All too familiar a situation, in spite of more people thinking that anything having to do with railroads is worth a fortune. I have two brothers; the younger knows to a penny what an old snare drum

Hi Garth, The hatches were, for the most part, always in the same position on the reefers, right where the lateral roof walks were on a box car. So why does it make any difference which

Joe As it turns out, L&N, and several others, seemed to like 20 panel fishbelly gons. The early batches, one for L&N 25000-25299, and another for NC&StL 41000-41025 that were re# L&N 26200-26224,

Those were typically four foot square or odd sizes like 38” square. In the racially insensitive nomenclature of the time, they were called “Jap Squares,” for re-sawing by the Japanese using

Thanks all! The three that I have received will get him to decalling his car. Thanks a bunch for your help Joe Binish

Joe, Attached are two Greenville Steel Car Co. builder images of L&N 26000, part of L&N series 26000-26199, built in 1956. Steve Johnson

Mark, This guy is not like us- he doesn’t know that stuff....he has the 65 ft kit and wants to get close Thx Joe Binish

Joe here is one from 1966. Not the 50s, but it appears the car dates from that era or earlier. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Bob's Photo has a Col. Chet McCoid photo of L&N #25158 in service. I had a modeling article in the L&N's Historical Society magazine 2-3 years ago that is probably still available from them.

Joe Can you identify cars manufacturer, when it was built, or other rrs that had the same car. Road numbers would be helpful too. Fishbelly frame and or sides? What is the side panel count? I have a

Can you elaborate on the weathering of the SP&S car? Really nice. CW Propst

Bob, Great work...love the weathering. Jim Brewer

Santa Fe only rebuilt part of the fleet to revise the hatch cover openings and that was done, as I recall, only when the cars were generally rebuilt or upgraded. I do not believe there was any program

Excellent Bob, they look good a good twofer Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

Rob; I 'think' it's a Northern Pacific car based on the car's lettering. And Bob, Thank you for yet another gem! Take Care, Brian R. Termunde Midvale, Utah *************** Robert Kirkham 10:26am

Nice cars, Bob! Love the weathering! Elden Gatwood

Hi all, Has anyone got a photo of the above in the 50s? I have perused a bit on the net an haven’t gotten the search criteria correct yet Thx, Joe Binish New Hope MN

Just posted a blog update about order fulfillment. Everything has slowed down a little bit, so please bear with us. http://blog.resincarworks.com/order-fulfillment/ Eric Hansmann RCW web guy

didn"t they have boxcars back.then, would have simply things? mel perry

Ray, Whether the cars had hatch platforms depended on the builder and the owner. In the later years of ice refrigerators, many owners dispensed with the platforms, but some didn't. Then there was the