Wow I called Atlas in Jan, for tank car parts. While I was talking to the parts fellow I inquired about BL parts or undec kits. he told me they were out of stock, and what they had they sold the whole

No I ordered them on the website. I am away from my computer now, but I can send you a link tomorrow when I get time to look it up. Brian Flynn

I have a few spare parts available if you are unable to locate any ..Armand Premo

Thanks for the reply’s. Looks like I will have to call them. Brian J. Carlson

I also bought some doors a few months ago. I phoned them. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510)

Did you call them? The parts aren’t on their website. Brian J. Carlson

A side door caboose was used on the TNO Llano branch into the early fifties. Charles Etheredge

Not sure what parts you’re looking for, but I just ordered some doors and roofs last week and got them in a few days. If you’re looking for other parts ie ladders or grabs, I might have some, not

Look on eBay for more than a week or so, and you'll readily identify some cars that BL evidently made too many of. No one would be unhappy with you if you bought some and sacrificed a body or two if

Great looking car, Scott. Jim Kubanick Morgantown WV

Dave, Depending on what you need, consider looking for a parts donor kit at a train show. At the Shenandoah Valley show earlier this month I saw a couple dozen unassembled

I didn't know that Iowa banned side door waycars. The CB&Q had them, and used them on several branch lines, so I'd like to know the year the State of Iowa banned them. I was planning to build one for

You could check with Atlas but I did a few months ago, and they told me they sold off all of it to someone. They didn't say who it was.

Does anyone know if Atlas sells parts for the branchline postwar Box cars. I had a mishap and need to replace some parts. Brian J. Carlson

The IC used side door cabooses on every division on the line except for Iowa where they were banned by state law.  Some of them ran well past the end date of this list and made it into orange paint

The oldest photos I have of that car are from 61. In Feb it was still MC&CL silver, by Nov it was Iowa Terminal orange. It’s had different plows and at one time a working platform. Still on the

Great job. Looks very nice George Toman

Richard, Like the other rules we've discussed here, regulation of side-door cabooses was probably a state-by-state issue, at least at first. It might also have depended on

Richard wrote: As long as we're doing cabooses, was the use of side doors on cabooses also controlled by state law? Was there a nationwide ban on side door cabooses at some point? Not that I am aware

Regarding comments on Bobber Cabooses and outlawing certain rolling stock: Of Bobber cabooses, or other equipment. There does not need to be a federal law, enough state laws the railroad