UP decals are always a problem because few sets for the Be Specific style also have reweigh and capy and ld lmt numbers for post 1963 as well as 1960's shop stencils for the cars that are not fully re

Dick by modernized I mean removal of running boards, installation of short ladder(s) and crossover platforms, as prescribed by 1966 AAR rules. often but not always accompanied by repainting.

very clean masking job on that roof !

I think at least one got a steel running board after the STMFC cutoff were any of them ever 'modernized' (1966+) would be my question :-)

Any pictures out there?

There is an abandoned high line in Chicago due west from the downtown area right? And Philadelphia has the Reading's abandoned high line into Reading Terminal on Market Street. Which is now a giant fo

Also built for M&StL

Tony Good question ! I downloaded the picture in Feb 2020 so I must have made the note at that time. I checked the old STMFC archive and Richard, Chris and others discussed the paint scheme in 2002 (!

BUT no one has answered the first question I asked -- aren't almost all trucks designed this way since the 1950's ? I don't really care what it's called. Great and useful innovations are quickly imita

My notes say this ONE car was painted that way for this publicity photo.

Brian Weren't ALL new freight car trucks "double truss" by that point in time?

And... The two pairs are DIFFERENT. One is for the 50 foot car, and the other must be for the 40 foot car. The difference is in the locking mechanism - I don't know a Camel door lock by sight, but I'm

Bill Two views of B-50-27's - both views show spring planks in the trucks. The equipment diagram for the entire class (OWR&N-OSL-UP) just says "Bettendorf spring plank" for the trucks. Wood running bo

I think the minikit is for a 40 foot car. The CofG had 50 foot cars and I think they also rebuilt some 40 foot cars into 50 foot cars.

Ben those are two different cars! One is a 10 panel, the other is an 8 panel. Yeah, they're both abominable. Tim O'Connor

If one is serious about model trucks, must do the prototype research. Also trucks could be changed out depending on the age of the car. Two springs unless otherwise noted. And plain bearing unless oth

You've got it right although I am guessing that you think the DESPATCH end (with very squarish looking ribs) is an SRE dreadnaught end, which it isn't. The 'no darts' version was an attempt to model t

That is sad news. I never met him, but I traded with him, and deeply admired his work. As far as I know he wrote no articles, but he posted many construction photos as he progressed. Tim O'Connor

I didn't notice because Mike's 2014 message is saved in Eudora and I was forced out of using Eudora by Comcast a year or so ago... We do seem to revisit things after everyone has had time to forget th