks for the information. I believe that this will cover my era. Gene Deimling appear in the these cars I am asking