I'd buy that book. Ed Mines

Last night I received an old Walthers orange box composite gondola kit.Long story on how I got it, but I was expecting something else. The modelappears to have USRA design sides with steel Murphy

The freight car load data from Terry Link's Canada SouthernRailway website (see message post #150111) had four loads recorded as "MilitaryKraut" among many listing for various military loads. All four

Staffan, I never heard the term either. And in my limitless ignorance I never knew that GN ore cars ever went off the GN. I assumed they shuttled between the mines and the ore docks and that was it.

Very helpful indeed Ian. As I model the late '40s this car had a different number and reporting marks than what is currently on the car. Any guess or opinion as to whether the car would have been

Garth, I think it's an optical illusion. In my 1941 photo (52626) thefeather appears to be other than B&W, but a COLOR photo in 1957 (55589) also gives this appearance. I think thereason is that the

Thanks to all the assistance I decided to build the model with the kitparts. I really enjoyed assembling this model, especially the underside. Wellthought out. I did replace the steps with A-Line of

I always thought Ted would collect them all into a book. I recall the copyright notice was different for those articles and I always assumed that Ted retained future rights for

That would be a book I would like. -- Jon MillerFor me time stopped in 1941Digitrax Chief/Zephyr systems, JMRI UserNMRA Life member #2623Member SFRH&MS

This is from an unpublished manuscript that I've been working on -- unfortunately my website page on Imperial Oil Ltd/Transit Company Ltd. is in need of a serious update, as I've uncovered a lot of

Barry Kenner asked: "I am very impressed with the detail and information in Ted Culotta's series of articles 'Essential Freight Cars'. I was wondering if all of them were available. I have some of the

Kadee. And, Yarmouth Models has a nice jig for drilling holes if one needs one. Lester Breuer

Yes the Essential Freight Car articles should be re released as a book. Fenton

Thanks for adding to this discussion all. Ian, you provided information on this car previously unknown to me. The 1800 series listing seems to have died in 1929 according to your site. Was this car

Kadee, with Yarmouth drill template. Fred Jansz

I have long urged Ted to collect them all in book form. If you agree, let him know. Tony Thompson

I know of no documentation of WP reefers in PFE service with other than B&W emblems. Dick Harley may know more. Tony Thompson

Bill, Herald was B&W. However, if y're modeling a WP car in 1948 from this RC car, please note: - car side says 'completely reconditioned in 1939', which it is not, because: - the RC car still has

Kadee

As Ian said, 12-19 is the build date, not a reweigh date. There was no regular reweigh requirement for tank cars at this time, and they often sported the build date for many years. And yes, those