Does anyone know the story behind the Soo Line car out in the street with one truck almost out and the other shoved up way under? Chuck Peck

Just thought to check the Ken Soroos Soo freight cars book. It contains a photo of WC owned 137190, also built 11-51, in the second iteration, proving that all three variations of the lettering scheme

Removal started in 1937 according to the "bible". So by 1942, these were definitely getting rare, but obviously not extinct. I plan, in modeling 1944, to have one car so equipped of a reasonable PFE

0.005" brass sheet. Etching is being considered as you can get the exact edge needed. Cutting it is too difficult for my big hands and weakening eyes😉 Regards, Bruce Bruce Smith Auburn, AL

. . .and I am working on a pattern for the wood sheathed roof. Bill Welch

45450 is the second iteration of the "billboard block" lettering, after the words were spread out for visual balance but before they were lowered. W.C. owned 13096 was built within weeks of Lester's

That sounds good. And then apply Tichy decals, which simulate the thickness of the enamel coating. ;-) Tim -- *Tim O'Connor* *Sterling, Massachusetts*

Won't it have to be incredibly thin? Almost like a foil thickness. But rigid too. -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Amazing, I've never seen a photo of one so late. Rare by the 1940's I think. -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Soo Line box car paint and lettering are a subject of study. Attached are photos of 45450 and 137096 in their original paint schemes from the SAME MONTH - November 1951. Also attached 45948 with a

I used some.002 brass shim for similar sheet metal Central Vermont shields. Per F&C instructions. Worked well, cut cleanly with an Xacto, stayed flat. Maybe .003. something like that.

I used .005 styrene with decals on a couple of cars. -- Jon MillerFor me time stopped in 1941Digitrax Chief/Zephyr systems, JMRI UserSPROG UserNMRA Life member #2623Member SFRH&MS

R-40-2 or R-40-4... model in HO with the Tichy car. I'm working on etching the shield to recreate these cars. Regards, Bruce Bruce Smith Auburn, AL

Photo: Metal Shield On PFE Reefer Looks like this is one of the metal shields that was screwed or bolted on to the reefer car

Not to steal Lester's thunder on a very nice model, but to answer your question, very late 1951. The model has a 10-51 NEW date, and I know the art was prepared from a photo. The "billboard" SOO LINE

Fenton asked, “ when did the Soo Line go to the large block lettering?” In the “Soo Line Freight Equipment and Cabooses” book by Ken Soroos it states, “the billboard Soo Line lettering was

One today perhaps doesn't normally equate the island of Manhattan with freight, much less rail freight, but at one time the Hudson River side was all but covered in tracks. Freight trains were such a

Ah, overexposure of the one clean car while the rest of the image is right. Film and eyes playing tricks on my mind. Thanks for confirming the orange tone that "looked" yellow to me. John Barry

I pulled the image into my art software and sampled that reefer. The pixels are all a lighter version of orange. When I adjust the tone by darkening it by 15% the result is ~PFE orange (see attached

Nice looking cars Lester, when did the SOO go to the large block lettering? Fenton Wells -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...