Can any of you verify that this is a WFEX reefer and what would be a good HO kit? It was in the background of a small 2x3 photo of 0-6-0 ATSF 9017 at Richmond, CA. The photo was taken between 1 Jan 19

Bill, Unless you have a rich stash of photos of period photos from your branch or the classification yard that served it, Bob's comment about "plausible" and random applies as the majority of the mark

The Walthers (LifeLike) is a reasonable stand in out of the box but the decorated versions have an incorrect side panel count for the Santa Fe car. The correct side panels are on the end door versions

Johannes, The ARA class BX Fe-24 represented by the Coach Yard model occasionally found it's way into freights as I've seen one photo of an instance in Ohio. That said, it depends on when you model. A

Mark, Not quite. The casting integrated the bottom of the tank with the underframe, replacing the traditionally separate structures with a single part that both carried the loads and formed the bottom

Jon, From the ATSF Tank Car book pg 71 the GSC one piece cast tank bottom/bolsters/draft gear appeared in the 1937 CBC. John Barry ATSF North Bay Lines Golden Gates & Fast Freights Lovettsville, VA 70

Mark, The Class Tk-L and # series are consistent with the 100 ATSF tank cars. John John Barry ATSF North Bay Lines Golden Gates & Fast Freights Lovettsville, VA 707-490-9696 PO Box 44736 Washington, D

Jared, I third Steve's recommendation of Temple. Craig is very responsive and your collection fits their mission of preserving the Santa Fe. I have already sent them several items that fall outside my

Explosives. NOT! They were trap cars in LCL service if memory serves. John Barry ATSF North Bay Lines Golden Gates & Fast Freights Lovettsville, VA 707-490-9696 PO Box 44736 Washington, DC 20026-4736

Elden, Yet another example of wonderful details in the background of the main subject. As a western modeler, I have no need for the PRR engine, but the ACL VM could have easily brought a load of hardw

Eich, . . . Because it is written . . .Good story! John Barry ATSF North Bay Lines Golden Gates & Fast Freights Lovettsville, VA 707-490-9696 PO Box 44736 Washington, DC 20026-4736

Garth, I don't really have a script. It was a fun presentation to do. John John Barry ATSF North Bay Lines Golden Gates & Fast Freights Lovettsville, VA 707-490-9696 PO Box 44736 Washington, DC 20026-

The link to the handouts for my presentation are on my blog at Santa Fe's San Francisco Fleet Handouts Santa Fe's San Francisco Fleet Handouts I presented a clinic last week at the Santa Fe Railway Hi

I agree with Dennis about the orthochromatic film and it's rendition of reds and oranges. It's made color interpretation of aircraft camouflage and markings difficult in my other hobby. But I do think

Tom, It depends. When are you modeling? The earlier the more likely as the number of VMs and the roads that owned them declined between the wars and dropped precipitously by the end of this list. That

Steve, I think the ends are the same 3-4 improved dreadnaught on both cars. The shadow on the color photo conveniently obscures the taper and wide center portion of the major ribs, making it easy to a

Mike, Most likely a Monon gon, but it could be a SOO line as they had some too. The cars can be modeled with the Intermountain USRA gon and a Shapeways end. We had a good discussion on a number of the

These cars retained this look when the aux doors were disabled and they were re-classed as Bx-35 single door box cars. Unfortunately, all the photos I've seen of the Bx-35s are after their rebuilding

Back in 2014 I posted a link to my best guess at what the Accounting Codes were for 1944. I recently found the actual 1944 listing. Read about it and find the link to the 1944 Railway Accounting Codes

Dennis, I have several, 4162, 4261, 422X, Would those help? John John Barry ATSF North Bay Lines Golden Gates & Fast Freights Lovettsville, VA 707-490-9696 PO Box 44736 Washington, DC 20026-4736