Shawn Beckert wrote: tank car upgrade kit, NO NO NO WAIT A MINUTE! Andy Carlson doesn't want one. Scott Pitzer

The mixed-end steam-era car that comes to my mind is Wabash 85751 in Classic Freight Cars Volume 7. The top part is corrugated, 3 over 7, and the bottom is 4 dreadnaught ribs. This is a rebuilt 40' bo

Probably another case of re-using existing tooling and/or not doing a good job of R&D. But we're not supposed to question it-- we're just supposed to be happy to have a box car available! <g> Scott Pi

Ben-- 5/5 Improved Dreadnaughts? Is this Indiana Harbor Belt, or Indiana High-Cube Belt? I was confused enough before-- I'll have to get that issue. Scott Pitzer --------------------------------------

The worst thing is, it's now very unlikely anyone will produce the CORRECT Popsicle cars! <G> Scott Pitzer

BTW there is a good clear photo of one of the VGN cars... Ameling I believe? Early or mid-50s I think? Anyway, you can see the restenciling in the dimensional data reflecting the IH and CUFT adjustmen

I took the stake pockets off an Athearn (their size bugged me more than the number of them) so I could make a C&O 50' car. Unfortunately each one leaves a notch (they really are "pockets"!) I hunted t

I thought someone said that with the Sunshine overlay you still don't end up with the correct upper corners of the side (or something like that.) At that point I put the idea on my far back burner (ho

Was that the one where he said he puts the x-acto blade on his tongue? Eeeeesh! (Oh well, I guess some paper envelope edges are almost as sharp!) Scott Pitzer It has been covered in Mainline Modeler a

Sounds like a future Sunshine Monrovia meet needs to include a Brake Wheels Up Close And Personal Clinic! (I only know him as the "Psst, Hey Buddy, you need these sprue nippers!" guy.) Scott Pitzer Da

I agree that's a problem, and Athearn would be unlikely to be the one to fill this gap for us. Actually, Athearn's car came out about 20 years before the Atlas. (Note that the Atlas shows about 5 year

The July 2003 issue of Smitsonian has an article about the revived ELCO electric boat company. It says the current head of the firm is related to Mr. Bixby, founder of ACF, "which at one time built ne

I noticed in a past issue of RMJ that modeler Jerry Glow had created East St. Louis Junction decals for his Mather stock car... I don't know how similar the lettering was on their box cars. My mother

"credentials" are needed to see the artwork pages. Scott Pitzer -----We are looking for some information. Can you Help?? We need the body color for the following 2 Bay GLa look alike hopper. See the H

Also good for Seaboard Air Line. RHH did an article in RMJ. Scott Pitzer

Just today I was reading about the "too old" demographic of 60 Minutes... I guess if there's one show (not on the History Channel) that would be interested in 100-year-old freight cars, it would be th

No one ever told me how THIS one got to be called "famous Harry Wong" but at any rate the "other" one seems to be "famous" as well... Scott Pitzer (now which one died in the sewer in Vienna? Oh yeah,

Too bad about the R-40-14, but we can always fill out our trains with Accurail's BREX reefer, now available in PFE paint... according to the ad, it's the PERFECT car to run behind the nice SP and UP s

I wonder if Broadway Limited will make a tank car that vents gases? Scott Pitzer ------------------------ I am currently working on a commercial line of HO Loads for covered Hoppers and Tank Cars. See

One of the Despatch end casting sets for a reefer had the wrong number of ribs, as I recall. But maybe it was fixed later. Scott Pitzer