Good catch, Michael, just noticed the grabs on the left side of the door along with the step. Rich Christie

Ditto from me. I have been buying from them both on eBay and directly and have had excellent service and pricing. Rich Christie

Jeff, The gentleman that makes these is Peter Aue. I believe his email is: peteraue@... Rich Christie ps - I need to restock myself, hopefully he still makes them

Don, For some reason I believe Bill might have kitbashed one of these cars sometime back, but I have not been able to find it. It looks like these parts can be done by a Shapeways manufacturer Rich Ch

I am with Joe on this, I also have an undec box car set aside for this. I received the decals from the FEC HS awhile back. Would also like another set to modify an Atlas 1932 SAL style box car for exp

There were 225 cars built in this series 45001-45225 built in 1945. They had a 15' 4" door opening, 18 of these cars were assigned to mail storage and repainted Pullman green. Sunshine made all 3 flav

The Santa Ana winds are the biggest obstacle. I am sure there is a major bombardment of fire retardant being used. I used to watch those planes swoop down and drop that red stuff. They are using many

While we are on the topic of GCX tankers, Did they have any that are of the 8,000 gallon variety that can be modeled using the Tangent car? Thanks, Rich Christie

I am sorry to hear about Dave's passing. He was a prominent name that I recognized at Shake N Take and other venues in our great hobby. He will be sorely missed. My prayers go out to Dave's family. Ri

I had an ORER (1975+/-) that the remainder were assigned to hay service. Rich Christie

On a side note, Tony is correct, it is used for heating coils. I worked for Sandvik in Sonora California for 4 years. We specialized in heating coils for baking wafers used in the semiconductor indust

Rick, They had a Murphy Flat Panel roof Rich Christie

Yes it does, Bob. Upon brief inspection it has peaked, C&O Dreadnaught peaked and regular flat ends. Rich Christie

Another difference is the tank saddles. I remember that clearly when I was following one of Ted Culotta's tank car kit bash articles. I had a Funaro & Camerlengo Type 11 kit that I borrowed from a clu

I too would buy the book. I do have all the RMC's that contain the EFC series, but having one book would make it much handier. Rich Christie

One thing I forgot is the kerosene fuel tank. I will have to search my stash for my F&C kit. Rich Christie

Bob, At one time Funaro & Camerlengo offered a kit with both New Haven & BAR decals. The kit is long discontinued. However, one should be able to 'bash one with the aforementioned Shapeways parts alon

There is a guy on Shapeways that makes those underslung heaters. Rich Christie "State of Maine"-style HO Charcoal Heater Kit by KkadwellMfg on Shapeways $ 14.00 "State of Maine"-style HO Charcoal Heat

This is a tough one. All the choices made would be welcome to us modelers. I would probably go with an Rr-56 just because of the number built compared to the others. Rich Christie ps - I too have seen

I have used the liquid Frisket medium (Hobby Lobby or Michael's) with some good results. Does not have the sticky residue that masking tape can create. Rich Christie