I think the schemes were simultaneous. Most of the silver & black cars had butt welded hip roof, most BCR had Radial roof as modeled by the Speedwitch kit. Bill Welch

Add to this total around 2,000 36-foot ventilated boxcars owned by the Louisville & Nashville during this period. These were built in 1923—one thousand each by Mt. Vernon and Tenn. Coal, Iron & Railro

Very fine and realistic items. He has been at CCB Prototype Rails in 2018 and 2019. Glad to see he is expanding his offerings and making the rounds at various shows and meets. Bill Welch

. . .or build something. Bill Welch

I have about 30-40 Grandt Line AB sets left from a bulk order a few years ago that I save for special models self defined. Sunshine enclosed Bowser/Cal-Scale and Terry Wegman's sets and I use those. B

Here are a couple of Jack Parker photos made in Toronto: https://realstmfc.groups.io/g/main/photo/43681/0?p=Name,,sal+v9,20,1,0,0 Given the slight curve on the top cord of the Andrews trucks, I think

I have sent Gregory at Southbound Modelworkd and Decals Co. my pictorial diary of my v9/v10 build for use on his website. Photos used to be on the old resin builder Yahoo group. Hopefully they will ap

Ask them when they will ship the items promised to me by Grandt Line that they were not able to send me when GL handed the box of items off to them when they closed. They never answer the phone, never

I typed the kit number into my search engine and it took me to TTH and the kits. Bill Welch

For anyone interested earlier this week I ordered and received four undec. Atlas #20001448 (Branchline #1000C) with four ends and three roofs and various parts molded in grey styrene. These have the t

I think the catalog was $7 at the event, more by mail I am sure. I do not know about his email situation. Bill Welch

I recall that recently people were wondering about Keith and his photo collection. In fact he was at PR-2020 selling a catalog of his photos. He no longer has a dark room and has gone digital. Here is

Suggest contacting Gregory King, new owner of the V9 and V10 patterns and kits. His company is Southbound Modelworkd and Decals Co. https://www.sbmwdco.com/ Bill Welch

Thanks for your assistance to everyone that responded here and to my personal email. Bill Welch

I need a reminder please regarding the Branchline Blueprint 50-foot boxcars in terms of the variations. I know they produced an 8-foot door car and an insulated car w/a sliding flush door. Note, I am

The Boys at the Clearwater Car Shops have been busy getting several freight cars to the point to be painted. This is a Funaro & Camerlengo kit for a Delaware & Hudson 36-foot boxcar, many of which wer

For some time now I have noticed that all of the Clinchfield's USRA assigned rolling stock—cabooses; 50-ton boxcars; 2-bay hoppers—carried "CC&O" reporting marks for most of their service lives if not

the L&N gondola is one of 1000 composite gons that closely copied the RR's original 1000 USRA cars. The main difference is there is no flat diagonal straps on the end panels and they had cast sidearm

I have assembled many one piece body kits and have many still in kit form. I have never seen one with a "big blob of resin on the underside of the roof." Bill Welch

wow, thank you Tim!!! Bill Welch