Rob Kirkham wrote What are the rivets for Rob? I don't think these cars had A.C.R. sides. At least, they don't show up in a good 1959 photo I have of SSW #20028. This photo shows the short-lived DF

Anyone know who this manufacturer is and what these "heavy weight upgrade" products are? http://www.walthers.com/exec/newproducts/cr/200501/Part

Gene Deimling wrote Greg Komar produces white lettering set for the 1937 AAR car, and a yellow lettering set for the postwar AAR cars with 10' inside height (series 4000-5298). CDS produces a set

Jason, I'll add this to Richard Dermody's post: I checked my Moody's Industrial Manual for 1958 to try and find more info on Home Gas. It's not listed, which tells me (I think) that the company

I know it's been a few weeks, but this came up again: http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/historical/a/molasses_flood.htm?nl=1 What's nice about it is there are a lot of links to other web sites with

I know it's been a few weeks, but this came up again: http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/historical/a/molasses_flood.htm?nl=1 What's nice about it is there are a lot of links to other web sites with

Thanks Shawn, it does help. In combination with everything else others have provided, and a bunch of rivets scraped from some old Athearn car, it seems a do-able project for an interesting car. Rob

Jason, You've asked a number of questions a lot of us would like the answers to. Basically, Home Gas was an LP distributor to New England and New York state. In 1945, they had two cars (70, 119) and

--- > > So overall, its not a bad model, is it? Not perfect, but for me This die hard NYC fan will not pay over inflated German prices for a Chinese made model which from the pictures I have seen

I meant the single stripe had not been done before. I'm sure Tim knows that the yellow lettering is for a green car, or black car with green sides. Clark Propst and the

Jason, The Home Gas Corp. was headquartered in Housatonic MA according to the 4/49, 4/55 & 4/61 ORER's. They owned five tank cars, #63, #70, #119, #214 & #978 in each of the ORER's cited. They were

Nyet. Only HO but you can buy the lettering for this car from CDS and possibly Greg Komar. Gene Deimling

Jason, North Monson and Palmer aare both on the Central Vermont -- and I've seen these cars in photos and videos of CV trains, so they'll join the roster. Now all I need is my "Essotane" tank car,

List, Another modeler and myself are trying to learn the routing of the Homgas tank cars that Atlas recently announced. Each of the three is labeled for a different city/community in

If anyone wishes to share a room at the Cocoa Beach Hilton Friday and Saturday nights, give me a call at 502.649.7012. Thanks, Charlie (hitting the road for CB, hope to arrive by noon

I met Will years ago and echo Shawn's comments about being a true gentleman. He loved having railfans come by his house and look at his binders of photos...and provided copies very inexpensively. He

Hi Tim and Group Does Mark Vaughan make decals? and if so, does he do these in O scale? Thanks, Brett Whelan Australia Mark Vaughan does lettering for all three M&StL paint schemes - box car red

A really slick "tool" for de-warping resin castings is the piece of "shim" I received from a fellow modeler who is a carpenter in real life. It is a 4" by6" chunk of 1" steel, falt and heavy. Place

Rob, Here is the scoop on SSW 20000-20099: Builder: SSW, probably at Pine Bluff, AR Built Date: July, August 1941 Inside Length: 50'6" Inside Height: 10'6" Door Opening:

Gary Gealy asked: Others will respond to this, I'm sure, but let me just say that Will was a prolific photographer of freight cars in an era when most photographers ignored them in favor of