Lettering practices at the time the AA single sheath cars were built were based on Wabash drawings, so yes. That said there were some minor variations in placement of the lettering, the 14-inch "ANN A

On a friend's layout, the focal point was the harbor at Frankfort/Elberta Michigan and car ferry dock/yard there. He visited there on his sailboat every summer. He knew little of the railroad beyond t

A friend of mine had a layout based on a railroad that shipped taconite in ore cars via car ferry during the winter months when the lakes were iced over. He made loads out of seeds (maybe Anise, I don

There were many "ice service" refrigerator cars. I have seen pictures of ART. FGE and PFE cars lettered for this service. Intermountain produced a model (47739) for a wood FGE car. I was introduced to

Here is a technique that I have used: a hand cleaner that contains pumice (brand name "GoJo"). A small amount is applied using a cotton-tip swab - like a Q-tip although I avoid the ones with a flexibl

Jim Hunter wrote: Yes, I got mine, and I emailed you asking why the deck is green! Well . . . on mine, the decks aren't green any more: They were weathered with acrylic paints - first a dark gray, the

Railroad Prototype Modelings, Vol 2, page 14 has a photo of AA 90168 that clearly shows a Miner power handbrake. And this link will take you to a color photo that shows a partial view of the end of on

I model the midwest and wanted some extra uses for my gons and hoppers so It was my conjecture that "bulk" manure loads might be an accurate bill for them? ---------------Here are a couple which were

Tractors made by Wiklng. Years ago Walthers put them in a sale flier at a small discount so I ordered enough to do the flatcar load. Took almost a year for them to show up. They are Fergusons which ar

Another advantage to K4 decals is that the same set is usually offered in multiple scales. I have made use of this in obtaining heralds in smaller sizes that I've need for specific projects. Case in p

Outstanding . . . the model looks very good indeed. Did you use the Smokebox Graphics decals to letter it? Craig Wilson

GBW 40' PS-1 boxcars (700-899) in their original PS paint had similar lettering in the same location just to the left of the door: "THIS CAR MUST NOT BE LOADED WITH ANY COMMODITY THAT WILL RENDER IT U

The Rob Adams article in Culotta's Prototype Railroad Modeling book includes Arnt Gerritsen's drawings of one of the AA 74000-series cars. A photo of the actual car Arnt and I measured is attached. Wh

Looking forward to seeing this one. Did you get the Shapeways parts for the complete ends yet? If so, what is your opinion of them? Craig Wilson

I recall a discussion of this car a while ago. It does have a prototype albeit not a common one. Arnt Gerritsen (draftsman and researcher for Overland Models) found it at the NIPSCO power plant in Mic

And . . . it was common (in the era covered by this list) to coat the roof (and ends and underbody) with black "car cement" to prevent leakage. This car cement was also prone to peeling off and someti

DTI 14520 - same car in later paint scheme. Zooming in the photo I read "BUILT 10-50" on it. Craig Wilson

Heinz (now Heinz North America) still has a facility located along W. 16th Street in Holland Michigan. See the attached Google Earth image. There are still large vinegar vats that are visible in the u

When I was building the Yarmouth kits for the earlier 14000-14299 series cars (which had the proprietary ACF ends and 7-foot doors) I also built one of the 8-foot door cars (14300-14599) cars using a

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While I was still driving intermodal containers I made numerous trips to Graceland Fruit in Frankfort Michigan. Loads were cans of "dried sliced cranberries" being shipped to China (trucked to Elwood