And to add to Ben's comments, not all X29s are alike. The first two cars are from the 1928-30 production series, with a Youngstown door, long upper door track and single, low door stop. The 3rd car

Pat Wider's article in PR Cyc #3 Vintage Box Car Painting and Lettering on page 37 Shows a change in Mineral Brown from the 40's to the 50's. Of course these are old paint matches ATSF 40's Floquil

Bruce Smith wrote: "I have some questions about Cable Reels as loads for steam era freight cars. I have a Sunshine PRR G27 gondola kit that was packaged with a kit for 18 steel cable reels. I

Yes Bill I have been doing a lot of modeling. Charlie Sent from Outlook

Google is our friend. It took a couple of steps, but that's an LOC FSA pic from WWII that you can find here: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/item/2017871450/ The 19 Mb TIFF version has a

STMFC, To supplement Nelson’s point for cars built in the first group that follows, the ACF bills of materials for a number of Santa Fe freight cars built from 1931 to 1944 are consistently the same

AMAZING! I can't see the pump to move gas fro car to can. Siphoning?! Bill Jolitz

Thanks Charley. Just what I needed. Hope all is going well with you in this new world we are living in. Are you getting any modeling done? Stay safe : Bill Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy

These are what Al called the NYCL's "1916 design". Jeff English's summary of the NYCL box cars says 6500 all-steel cars total, all of them with 1-1/2 doors, some with end doors. Most were originally

Here you are Bill, this should answer your question. Charlie Slater Sent from Outlook

So ‘tis. Thanks, Ben.

Schuyler Larrabee asked: "Looking for confirmation: Are those X29s?" https://digital.library.temple.edu/digital/collection/p15037coll3/id/49797/rec/1204 Yes. The X29 class marking can be clearly

I could not find Tru Scale model railroad paint as mentioned in the message string. I could find Tru Color model railroad paint. I believe that is the paint being referred to. John in Albuquerque

Looking for confirmation: Are those X29s? Schuyler

Well, the point of my inquiry was about the markings (decals) that Bruce has. Do they cover both steel cable (or as Bruce pointed out, wire rope) AND electrical cables? IOW, what would he be winding

Tangent Scale Models is proud to introduce our next production of General American 8,000 Gallon 1917-Design Radial Course Tank Cars. As a reminder, this is the first plastic radial course tank

Likewise and to make it more complicated, cable can be called "wire rope" 😉 What I am interested in are the reels, made of steel, that carried cable or wire. Regards, Bruce

Schuyler, I was talking about REELS capable of handling either steel cable or wire like used in communications. Both are quite heavy. Mont Montford L. Switzer President Switzer Tank

Photo: PRR Boxcar 54409 "Buy War Bonds" A 1942 photo from the Temple University Libraries: https://digital.library.temple.edu/digital/collection/p15037coll3/id/49797/rec/1204 This photo can be

Photo: Iron Ore In Gondolas & Hoppers A 1952 photo from the Temple University Libraries: https://digital.library.temple.edu/digital/collection/p15037coll3/id/17874/rec/972 This photo can be