Thanks for the help with my DL&W box car questions. I now need to track down RP Cyc#21. Aaron Gjermundson

I'm interested in modeling one of the DL&W box cars in the 47000-47699, and 47700-47999 series. What ends and roof did these cars have? There is a picture of one of the cars in Ted Cullota's box and a

Thanks Bob. I used a heat gun, the type used for heat shrink. Just warm the area that you would like to distress, then use your finger nail or the edge of a screwdriver, and press until the resin has

A discussion on the G25b, Westerfield kit, took place starting with message #111225 back in September. This may help you some. I recently built the same kit. http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj100/n

There was also a herald that was used on some locomotive tenders that was called the "Forward Facing Goat". The goat on the engineers side, was painted as to face right, or forward in the train. Has a

I heard that there is an Essential Freight Car article in the new RMC, #46. Has anyone seen the magazine yet? Aaron

Sorry for the confusion Rob. The old Branchline "Blue Print" series kit, lettered for NP, with the small herald, and without "Mainstreet" slogan would be a good candidate for you. I think it had a 194

3' herald on new steel cars built March of 1940. 3' herald, with "Mainstreet" slogan, on new steel cars build October 1947. Rob, are you just asking about steel cars? The NP's first lots of steel cars

3' herald on new steel cars built March of 1940. 3' herald, with "Mainstreet" slogan, on new steel cars build October 1947. 5' herald, with "Mainstreet" slogan on new steel cars May, 1951. About 1955,

I've seen NP truss rod box cars with boards through the turnbuckles. Usually a board just through a pair. There is, or was anyway, a NP box car at the Illinois RR Museum that still had the boards in p

Could Schuyler Larrabee please contact me off list? Thank you. Aaron

Just to clarify; My topic description should say, renumbering that took place in the 1960's, not "remembering that took place during the 1960's". I was born in 1970, so I don't remember the 60's. Aaro

Ray, Thanks for the information. I'm probably not buying a book for one picture, but could you tell me if the end has the indentation for the previous brake wheel arrangement? Supposedly the ends were

Thank you, Rich and Al, for the responses. I wanted to beat up the car, bowed sides and dented panels. But if the G25b's were rebuilt around 1951, the time of my interest, then the cars would have loo

I recently ordered a G25b kit from Westerfield, received it in less than two weeks, and now have a few questions. In the PDS, it states that in 1951, the PRR started converting the cars to a fixed bra

Thanks for all of the replies. A nice string of tank cars should have all sizes represented. Aaron

Of all the different tank capacities of X-3 tank cars, was any one type more numerous than the others? Sunshine offers four tank and frame sizes in resin. So, what would be a realistic ratio among the

I stand corrected, eight truss rods. Not sure why I typed six. Aaron

I built the same kit last spring. I went with the KC system. With the six truss rods and turn buckles, brake levers, rods and chain, it was pretty darn cluttered under the car. Aaron

With these being on the list of kits to be discontinued, 19.4-19.8, I have a few questions. Is there any evidence that the "Merchandise Service" cars ever wandered off line? I model 1953, so would lik