I bought a package of #11 surgical blades from ebay for a couple of dollars.

Tim O'Connor wrote" "I split box car doors by putting them on a hard flat surface, lining up a single edge razor blade where I want to make the vertical cut, and then using pressure first and then

No “Maybe” about it, Schuyler. Many earlier GN cars had Great Northern written out on the left side of the door. If I’m not mistaken even some with early use of the billy goat herald had this

Paul Doggett wrote: “Don There were four photos two of each car.” Hi Paul. I wish that were so as I have only the two of the rib side car. Don’t know whether it is my half vast

I spent this summer working out of a portable toolbox back at the camp... and found this RETRACTABLE Scalpel from American Science & Surplus to be real handy & safe when fishing for it down inside the

Thanks, David! Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

Thank you, Garth! The following article is also of interest for me. >>> Larry King asked: In 1917 the B&O ordered a batch of steel underframe freight reefers. Plans were published in the

Eric, Here's the link: https://archive.org/details/railwayage63newy/page/982/mode/2up . Yours Aye, Garth Groff 🦆

Lee Valley Tools makes a very nice scalpel blade handle in their Veritas line of wood working tools,

Railway Age Volume 63, p.981. The underframe drawing is on p.982. Series was apparently B&O 15000-15499, class R7, leased to FGE around 1925. David Thompson

Can you share the issue date so I can dig around the online archives? The few images of pre-USRA B&O reefers that I’ve seen have been truss rod cars with a straight steel center sill. The M-15

A really good pair of messages Rich, - saved to my reference file. Thanks for making the time and sharing the photos! Rob

Dear group In 1917 the B&O ordered a batch of steel underframe freight reefers. Plans were published in the "Railway Age" trade magazine. The article stated that the underframe was supplied by

Hello, For a while now I have been experiencing loss of photographs appearing in digests. A comment has been made that only two photographs per message make it into the digest Is it possible to have

That's exactly what happened to this car, Roger. East Buffalo took this ONE car, and rebuilt with all-new everything as a testbed. All subsequent short boxcar orders were built to the standards of

Rich, Really impressive builds. Thank you for stating your techniques on building the cars. Jim Kubanick. Morgantown WV

The sterile blade comment was conjecture, with no scientific proof on my part, to back it up. One thing I still use is the Xacto #17 chisel blades (when I can find them) since I can't think of a

A very interesting photo; if I go by the assigned car number, this is a lot 222-B WUF boxcar built in 1907 by ACF to their lot number 4633. The car as shown would then represent a significant

Rob, You are correct, I only remove the square material where the trucks mount. I have received other private emails asking about the height difference, and sent the following response: I

I had no idea! Thanks for sharing this modification Rich. To clarify - the only modification is removing the square material on the bottom of the bolster where the trucks mount? The first photo has