Hi Clark, I think you are right about the roofs not all being replaced. I've attached (I hope) a photo from somewhere online that is of the NYC / B&A yard in Boston with lots of NYC boxcars, including

Brian, Thanks, I'm sure you are correct. I'll change the note on my e-copy to reflect that. I never thought it looked like Boston. Todd Sullivan

Thanks, Ben. Duly noted! Todd Sullivan

Umm, the Santa Fe boxcar in the background has the "Ship and Travel" slogan, and I think that started in 1947 or so, and Garth said the L&N PS-1 boxcar two cars to the right from the Santa Fe car was

Not only that, but when they wrecked something back then - autos and trains - they really destroyed them! Glad my car is a lot more robust than those tin lizzies of the 1930s. Todd Sullivan

I don't know about the Barber S-1 trucks, Bill, but you could ask Rapido about making them available. I think they are pretty open to ideas from modelers. About the Swift reefers, the cars in both col

Brian, Nice catch. My Rapido reefers are in storage in Syracuse, so I'd better make a note to check the SRLX car when we are reunited. I'll also check my Sunshine kit that is painted but not assembled

Tim, Thanks, those are great photos and they show exactly what I was trying to describe! There's one other photo I know about that is in one of the small softcover Anthracite railroad books. It shows

IIRC, when Tony bought these Atlas cars, they were the only RTR Swift meat reefer models available. He was acquiring a fleet of meat reefers for the traffic out of Kansas City. All other available mod

Thank you, Tim, I stand corrected. My fingers are dyslexic. I know the difference: SRLX = meat, SLRX = beer. Todd Sullivan

And ... I just happen to have a few photos taken in 2015 of the old Morrell branch house in Syracuse. It is located on Erie Blvd on the near east side, and was probably switched by the DL&W on the bac

Ooooh, what a nice looking car! I'll have to do one myself, methinks. Thanks for sharing! Todd Sullivan

The data about the photo that Bob pointed out says 1946 or 1947. I wondered about the use of the UCR gon in log service. It probably came from the Salt Lake City area to the smelter in Tacoma with cop

What's interesting to me is that most of the logs in the log pond appear to be similar in size to the loads in these gons. Perhaps the mill was using them for lumber, but maybe for chips or pulp for p

My experience is consistent with Nelson's, with various flat finishes. I recall one situation where I experienced the 'frosting' of the flat coat, and I let it dry for 20 minutes and resprayed with a

... And I keep shaking the cans throughout the painting process, whether I'm spraying clear or colors. Todd Sullivan

Hi Richard, I looked on eBay for Roundhouse SP ore cars, as that's where I thought the MDC trucks were used, but the photos in the auctions I found were not conclusive. Have you seen Cory Bonsall's tr

Does anyone remember what freight car - MDC or Athearn - they went under? My memory banks failed me on this one. Todd Sullivan.

Thanks, Jeff, for keeping us safe. I learned the hard way not to open fishy stuff like that. Todd Sullivan

When I was clerking in Portland in 1961-62, all the un-insulated boxcar doors I saw were painted on the inside the same color as the car's exterior. RBLs (insulated boxcars) had plug doors that were i