Easy to make w/A-Line, .005 styrene, and Harvested Rivets. Bill Welch

Excerpt from CFR-2011 Title 49 Vol. 4 Part 231 FRA Rules that go back to 1911. (d) Sill steps—(1) Number. Four. (2) Dimensions. Minimum cross-sectional area 1⁄2 by 11⁄2 inches, or equivalent,

See my response on Resin Freight Car builders. Also thanks for identifying Accurail as source of the unidentified two rung steps I found in my parts box. And I will add my FRA spec for sill steps

John answered most of your questions, but regarding build dates: I have posted info here, and there are pages on our site for each prototype group, as well as on the IndieGoGo site. But there’s a

Thanks Eric. I don't know why we don't have a picture on our parts page http://accurail.com/accurail/parts.htm But they are #183, three sets for three bucks, or #184, thirty sets for twenty bucks.

Accurail has these with their 36-foot boxcar kits. They are not front mounted parts but are very well done. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

Yes that is the double step -- *Tim O'Connor* *Sterling, Massachusetts*

steve: email your copy to them, that way they can compare, eith their stock mel perry

Steve, Pretty sure these are what you are looking for. Unfortunately they dont have a photo but if memory serves me right this was the one I saw there. Maybe they can email you a photo of

Des Plaines Hobbies. Hard part is they make so many versions, but no images. Will see if I can find which ones I get for that same step. http://www.desplaineshobbies.com/store/search.asp search

Sorry for the double posting, but I am looking for a plastic or brass casting of a two rung sill step of the type that looks like this Is anyone aware of such a casting? Thanks in

Jim, these are excellent questions. While Randy and I thought we have addressed these in either the Indiegogo campaign write up or in a post on our website, sometime we are not as clear as we intend

Unassembled kits are planned for the 1% of the Model RR'ers that want to build a freight car kit. Bill Welch

Al and Patricia moved to their retirement home in ARIZONA. -- *Tim O'Connor* *Sterling, Massachusetts*

Resin Car Works has released a new kit for a Milwaukee Road gondola. Additional details are posted on the RCW blog. http://blog.resincarworks.com/milwaukee-composite-gondola-kit/ Eric

John, In all of the documentation I've encountered so far on this project - I have not seen anything that provides the date built/painted. How do I decide whether or not I can use (want) one or

Yeah, and I may have put the date of the change a year or two early. I thought the new S was used on the cars leased in the mid fifties, but I was mistaken. The first use was on a series of 40' combo

Steve, thanks so much for waiving the flag for us! Randy and I appreciate it. And time is running out fast for our crowdfunding campaign for the single-sheathed boxcar and autocar project. It ends

Friends, Though what I noticed was beyond our period, I remember that some WP 50' DD PS-1 (which were delivered within our period) ended their days carrying spent automobile batteries out of West

I never noticed that slight change in the S. Yet another lettering twist, yikes!