John, Any chance you can post photos or drawings to our shared directory of these cars? A four-wheel caboose with a bay window has to be almost unique, and certainly worthy of study. Kind

Ben, I actually have two sets in my parts box. I was planning on sending him two "B" ends. :~) His response to my offer was just a little more courteous than his response to your suggestion of

I haven't been able to get on to Ian's web page to check the photo to see if this is a good match, but think it worth noting that the door and a half parts are offered by New England Rail Service's

Tim O'Connor wrote: Tim, thanks for the words of encouragement! Just for the record: There are good-resolution photos of GBW 8104 and 6156 (similar single door cars) in "Green Bay & Western" by

Ben Hom wrote... I'm sorry for the confusion -- I thought I made the scope of what I was looking for clear in the request ("closest stand-in that a modeler could use -- either straight from the kit

Ray, There was no handout.

Yeah, perfect, if you need clunky models with yawning chasms of scribing between boards...and you'd better replace those oversize posts and braces, too. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature

Victor, I don't recall seeing any center sill stenciling on this car. I believe the locals repainted the car sometime after it was placed it the present location. Some time ago, I took a number of

Another way to get "different" single sheathed box cars would be to build them in a similar fashion to the Qualitycraft single sheathed auto box cars (MKT & Milw) or Ambroid predicessor. Glue

Garth Groff wrote: I have a pair of the Tyco 3/3/3 ends Ben mentioned which I will probably never use. They're yours if you want them. I leave it up to you to figure out how to get rid of the

Mark Mathu wrote: "I think matching the truss pattern would be one of the most important features -- if not the most important feature -- for selecting a stand-in to simulate a GBW 15000-15098

Not the PS&N, which had their own distinctive-pattern cabooses (some of which did end up on the P&S after 1947), dating from earlier than the "USRA" plans. Somewhere I have views of three different

Several list members, most recently Mark Mathu, have approached me expressing an interest in seeing the picture of the GB&W boxcar which started this thread a couple of weeks ago. As I mentioned

I do not believe the LEF&C caboose 8 was ex- P&S. Comparison shows that the P& S cabooses all had Andrews trucks and radial handrails with a tight radius and a straight upper end, whereas the LEF&C

Tim, I missed Frank's clinics over the weekend (well, everyone missed Thursday's). Did he have a handout you could scan and post? TIA, Ray Breyer

Ian and other interested parties: I did not measure this so I am unsure of the exact size. I "fit" it based upon photos and the spacing relationship between the grabs and the stenciling. When

Mark, After attending Frank Hodina's clinic on making resin masters for single sheathed box cars, I am much more willing to try to create something new than I was before. And you don't have to make

Thanks to Ted Culotta for another installment in his ongoing Essential Freight Cars series (Nov. issue of RMC with the CNR boxcar). As Ted points out in a photo caption, a second grab iron was

No thank you, I've already got a Tyco 50' boxcar in the scrap box. We're discussing what mike work as a suitable stand-in for these cars - I think Ben's advice to scratch build the sides and splice

I think matching the truss pattern would be one of the most important features -- if not the most important feature -- for selecting a stand-in to simulate a GBW 15000-15098 boxcar. The truss pattern