They are not doing custom decals like Rail Graphics did, only narrow gauge decals. Jack Burgess

Hello I have those decals for sale, both Ho and O scale,. Contact me off list. Ted Schnepf 126 Will Scarlet, Elgin, Ill. 60120 847=697-5353

Speaking of San Juan Car Co., does anyone know if they have done anything yet with Rail Graphics, which they acquired awhile ago? They used to produce some really handy generic data decals.

Westerfield also has several in resin just drop them a note and ask Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

A couple of weeks ago I ordered some HO scalereefer car hinges from Grandt Line and I got wonderful service. Gary McMills

There was some discussion about a week ago as to the status of the San Juan Car Co. I just received a Grandt Line part from them. I guess that they are still operational I did order the part on E

My guess is the two pictures of tires being unloaded for tires shops were taken at team tracks. I now have another reason to spot a box car there -- Bill Parks Cumming, GA Modelling the Seaboard

I've noticed they occasionally show up on Trainz.com and brasstrains.com For a roof alone, the Central Valley Model works roof works if you cut one scale foot from the

Rich, A nice build; great weathering and paint patches. Jim Brewer

I think WHITE WALL tires were wrapped - Nobody would buy a blemished white wall, except at a deep discount. -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Eric Hansmann wrote: Anyone who has not looked at this very nice post should do so. The prototype photos are quite interesting. Tony Thompson tony@...

NO GARTH IT DOES NOT. I was commenting on a specific photograph of specific cars in a specific place. I doubt very much that those single sheathed cars, or the CG door-and-a-half

Very nice work, Rich. The newer weigh data and repack stencils are outstanding. On wood sheathed cars, those route cards could be found in many locations. There were also plenty of card remnants

Shippers have ALWAYS been really rough on freight cars, and if you start looking, you'll find cars with damaged, dangling, or removed doors all over the place. That's why railroads used to stencil the

And if it happened on the road, the car would be set out at the next siding, unless the crew could secure the door in a safe manner. The car, if set out, would either be repaired in place, or have the

Group: The issue of cars losing their open doors was a problem that time did not heal. In a prior life, I was a Track Supervisor for Conrail with HQ at Colehour Yard in Hammond, IN. The former PRR

"unless it had JUST happened en route” … quite likely actually. In Detroit, in the early days of open auto-racks, thieves would climb on the cars and strip the new autos while the train was

But in both photos shown the tires are going to tire dealers, *not* to factories for installing on new cars. The Spokane photo shows a fair assortment of tire treads and such. David

Guys; I ran across a short group of photos recently that were of a door which had come loose and got knocked off along an elevated ROW. The door flew off the elevated and crushed a car below.

NYC Postwar boxcar with route cards. Tony is correct. It does’t take much effort to add route cards, but it adds to the prototype look of the car. I went back to check and saw I missed the route