Tom, You may be confusing this model with another. Tangent has offered this gondola in PRR, SP, and Wabash paint and lettering. All of which are correct for specific prototypes. Check out their info

Steve writes in part: "Ed's article says there were over 35,000 of these cars; that ought to get somebody's attention. " Interestingly enough even though it doesn't seem to make the radar

Elden, There are several different WM cabeese at the following site. The particular one that I'm using below has the only close up shot of just the truck. I can not tell if this is exactly the

Tony--Thanks. I definitely did miss the RMC series. I will have to try to get them. Yup, overlooked the IM 12 panel cars. I should have stated I was only considering plastic cars, so Sunshine and

Steve Hoxie wrote: Guess you missed the two-part series by Richard, Steve Peery and myself in the 1993 RMC (March and April IIRC), which certainly covers thousands of 10-foot cars. Um,

I think we have been led by the mags to expect 10'6" boxcars whenever we think of postwar construction. There just has not been that much written about the 10' cars. Since the dawn of the

List: Just a quick note to correct the date for the RPM meet at Malvern: The dates are Friday through Sunday, March 26th to the 28th respectively. Tom Olsen 7 Boundary Road, West Branch Newark,

Will you rerun the Santa Fe version again? I know Santa Fe never had that model car, so was just wondering. Tom Chenoweth

Yes, they did. In fact, they bought or built 7,400 nearly identical 10'6" IH cars between 1944 and 1948. But it's worth noting that they also built 600 10' IH 3713 cu. ft. box cars for the

I wrote: "Certainly not every major road bought 10 ft 6 in IH cars by 1950 - notable exceptions were B&O, NYC, and New Haven. Not sure why D&LW went with the 10 ft IH cars (the Rochester subway?),

Does anyone have or know about a freight car equipment diagram book for the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha? The C&NWHS archives reports they neither have one nor have ever seen one. Gene

Ben Hom wrote: Let's not omit the SP, which although it bought 10'6" automobile cars, continued to buy thousands of 10' IH box cars of 40-foot length until 1953. Very inconvenient for those who

Steve Lucas wrote: "And I thought that CN was behind the other major roads, having 10' i.h. cars built until 1945! Why would the DL&W have not purchased cars with 10'-6" i.h. in 1950, as every major

And I thought that CN was behind the other major roads, having 10' i.h. cars built until 1945! Why would the DL&W have not purchased cars with 10'-6" i.h. in 1950, as every major road seemed to have

Actually, Tim, you have seen the ELHS car. I showed it to you at the Club a month or so back. I also told you at the time that it is a custom combination of sides, ends and roof that IM did for the

Joel, website: www.speedwitch.com email: info@... phone/answering service: 203 747 0190 He may be at the Malverne, PA RPM meet this weekend. Ron A. dePierre

Tim/Guy, The doors are 5/6/5 6' Youngstown from Southwest Scale. John Cizmar 

Guy Besides the height and 10 panel riveted sides and rectangular panel roof, the main spotting feature of (standard) 1937 AAR cars is the 4/5 dreadnaught ends. The updated 10'6" cars built in

The decal sheet has been sold. Thanks Victor Baird Fort Wayne, Indiana

Surface Details No. 31, HO scale AR88031 Offset Tank Car double row rivet sheet. Retail $14.95 plus shipping. I will sell it to the first person that contacts me off the list and is agreeable to $10