Hello friends, according to this site: http://prr.railfan.net/freight/classpage.html?class=X40 the X40 was very rare with just a little more than 100 cars built. Aside of this, did it go far away from

Hello friends, Intermountain did both closed side and open side versions of the ACF 1958 cuft covered hopper in UP paint schemes - but strictly divided: -the open side car is box car red and the close

John, many thanks again, but - it may be strange, but this model would be for my 100%-brass freight train I am currently building. Johannes Gesendet: Montag, 12. November 2018 um 19:22 Uhr Von: "John

Many thanks John, I am modelling the early post-war years up to maybe '52 or '53. According to your notes it would be better to cenvert the model. (After I have found one - I am not the winner of this

Hello friends, please have a look at this model: https://www.ebay.com/itm/HO-CY-AT-amp-SF-Express-Boxcar-FP-4211-Green-/142961353520?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=9m

Hello Stephen, >> why don’t Mfg. blacken wheelsets? << Most if not all Mfg. actually do blacken their wheel sets - chemically. But if you are speaking of PAINTIING them (with black or a mix of rust, g

Hello Tony and all, is there a way to contact Tricia? I have a claim! Just kidding ;-) I believe that I was one of the very last customers ordering a bunch of kits (all PFE), and it took a while getti

Beautyful model, no doubt. >> TMW Andrews trucks and Kadee code 88 wheelsets. << Did you ream out the TMW trucks to accept Kadee wheelsets, or did it fit sufficiently (which I would be surprised of)?

Interesting point, Bill, many thanks. Btw, what do you thingk about Kadees HGC trucks, regarding their proportions? For my PFE R70-2 reefers I used these Kadee 70ton trucks because their springs (thre

Many thanks, Nelson, but >> Shipping is a very reasonable $3 .50 per order. << this will be a little more to Germany ;-) Furthermore very likely no difference either with or without wheelsets. Since I

Hello Doug, many thanks for your note. Westerfield has them listed, when I am at home I will try to order them. Yes, Accurail trucks usually are nicely detailed and run very well, but unfortunately th

Hello Nelson, MANY THANKS for your comprehensive reply! So I will use Andrews trucks on both cars, definitely. I am modeling the early POST-war years (I am sorry for the mistakenly written pre-war in

Hello friends, I have two CB&Q SM-18 stock cars needing new trucks for acceptable rolling ability. The current trucks are Andrews which I guess are entirely accurate for the cars. But would it also be

>> I've been pondering how that could be accomplished and sill leave the finished piece a perfect rectangle << Hello Chris, I suppose it isn't possible to get a perfectly sized rectangle without any c

Eric and all, many thanks for the pics and data of these interesting cars. Johannes Gesendet: Donnerstag, 30. August 2018 um 21:23 Uhr Von: "Eric Hansmann" <eric@...> An: main@...

Really interesting photos! Anyone seen a box car end as on the car just behind the track gang before?: http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/271ef23120a8a912_large Greetings Johannes Gesendet: Mittwoch, 29

This will become a really beautyful car, no doubt. Johannes Gesendet: Donnerstag, 16. August 2018 um 01:52 Uhr Von: "Bill Welch" <fgexbill@...> An: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Betreff: Re: [R

Did this posting ever get a reply? At least I didn't see any. Unfortunately I can't help with Bills original questions, but please allow another one on these cars: -the OMI model only has 8 roof walk

Very impressive! Thanks for sharing. Which materials do you use for body and frame parts? Many greetings Johannes

Hello to all, many thanks to everyone giving input! Great to learn that these cars were NOT express reefers. I think to remember seeing one on a GN DVD placed in their Fast Mail - but obviously it was