Don, I'm curious. What's an Athearn FOBX #4156? Maybe some kind of link, or something? I see your 1938 ORER preceeds mine--good to know. They don't show in my July 1945, although there ARE other

Were they anything like the W&R models? https://brasstrains.sirv.com/products/079574/0795740102.jpg -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Dennis: Thank you for that very succinct explanation. I believe it supports if not outright proves that what I said was not nonsense. Ed: There is a vast difference between theoretical principles

Out of curiosity alone I looked for these cars in my July 1947 ORER and, like you, found them gone by that time. So I looked at the WFE and BREX rosters to see if they had anything similar, which

500 of the class BL were rebuilt to class SK stock cars. The other 500 were renumbered to 42000-42790 (some numbers were not used). David Thompson

Steam locomotives pull steam era freight cars. (Get that out of the way, first.) I am looking for someone to discuss power reverse gear. Around 1940, the Rock Island equipped a bunch of older

Bill, That was my first thought, but the cars are several feet taller, and have 10'-6" (I corrected my earlier statement that the doors were 10' tall) tall doors. Ain't no express reefers like that.

Scott Chatfield asked: "A friend of mine who is very much a modern day modeler wants to try his hand at kitbashing an N&W class BL or BLa boxcar (Ralston 1923). Has a kit for these ever been done? I

Most likely two of their Express Reefers in freight service for whatever reason at the time. Bill Welch

Scott Chatfield asked: "A friend of mine who is very much a modern day modeler wants to try his hand at kitbashing an N&W class BL or BLa boxcar (Ralston 1923). Has a kit for these ever been done? I

I've been intending to do such a conversion myself one of these days. My original plan was to use the westerfield N&W class BK kit as a starting point and add a half door kit from New England Rail

A friend of mine who is very much a modern day modeler wants to try his hand at kitbashing an N&W class BL or BLa boxcar (Ralston 1923). Has a kit for these ever been done? I have no photos of these

I was just poking around in early WFEX history, in the ORER's. In both my January 1939 and my April 1941, I found these two cars, listed as freight reefers, not express. They are interesting, I

Dennis Storzek replied: Likely true. He described the process by which they were made, but didn't ever say, that I recall, that HE had gotten it done. The parts are lovely. I am

Paul Woods wrote: Yes, I was blunt. Not any thought? How's your tone yourself? No, I didn't, nor does it matter. Ah, you do know that it shrinks equally. This discussion began with

Missing Car? AC&F 10K high-walkway tank car. Garth Groff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Missing car ? A Magor 70 ton side dump car. Armand Premo Virus-free. www.avast.com

Please take this dispute off line. Thank you. -- *Tim O'Connor* *Sterling, Massachusetts*

Paul, And what did you think of MY tone? Are you saying metal, in its solid form, does not shrink if it is cooled from 900 C down to 25 C? And would that shrinking, if it does indeed happen, not be

Thank you Steve for the documents with photos. But I still think you should have added your name to the document as editor and collaborator. :-P Stay safe, friends