1937 Design Boxcars for around 3,713 cubic foot capacity the NYC had 6,165 cars with 3,719' cubic capacity - with Hi Tim, Are you sure that all these NYC boxcars are actually of the 1937 AAR design? I

Hello everyone, I'm going to paint a couple of freight cars and I'd like some suggestions as to what paints (preferably water-based) I should use. The first car is a Chicago & North Western 40ft PS-1,

Hello Tim, Accurail offers 6ft Pullman Standard doors as part #116. These are probably former McKean parts. Mark Heiden

Hello everyone, Does anyone know what kind of roof was applied to the following series of Maine Central single-sheathed boxcars: MEC 35001-35300 MEC 35652-35901 Thanks, Mark Heiden

Hi Tim No, I haven't. I don't have that issue, nor do I have access to one. Thanks, Mark Heiden series

Hello everyone, I'm trying to determine the location of the retainer valve on the B- end of Great Northern USRA double-sheathed boxcars, series 23494- 24993. I'm modeling a car circa 1948, with a vert

Before Mike rules this off-topic, there's a Walthers story that I quickly want to share. I worked in train store for about a year, and we used to have problems getting items from Walthers regardless o

Hello everyone, A series of very interesting photos of the St Johnsbury & Lake Champlain Railroad in the 1940s and 1950s were posted on the NERails website the other day. You'll likely have to cut and

Hello everyone, I'm working on a model of a Union Pacific 1937 AAR design boxcar, class B-50-21, series 184000-185899, built 1937/38. For lettering, I'm considering Champ HB-65 decals. My layout is se

Hi Tim, Thanks for the information. I see the last 100 cars (185800-185899) had welded ends. Was the welded underframe readily visible from the side, or did it appear as any other underframe? Thanks,

Hello everyone, I'm looking for decals to letter a Seaboard Air Line 40ft PS-1 boxcar from series SAL 24000-24499, built October, 1948. The cars carried slogans, 24000-24299 lettered The Route of Cour

Hi John, Thanks for the advice on decals and the tip about the roofs covered with car cement. That was something I didn't know. Do you know what was done with the roofwalk? Was it too covered with car

Hello everyone, Thanks to all who have answered my question concerning SAL decals for 40ft PS-1 boxcars. Your advice and suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks, Mark Heiden

Hello everyone, I have a couple of questions regarding some MKT single-sheathed boxcars, series MKT 76001-77500, as they were circa 1948. There is a photo of MKT 76666 on page 9 in the February 1988 i

Hi Richard, Thanks for the paint/brake info and car numbers! Those are definately appreciated. Was there anything unusual about the arrangement of the AB brake components (transverse mounted air tank,

Hi Ted, Thanks for the paint info. Were the underframes and trucks also painted yellow? Thanks, Mark Heiden is Model single- black roofs. sides He can

Hello everyone, I'm in need of some Grandt Line door guides, like those on this B&M 1924 ARA boxcar by Ted Culotta: http://www.steamfreightcars.com/modeling/models/culotta/bm71968main.htm l Are these

Hello everyone, A quick check of the NEB&W website revealed fishbelly hoppers in the following numbers on anthracite hauling roads in 1949: CNJ/CRP: 999 cars in one number series D&H: 2993 cars in fiv

Hello everyone, I have some questions concerning Union Pacific B-50-19 class boxcars, number series 182812-183999 (1937 AAR design). 1. The table of as-built 1937 AAR boxcars on the Steam Era Freight

Hello everyone, Thanks to all who provided information and, especially, photos of these cars. I have a couple more questions I should have added to my first posting. They are: 1. Were the underframe a