I'm building a 1958 box car that originally (and maybe always) was equipped with Scullin trucks. It's a 40-foot, 50-ton, plug-door box car. I don't find HO Scullins trucks anywhere that I look and I

If you look at the photo carefully, I think you will see there is a grab iron there. The horizontal line of the grab is almost exactly aligned with the bottom of the end sill, so it's hard to see

Ken Montero wrote: The PDF arrived fine, thanks, Ken. I appreciate it. You are right about the instructions, which say "use the trucks of your choice." I will use the Tahoe trucks suggested by

Tony, I did not find any mention of any specific trucks in the instructions that came with my kit. Mine was an early version (metal-filled resin castings) with "Elk Grove Village, IL" on the

ARA with spring planks. The closest match is Tahoe Model Works #206 > Richard Hendrickson

I'm completing Westerfield kit 1901, a MP 81000-series auto car, but have lost the prototype info. Can someone tell me what kind of trucks these cars had in the 1950s? I model 1953. TIA Tony Thompson

August 10th, 2013 Eastern PA 2 Rail Scale Train Show, Strasburg PA Come one come all to the Eastern PA 2 rail O Scale train show and swap meet August 10th. This show is for all O scale , On3 / On30 /

gary laakso wrote: It was certainly a difference from the safety appliance standards. For example, the 1919 Cyc, page 1039, shows the MCB standard placement of safety appliances, and as Gary

I was under the impression that the grab irons at the bottom of the end of boxcars were required by the Safety Appliance Act. I ask because on page 52 of Focus on Freight Cars Vol 1, there is an end

Thanks to all of you for responding so quickly!

Gentlemen, Per the home page of the site, it's now administered by Rob Adams, not Ted Culotta: "Steam Freight Cars E-mail Address (steamfreightcars@...): Effective immediately, submissions of

I contacted the current site owner - Rob Adams <steamera@...> a few months back. He had taken it over from Ted Culotta. Rob's response: ===Quote=== "I think we're in good shape. The domain

Eric, If I recall correctly, the website was created and maintained by Ted Culotta. You may want to contact him to see what is the current status and expected prospects. Ken Montero

The Steam Era Freight Car website appears to have received only episodic attention since 2003 or so. Before I accession citations to some of its great photos it would be prudent to know something

All in all, it is pretty sturdy. The material is a bit brittle, but not too bad. Yes, I have no centering for the couplers, I have no idea how that will work. This is mostly a display model for

Steve, Good photos and nice looking car. Is it as fragile as it looks? Did you have to forego any coupler centering mechanism? Gene Green

Neat photo. There was an industry in Cornwall at one time (at least through the mid-1960s) by the name of Howard Smith Paper Mills. Since the car bears the CN system "D453" stencilling, I think we

A photo on Fallenflags at http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/misc-h/hspm19jpa.jpg is of a single-sheathed, double door box car, HSPM 19, taken in Ontario, Canada, in 1964 by Jim Parker. Does anyone know

Just curious. Is anyone else still working on the early UTL tank car with the parts from Model Shapeways? I have posted several more pictures of mine in the Photos section. This has turned into

hi Bill, I sure can. Let me make sure if I can extract your e-mail from the STMFC site. John