Thanks to those who continue to provide photos of these cars. I’d be very tempted to model the FINX car just for the reporting marks!! Schuyler

And it could very well mean "the old tooling was so worn that we just HAD to recut it." Doesn't mean it was "new AND IMPROVED tooling." And in sets of a dozen at a time??? Seriously? That's nuts. Schu

Well, for the second time today, it appears I can see very well. You’re correct, of course. Schuyler

What is that for? In the photo, second link below, there is something odd at the lower left. At first glance I thought “That’s a silly place for a diving board.” But then I wondered what IS that for?

I beg everyone's pardon. My egregious error. Schuyler

REX 1601 is, but the others, I believe, were never intended to leave home rails. Schuyler

I saw that, but they are required to be on the side of the car. Schuyler

Not even that: no reporting marks, not suitable for interchange. It’s just a billboard! Schuyler

Based on the CM&StP box a few tracks to the left, this is in the era when truck centers were 5’-0” from the end of the car, vs. the later 5’-6”. I don’t remember when that was changed? As to the WAB c

A lot of life was in those days, Brian. Schuyler VERY labor intensive. Thanks! Brian Ehni (Sent from my iPhone)

Thanks, Tom, not even close to what I thought, but I think you’re probably correct. Schuyler

Tom, can you read that number? Schuyler

Had I been looking at my emails yesterday, on this topic I would have observed that depending on the railroad, cabooses were painted red, white on some roads, and as well know, blue. Happy Fourth of J

Thanks, Ben, I missed the transition in the thread. Chuck’s model was very good and I appreciated his inclusion of the prototype photo. Schuyler

They look very familiar, but . . . well I just HAVE to get all this stuff organized. Never completely recovered from the double move. Schuyler

Thanks, Todd, very useful information! Schuyler

Maybe. Might have been a while since it was last on B&M rails, and even then . . . Schuyler

Dave, I’m looking at the construction methods and materials of that mind building, and I think it may well be into the late 40s. Post war, I ‘d say. Eric, thanks for the photoshop work, the picture wa

Hey, isn’t that B&M composite very close to the Walthers gon that was getting so much disrespect on this list a week or so ago? Certainly in the “close enough” category. Schuyler

Thanks for that little nudge, Eric! Schuyler