Nice pic, thanks! 52ft flat car, class F-50-14, only 2 or 3 years old when that photo was taken. Tim O'Connor

I found an image of an SP flat car with a load of very large barrels on a site featuring historic photos from Livermore, CA. The image is described as follows: "Livermore Barrel Factory (Canton

Here is an image of an Erie box car parked along side the Greigsville Feed Mill in the town of York, New York. There's no date on the picture but this looks to be a bit before the jet age. Would

Craig Meyers is on the Carolina rails group and the piedmontandnorthernrr group. He might provide some of what you are hunting. Mike Turner Simpsonville, SC

Brian (and Walter) Ed's correct, the production of 30000-30999 lasted at least from July to September '41. Cars repainted and renumbered into the 36000- series ca. 1955 were not renumbered

Well...I didn't include the ADMIN so here it is again: Bob Edmonson writes: "I am looking for a good home for my collection of Mainline Modeler magazines, from 1980 to 2002. It is not a complete

ed_mines wrote: Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Roads varied. Sometimes yes, but I have seen photos of very matte fresh coatings. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley,

Bob Edmonson writes: "I am looking for a good home for my collection of Mainline Modeler magazines, from 1980 to 2002. It is not a complete set. I have 123 magazines total." "Email me offline, and I

Richard Hendrickson writes: "In any case, the discussion wanders further and further away from the subject of freight cars. Mike, are you there? isn't it about time to call a halt to this?" Actually

Howdy!        I belong to the model railoroad club here in Columbia, SC.  I have not had a chance to speak to the club president as I just read your email.  However, if they do not want your

Thanks, Ed; of course I own a complete set of RPC, except for the streamlined passenger car issue--as presumably every serious member of STMFC does--but I have so much reference material, and am so

I am looking for a good home for my collection of Mainline Modeler magazines, from 1980 to 2002. It is not a complete set. I have 123 magazines total. If you're a member of model railroad club,

It sounds like some of the "one piece body" kits apparently use "masters" which are nothing more than an assembled flat-kit body. (I thought the O-P-B F&C X26c we've seen in photos here looked like

When roofs or ends of freight cars were coated with black car cement were they then painted with black paint? Was the original application of car cement glossy? Ed

Brian, In many cases I don't know the entire span of months for the production of each group of cars in the rosters that I have compiled. The "build date" column is the first month of production

Bob:   The spacing of the pockets is the same, but the spacing of the tracks is closer on the docks serving the Michigan ore ranges.   I don't know if the Michigan ores are denser. Will have to do

Let me correct/revise the post I just made. The roster information from Ed Hawkins has a built date of July 1941, The photo of 36003 has a built date of August 1941. I am not sure which is correct.

Walter Clark wrote: Caboose kits correct? Also, what decals would you recommend? I could add one to my >growing pile of un-built kits. Walter: NH 30000-30999 were built in July 1941. They had W

market research we have determined that the actual number of modelers left is 1,235. you've stopped too.... ;>) kits in various stages of gathering dust, er, I mean various stages

Peter, I'm interested in your comment about the 1937 AAR cars. I model the far West, but we know from previous threads that box cars traveled far and wide. What year were these built, square or W