<<By the way, I’ve been unable to find a photo of a “gut gon” or offal gon”. Has anyone found one on-line? I would think ranfans with cameras would have been attracted to these like flies.>> Or driven

<<Sounds like a Santa Fe variation on "The Pennsylvania" set listed in the 1958 Athearn Trainset catalog:>> That's it. <<Sure it was a 30 ft flat?>> Typo on my part - definitely 40 feet. Best regards,

<<Athearn also listed a gon in 1958, but the model pictured is not the Athearn gon we all know and "love" today. It actually appears to be a Revell gon. Perhaps the tooling for the model wasn't ready

<<Before Branchline began offering their own kits, they were a custom painting house like (but much better than) Bev-Bel. Branchline's own reefer kits were part of their Blueprint line - only the 40'

<<Friends, I am looking for two (2) GN two color herald decals that at least approximate the trashed silk screened herald on an ancient, but handsome wood HO Northeastern GN express reefer. The herald

Jim, You do have, under the Sunshine shows page, a list of the first batch of kits Martin has announced as discontinued. I didn't check that list against the OP's missing kits, but that list would be

<<Tree limbs would break the glass.>> Bars may have been used on end windows to protect the occupants from shifting loads. Best regards, Steve Haas Snoqualmie, WA

<<hi: in the sept 1944 model railroader there are plans for GN caboose. can anyone tell me which caboose? the index for this issue (available in the model railroader index) states only GN caboose. Tha

<<I am seeking information on the traffic patterns for auto parts out of Ford's Rouge plant to their assembly plant in Seattle, WA (circa 1930).>> Guy, As luck would have it, I've been browsing throug

<<There was a Prototype Meet in Seattle in October. This year we did not have the Salem, OR meet (Rails by the River) but look for us again in September just after the Labor Day Holiday.>> Adding to t

Tyrone Johnsen writes: "I am looking for information on the as delivered paint and lettering configuration of the WFE 68400 - 68649 40ft steel refrigerator cars from PC&F. Anyone seen a picture of one

<<Does anyone have a great technique for removing dust from freight car roofs, hopper car innards, etc.?>> Bob, Warm water, dish detergent, a tooth brush and a very gentle touch. Don't immerse the car

<<GN 21450-21939 GN 5000-5499>> Both series have diagonal roofs, 12 panel sides, and straight side sills as mentioned. 21450 - 21939 have 4/3/R "rolling pin ends", 5000 - 5499 have 4/3/R "Banana taper

<<Surely you mean 2-56? Or do you really use 2-25?>> 2-56. Steve (typo's are us!) Haas Snoqualmie, WA (Is there such a thing as a 2-25????????

Ben Hom writes: <<I use 1-72 x 1/8" screws for Athearn Blue Box coupler box coupler applications. I find I can carefully drill out and tap the center of the coupler box post for a 1-72 screw than a 2-

Bill Lane comments: <<I got decals from Jerry **yesterday**.>> <<I use jerryglow@... Maybe give him a few days to reply? But he has always been very fast to reply to me.>> Bill, Do you recall

<<Was there early ARA recommendations on painting cabooses?>> If there was, it had to have been extremely loose, or extremely era specific. SP cabooses were mineral brown for a long time, some Milwauk

<<A fellow modeler asked me today if the GN ever had silver 40' single-sheathed box cars on which the wood sides had been replaced by steel and the "goat" herald rendered in red and black. Is the a GN

<<there are loading diagrams (probably earlier than the '50s) that show pulpwood stacked on end in gondolas.>> I recall seeing gons loaded this way in Northern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan in the 60's

<<I am looking for information on the as delivered paint and lettering configuration of the WFE 68400 - 68649 40ft steel refrigerator cars from PC&F. Anyone seen a picture of one?>> Tyrone, The Form 1