Hello everyone, I'm about to start painting several boxcars, and I need some advice regarding what paint colors to use. I've included links to photos, but all are black and white. My era is 1947, if t

Hello everyone, Just a couple of questions regarding the installation of AB brakes on Great Northern USRA double-sheathed boxcars. First, were the brakes installed as part of a larger shopping (additi

wonder Anthracite coal was a common home heating fuel in southwestern Ontario into the late 1950s. From 1920 to 1950 about 2 million tons per year was consumed. Lehigh Valley and Reading hoppers are s

Hello everyone, I'm looking for some information on a Proto 2000 50' double door boxcar, lettered NKP 87143. I'd like to know the car series it is part of how many cars were in it. Are there any sourc

Hi Ray, Thanks for the tip. I found the photo on the NEB&W site, no trouble. Thanks again, Mark Heiden to do a I know: Viking. I roofs website issue of boxcar

--- In STMFC@..., Richard Hendrickson <rhendrickson@o...> 1943 and doesn't Hi Richard, Does the same photo appear in both publications? The photo from the 1943 CBC is on the NEB&W site, a

Hi Tim, Is the photo of NKP 87100 in the Trainshed Cyc 75 a broadside shot? Thanks, Mark Heiden

Hello everyone, I'm looking for prototype information about a Proto 2000 50' single door boxcar. It's in Grand Trunk Western paint with the white wafer logo, car number 595287. The built date on the c

Hello everyone, What were the dates that K brakes and Andrews trucks were banned from interchange? Thanks, Mark Heiden

Hello everyone, I'm decaling some cars and have a question concerning the time span of reweigh dates. From what I understand, prior to 1949, all cars were required to be reweighed every 30 months. My

Hello everyone, I'm looking for photos of some Southern 40' PS1 boxcars, series 23487- 26486, 3000 cars, built 1948. I understand that a builder's photo appeared in the 1949 Car Builders Cyclopedia. I

Tim, The majority of MEC series 6500-6749 stayed on home rails under new numbers. Between 1961 and 1967 28 cars were insulated for woodpulp service and renumbered 2119-2146. Sometime between 1969 and

Hello everyone, Following up on the discussion earlier in the week about B&O and C&O war emergency hoppers, a photo of a B&O hopper was posted on Fallen Flags today. The link is: http://www.rr-fallenf

Hello everyone, I'm considering using Tichy #9029 decals for USRA and panel side hoppers for an upcoming D&H hopper project. I've heard that these decals don't take well to setting solutions. Does any

http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/collections/cushman/full/P02405.jpg Nice pics indeed! What is the PRR boxcar in the lower left corner of this picture? It looks like an X29 with a left-opening door. Ma

Hello everyone, I'm looking for a computer scan of a photo from the 1949-1951 Car Builder's Cyclopedia. It's a shot of DT&I 14000, a 40ft ACF boxcar on page 87 of the CBC. All I could get was a dark p

Hi Rob, There is an LNE website that has some photos that may be of use to you: http://www.gingerb.com/L&NE_Freight_Equipment_1961.htm Mark Heiden

Hello everyone, A couple weeks ago I picked up a Proto 2000 B&O N-37 war emergency hopper model. It's a ready-to-run car, and upon close investigation when I got it home, I'm somewhat disappointed wit

Another, likely rare, possibility for coal traffic is anthracite in Missouri Pacific hoppers. In the book The Dardenell & Russellville Railroad, this Arkansas railroad served coal mines that shipped t

Hello everyone, I'm looking for some information on three B&O boxcars that went to the Wellsville, Addison & Galeton (WAG) in the late 1950s. I don't know the B&O numbers of these cars, but on the WAG