Wouldn't that be Intermountain's R-40-10 kit, if it's for a conversion to a 1937-built car? Scott Pitzer =======

Maybe the height of the R-40-23 kit would be more appropriate, but the ends would be too modern for a 1941-42 car. Beyond that, I have NO IDEA what I'm talking about! Scott Pitzer =======

Shawn, There weren't any round-corner ends made until 1939-40, so the 1937 cars must have had square corners. The problem with the R-40-23 is that it has a more modern rib pattern than the 4/4 early d

The two photos Shawn was talking about are now posted under Files at STMFPH (look for "IC-reefer...") One 1937 car with square corners One 1942 car with round corners Scott Pitzer

At the Riordan Mansion State Park in Flagstaff, there are a couple of panoramic photos of Arizona Land & Timber operations in the early 1920s Box cars include: (All 40' I believe although I did not lo

Greg, I can say this much-- the guide said there was a time when there were two small communities, "Flagstaff" north of the tracks and "Milltown" south of the tracks. The Mansion is south and west fro

How about if we chip in and buy the mystery car from Andy S. and then we can run a DNA test on a sample of the plastic? Scott Pitzer -------------

The comp copy was the first I saw of the last thing I submitted to RMJ. And I pity anyone who tried to make the same freight car, out of the kit the article's new subtitle referred to! Scott Pitzer ==

I remember the same photo was published (larger) in the Trainline. I THINK the seam panels fall at the same places as on the kit doors, except they aren't wide like the kit. Would a correct door mean

Tim O'Connor wrote: Scott, do you mean the retainer valve, or the release valve? ===== I meant what I always USED to call the "triple valve," one of the "big 3" underbody brake components. It's bigger

From: Edwin C Kirstatter Tim and all, The Life-Like Tractors are just TRACTORS. The red ones look something like Farmall's ========= Now wait a minute... others have described them as accurate Farmall

I remember an article about Ferguson tractors and C&O box cars in the late 1940s, probably in Freight Cars Journal. I got the idea that a deck was installed in the box cars so tractors could be loaded

Mr. Ward seems to be "big on flatcars." Maybe he'll turn up with a 10 identical tractors to load one of them! Off topic, but it seems kind of odd that a key structure from Altoona PA would end up in I

FWIW, the 3rd car in the train seems to be Canadian Pacific (is it a compass or something in the slogan on the right side? I don't have my CDS catalog handy.) The 6th car has that Reading look, to me

Would a 1954 NYC box car with black ends and roof (72000 series) have an unpainted metal running board? If so, I suppose the contrast with the roof would become less noticeable as years passed... Scot

Let me rephrase the question. WOULD the running board be painted black like the roof, OR be unpainted (possibly with overspray here and there?) I speculated on the reduction in contrast because my mod

Re the kit for the 2000-2799 series rebuilt in 1939 from USRA single sheathed cars: 1) I've said that I'd probably be satisfied if bracket grabs on box car sides were done by casting the brackets as p

I wrote: It should stand out for it's construction details but be decorated like other cars of the era. I know we aren't supposed to attack each other's spelling on this list, but can we attack our ow

I tried this C&O 79000-series conversion a few years ago, but I was kind of sloppy with it and I'm not even sure where the car is right now. In changing the ends, I removed the vertical angles and mad