Ed: It is hard to quibble with you if we are talking strictly about actual numbers of prototypes but I will give it a shot. It occurs to me that IM has done a steel milk reefer that has limited number

The hinged or swing door example from Accurail appears to be an accurate representation of one group of 250 cars (WFEX 68400-68640) built for WFE by Pacific Car & Foundry in 1949 characterized by the

All of the FGE & WFE sliding door cars were built by PC&F and one series of BRE cars. Whether that qualifies as a standard PC&F car or not I have do not know. I don't know anything about the NH cars.

The paint scheme is a post 1960 version. Note the gothic stenciling, which began circa 1960. The site wrongly calls this car a Great Northern car. Not so! It is a Western Fruit Car. Unlike the CB&Q, w

Influenced as I remember by an article in one of the two books of compilations of their freight cars articles that RMJ published about 1990 (or was that MR'ing), that discussed the postwar steel cars

Except for their lack of opacity they were fine. My memory is the offending decals were the orange ones that went over the green areas. The green decals that went over the orange areas may have been o

I am wondering if anyone on this list has a copy of the Railway Age from April 18, 1955. I believe the date is correct but the copy I have of the article I have is not sharp so I could be off in terms

I wanted to thank the several people who responded to my message requesting help with Railway Age and Gary Roe who was able to send me a PDF of the 12 pages involved. I did not realize that there was

Dear Ken I did the pattern Ted used in his modernized LNE car using the RC X29/1923 kit and I am mystified as to which LNE kit you are referring to from Speedwitch as I think he only offers the rebuil

You are correct Tom. I have too many models in my head. Regardless the correct roof is available with Speedwitch's kit. I am not sure if LNE used the X29 or "1923" style of body but I am sure the Spee

I have a three-part set of reprints that I gleaned digitally from a Fruit Growers Express file from one of the archives I have visited. The articles first appeared in something called "Railway Locomot

Dear Pierre: Although I have had mixed success mixing epoxys in the correct 50/50 portions (go figure) the time when I have been successful and the joint has actually hardened, this has worked well. A

I am not sure I agree Mike in terms of it being a flaw in the kit or even its engineering. One of the issues in having models that are designed to move or operate vs. static models is that fine detail

I am trying to locate a copy of the "Southern Freight Association Perishable Tariff and Protective Tariff" to aid my research and writing the history of the FGW/WFE/BRE companies with a view to scanni

As a ya'll road modeler I am thrilled to finally see the little NC&StL rebuild. Martin has had the components of this car in the works for well over a decade. They had Murphy ends in addition to the r

Dear Frank I had not picked up the variations for the Hutchins ends. As for the yellow stripes on their boxcars, I do not know when these began to appear. None of the 3 books I have on the NC&StL talk

Does anyone know if anyone offers decals that would work for the WM GV-2 covered hoppers. These were clones of the PS-2 and are pictured on pages 19 & 25 of RP CYC # 3. They featured speed lettering w

I was looking at photos today of some single sheathed cars and was reminded of another situation where using brass wire to pin a part in place works very well. Many SS cars had a strap that bridged th

Tim: I think it depends on one's definition of "easier." I have had mixed results with epoxy, namely getting it to harden. I think my problem has been getting the 50/50 ratio, and mixin' a small batch

Gentleman I have been spending time online looking at small milling machines as I anticipate some model making/building challenges. For example one project could involve cutting apart several SFRD 50-