I'm not sure how widely they were applied, Tim, but I believe that they fell into disfavor because they had a habit of working loose and falling off the cars, thus endangering any traincrew or other

Tim O'Connor wrote: Tim, Tim, Tim. Look a little more carefully. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

Ah! I didn't think to look at later photos. Yes, there is a photo (page114) of an R-40-2 with a metal emblem, and an R-50-1 on page 121. The question is, for modelers, how common were these

Paul I have a photo of PFE R-30-2 6334 with either the silhouette of a heraldon the right side (as reckoned from the B-end) or it's just heavily weathered. I have neverseen a picture of a PFE reefer

Todd Sullivan was correct, Martin's article from Mainline Modeler in July 1987 lists decals as coming from "a variety of Champ sets." The ROCK ISLAND comes from the Champ road name set and is

Paul Woods wrote: I wrote that RMC article (and most of an entire book about PFE cars). The metal medallions were introduced in 1928 and began to be removed in 1937. By 1940, nearly all of them

I noticed on the PFE reefer, just above the middle on R/H side in this photo, a distinct shadow around the Southern Pacific logo. I recall reading an article in a RMC mag on PFE cars that mentioned

Alerted to possible truck swing issues caused by the Stringers by Brian Carlson and Brian Leppert I attached Tahoe trucks to the WLE and NKP models I am building and the .040 x .040 styrene Stringer

In fact, we used this very same photo in the book. Steve Hile

picture of N-25b attached David, Yes it does. The covered hopper versions were B&O class N-25. Also notice small volume of the gravel loads in the twin hoppers. Bob Witt -- *Tim

Elliot, I used Microscale rivet decals. Look for a line of rivets that has similar spacing to ones you need to replace or you are trying to match in the prototype photo. Once its painted and weathered

David, Yes it does. The covered hopper versions were B&O class N-25. Also notice small volume of the gravel loads in the twin hoppers. Bob Witt

FYI the article is in the April 2018 issue. These take awhile to download. Bill Welch

The lettering on the model in the photo looks like and older Champ set - especially the numbers. Perhaps it came from a Champ Rock Island road name set. They tended to be pretty generic, but would

Did you try Mask Island? http://www.maskislanddecals.com/product-category/freight/ Thanks! Brian Ehni (Sent from my iPhone)

I have no knowledge on the matter, but I would first ask if what Martin did was prototypical? I know his reputation for accuracy, but I think it's important to ask that at threshold. Looking at Mask

I would like to finish a build of the RI covered hopper Martin Lofton built in the photo attached here. I need help finding this style decals. My search of various decal suppliers fruitless. If you

Matt, I am currently working on this kitbash and would like to know what archer decals you used? At 17$ a sheet I would like to know what you reccomend before I start experimenting. Great

Ahhhh, sharp eye you have there !!!! Todd Horton

We've discussed the UTLX car before. The covered hopper looks to me like a B&O N-13 from the end. https://imgur.com/a/FezS97k David Thompson