Tim, I did not see any at Timonium either. I picked up a half dozen undecorated P2K insulated cars from Sattler's in Westmont NJ, but they were ones that I had ordered in advance. When I picked

Dennis Storzek wrote: Yep, I'd agree on all counts. Even if RBL is in fact illogical, it IS the designation. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave.,

That's not true, because house cars with wider than normal doors have always been considered to be different from boxcars; the AAR persisted in calling them automobile cars for years, whether they

Arnold, A good match would be filthy black. Those early turbos got really dirty. Rob Manley

BX = SP B, FE = SP A, RR = R ATSF used cap small-cap, not cap lower-case. Look at prototype photos. You often see cap lower-case in text. Doug Brown

You named about four. You have 46 to go. At present most of my attention is going into building a layout. First I need to finish finishing the basement. Worrying about another 50 freight car trucks

Santa Fe applied Bx, Fe, and Rr to box cars, depending on the design and service of the car.

Hey, Pat, 20 years ago there was the Athearn box car... and not a whole lot else. Now there's about 600 different, accurate box car models out there... And there are already about 50 freight car

I said better match. I didn't say perfect match. Good luck getting 50 more styles. How about listing them so we all know what you are talking about? Pat Wider

I'd say there is no match at all... I just looked at them all and either the sideframes, journal box lids, springs or bolsters are at variance w/ the prototype. We need some more good trucks in HO!!

Judging by their appearance in the GN "List of Equipment" there were no GST codes in the July 1963 edition, but they were in the July 1969 edition. Staffan Ehnbom

I have yet to examine this car closely,but it has been reported to have a retainer valve at both ends of the car.Is this prototypical?Armand Premo

Steve Sandifer wrote: Steve, they're in my book on the SP stock cars, and the drawing was in a Cyc. Maybe you could check some obvious sources before asking the list? Tony Thompson

Rod , The way I think I remember the Carro Tienda cars is that Carro Tienda is 'shop car' or 'store car' sort of a cross between LCL and a rolling Wallmart serving the people along the line by

Great Northern tended to stencil the car type designation per their "GST list" on their freight equipment. Once these cars got off line, however, how useful (if at all) were these equipment

List members, I'm doing some further research for the AAR 50-ton twin hoppers having offset sides and have a few loose ends with regard to the configuration of some. I would appreciate hearing replies

That's good, Andy, since "batch plant" is generic, and "Redi-Mix" is, I bet, a trade name. SGL

Concerning the plants which make the transit mix product (Concrete), how about substituting "Batch Plant" for "Redi-Mix". The latter term is more likely to be used in a Home Depot than by the

Steve, _Trainshed #36_ and _Trainshed #61_ both have a photo and drawings (same ones) of the S-40-5. Later, Bill Kelly Steve Sandifer asked:

I disagree. I think Life-Like's "50-ton Spring Plankless Trucks" are a better match for the trucks on DL&W 51500. Pat Wider