There was a "Top PRR classes" web site, where you could select a year and get a listing of the top classes of cars for that year, or select only gons or box cars for that year... I thought that was a

The Atlas 36' wood reefer looks to be a close match to a photo I have of SRLX 3707. I has the general look; I haven't done measurements,but it has the same roof facia, 4-hinge doors, exposed cross-bea

Rather than journey to my not-so-local hobby shop, I went to a large craft store looking for sanding sticks, but they didn't have any. I thought that was a possible source, dimly remembered... or was

All this talk about the roofs for the Proto 50' auto box got me to looking at mine. I have both the NKP, and the Erie with end door. I noted that the couplers appear to stick out very far. I'm wonderi

I've found my handout from Bill's clinic, I'll add some things I've learned from it: The truss rod underframe "...FGEX and WFEX cars would have received cast side frame trucks prior by 1940." (sic) Th

I've been reading the "Shake and Take" reefer article in the latest RMC, and really like the idea. However, I believe the Kahn's car paint scheme is to new for my late 30's time frame. I'd like to mod

I'm finishing up two Proto 8,000 gal type 21 tank car kits, and noticed that there isn't a clear indication of whether the hand rail goes on with the stanchions going up or down. I have several protot

Are decals available for a pre-1940's car? Or, would it be better just to get the F&C version? (Is it the same car?) Akron, Ohio manufactures a lot of auto tires, and while I don't know if the W&LE ev

Ben, You wrote: "Wow. You really don't know much about..." in response to his use of the word "apparently"?? Geez... what's wrong with writing "Here's a link to some background regarding the collectio

All this talk got me to wondering about the Proto 2000 8K Type 21 car that is lettered for Hercules Powder. I'll assume it's accurate, but for what timeframe is that P/L scheme good for? Dean Payne

Walthers made a half-way decent RTR model of these, but it was lettered for the wrong series, (71000 instead of 70000), and had a wood floor instead of steel. The wire grabs had to be added, I didn't

What year were these cars built? And, are there any decals available for Diamond Alkali (DAX)? Dean Payne

I just tested, my Branchline GB&W and NKP reefers roll no better than fair down an incline, but my MILW reefer rolls fantastically! Same manufacturer… same model, same trucks... but the MILW has shiny

I had forgotten, but Proto 2000 trucks fit differently from most others, which makes it more difficult to swap in a set of trucks from another manufacturer. Case in point: I'm trying to use my Tahoe a

The only 10K type 21 car I have is SUN OILS! And... it's already built! (One of Life's Little Victories) I'll have to make the truck swap pronto! I'll also need to backdate to K brakes, so I'm not don

I have a couple of P2K tank cars (8,000 gallons) to build, and was thinking they might be a good way to show off the Tahoe arch bar trucks, with semi-scale wheels. These are in the UTLX 77,000-series,

Fred, There's a photo of restored W&LE caboose 911 at nkphts.org: http://www.nkphts.org/preservation/pictures/cabooses/wle0911jpg.html This is in the yellow scheme with black lettering, but the red sc

I agree with you, I've seen otherwise excellent models, nicely weathered, that have trucks and wheels that show clean body color paint in the deepest recesses and on the wheel faces, where you would e

I found the article written by what I described above as "...another author...", it is in the October 2007 MR, written by Bob Karig. He is a hopper modeler of no small talent, I was very impressed whe

The CV hopper in the Model Railroad Hobbyist is based on a Bowser model, and the author (Marty McGuirk) says that the thing that the most significant thing that scream "Pennsy" are the tapered side po