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Re: Wayners Freight Car Pictorial

Steve Sandifer writes: I'd rate it as only moderately useful, Steve. In this, as in all of Wayner's books, he's almost compulsively fascinated by the unusual, the eccentric, the downright weird,

By Richard Hendrickson · #28530 ·

Wayners Freight Car Pictorial

Someone mentioned to me the other day Wayner's book, Freight Car Pictorial. I have not seen it. How useful is it? Is it a regular on

By Steve Sandifer <jssand@...> · #28529 ·

Thoughts on a 50' single door box car

Brian, I plan to do some in the Southern Railroad scheme but may not use the undec kit. Southern put their road name on a separate piece of wood attached to the car. I have not gotten around to

By Allen Cain <allencain@...> · #28528 ·

Re: E car

Clark, According to the Sunshine rebuild kit I have, The EJ&E rebuilds used Miner Handbrakes. Joe Binish

By Joe Binish <joebinish@...> · #28527 ·

Re: Wayners Freight Car Pictorial

Richard Hendrickson writes that Bob Wayner is "...almost compulsively fascinated by the unusual, the eccentric, the downright weird..." He forgot to add: "Passenger trains". John C. La Rue,

By MOFWCABOOSE@... · #28535 ·

Re: similar USRA SS boxcars

Ben is correct. I have the builder's photo for this car (somewhere). There is no way to build this car from kit parts. - Al

By Al & Patricia Westerfield <westerfield@...> · #28526 ·

Re: Stock cars

Use "Railroad" instead of "RR" or you'll go nuts! MJB 1905.

By hoghead32 <buckfiveoh@...> · #28525 ·

Re: Stock cars

Google "Louisville Henderson +and St Louis RR" with quotation marks and you'll get some hits. M.J.Buckelew

By hoghead32 <buckfiveoh@...> · #28524 ·

E car

I would like to model one of the EJ&E rebuilt USRA DS box cars. I have the article Martin wrote in the May 90 Model Railroading magazine and 3 jpegs of the cars. But, I have no information on the hand

By Clark Propst <cepropst@...> · #28523 ·

Re: Wayners Freight Car Pictorial

I agree with Richard's assessment, but in Wayner's defense would add that I don't think it was ever intended as a reference work. It is simply a photo album of random freight car photos. The

By CBarkan@... · #28533 ·

HO Items For Sale- Updated

Hi Folks, Athearn Santa FE Express Box, 50', $4.00 D&RGW, Caboose, NIB, $4.00 Caboose, Undec, Santa Fe style, $4.00 Atlas 11000 Gallon Tank Car, RTR, Fuelane, #133, $20.00 11000 Gallon Tank Car,

By h81644 <H81644@...> · #28522 ·

C&NW Cabooses

Looking for drawings or diagrams or photos of cabooses in the following series, Info on any sources or resources would be greatly appreciated. Cars built by C&NW are: 10400-10478 (1913) Cars

By Dennis Short <dennis.short@...> · #28521 ·

Stock cars

Hi does anyone out there recognize L,H, & St. Louis? Was it a railroad or a car company? Rich Yoder

By Rich Yoder · #28520 ·

Re: ATSF Reefers

Tom Madden said: True as far as it goes, Tom, but Martin's son has been a Ph.D. grad student at Florida full-time for several years, and before that did not put in very many hours on resin work,

By Anthony Thompson <thompson@...> · #28519 ·

Re: ATSF Reefers

Someone writes, about Sunshine Models: answer e-mail; no And Paul Lyons responds: selling more expand his Martin's workforce has in fact been cut in half in recent years. It used to be Martin,

By pullmanboss <tgmadden@...> · #28518 ·

Thoughts on a 50' single door box car

Guys when I picked up the P2k SP B-50-22 I also picked up an undec kit. Does anyone have any suggestions for a road or paint scheme that was not previously done by P2k? I model 1957 so I would prefer

By Brian J Carlson <brian@...> · #28517 ·

Re: similar USRA SS boxcars

had Brian et Ben: They (P2K Mather cars) have a VERY short interior height. The model is around 7'8" and the Tennessee Central cars (among some of the tallest) were only 8'6", short of what you

By Garrett W. Rea <Garrett.Rea@...> · #28516 ·

Re: similar USRA SS boxcars

Ben, Thanks for the information - very helpful. Just a thought - is the Mather boxcar that is being done by LL a possible starting point? I think these may have been taller - and had similar

By Brian Everett · #28515 ·

Re: similar USRA SS boxcars

Ben Hom wrote: From the looks of things, you'll need parts from both kits. One more thing...use the underframe from the Tichy kit. Ben Hom

By benjaminfrank_hom <b.hom@...> · #28514 ·

Re: similar USRA SS boxcars

Brian Ehni wrote: This looks taller somehow than the Tichy or Accurail, but that may be photo perspective and/or the additional sheetmetal above the pressed end sheet. It IS taller. This car

By benjaminfrank_hom <b.hom@...> · #28513 ·

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