Jim, Thanks for the info. By the way I like your N&W frt car models you have produced. Fred Mullins

Folks, Can anyone provide me with the overall length of these 2 classes of N&W pulpwood racks? Not including the couplers? I think they are 37' and 41' but not sure and which one either?? Also the hei

Folks, I'm looking for a copy of Railway Prototype Cyclopedia vol 2. If anybody has a copy they would like to sell or knows a hobby shop who has a copy please let me know off-list. Thanks for any help

Folks, I would like to model some SAL gons like the G11 class. Does anybody make such a model in HO scale or is there anything that can be modified to model one? Also what were these gons used for the

Folks, I want to thank everyone who responded to my questions about the cars. I appreicate the info and info on sources of more detailed info if I want to find it. I'm also sorry that my post sparked

Tony, Thanks for the response. I guess I shoulld have figured that being a "a" sub class what they were rebuilt from. But I know very little about the SP. If someone could give me both a website addre

Folks, I would like to learn more about this car. When was it rebuilt and from what class of car? When did the rebuilding take place and how long did these cars stay on the rails? Is sunshine still ma

Folks, When did pullman come out with there PS-1 box cars? I'm trying to decide how many I will need on my mid 50's era layout? I'm assuming that I will still need a few wooden box cars and lots of 19

I want to thank everyone who has responded to my question. I have to agree in that not many reefers would have traveled on the A&D. But I figures a few would have from time to time. I'm going to try a

I know we talked a little in the past about reefers used on my A&D. But what type of reefers would have been inservice in the 1950's on rail lines in VA. I'm assuming ART cars would have been used? Wa

Folks, Would have woodsided gons still be in interchange use in the 50's? If so would they be in great numbers or were the railroads scraping them or rebuilding them by this time? Trying to decide if

Folks, I'm hoping to clean up and area and start to build detailed frt cats for my 1955-62 era layout. Could someone tell me what detail parts I should have in stock such as grab irons, stirrups and o

Folks, I'm planning for a future project that I hope to start over the winter. I want to model an A&D 2300 series box car which was a door and a half ex-N&W class BS. The cars had what I call rollers

Has anybody seen the Southern gon's from speedwitch yet? How do they look? Can anybody give us a review? Thanks Fred Mullins

Ben, I have been told by some folks on the N&WHS modeler list that they were rebuilt from BS class box cars and the dim I need is 5' 6". fred Mullins modeling the A&D!

Tony, Thanks for the response. I'm not 100% sure myself. I know I'm trying to build a box car based on the PRR X29 car in this month Keystone modeler. But I going to make a ex N&W B7a/b class box car.

Folks, I need to know what the distance was for the truck center to the end of the car was for a 1937 AAR box car? Was it 5'0" or 5'6"? Thanks for all help! Fred Mullins

Tim, Thanks for the response. As far as meat packers I think none were served directly by rail, but I figure some may have loaded a reefer at a team track or from a cold storage fac trackside? I know

Folks, Would Santa Fe wood/steel reefers made it to the east coast? Mainly tidewater area of VA.? I'm trying to figure out if I can use some red caboose kits I saw. Would like to know if I could use t

Folks, Can anybody tell me what class of car the N&W rebuilt to make the class B7a/b's? Also looking for what type of roofwalk was used and a source for ends to build a model in HO scale Thanks for an