I would rather see an AAR alternate standard offset twin come from P2K than from Atlas. But I guess P2K would have a bit more work to do to get there, starting from the War Emergency car. FWIW, the C&

I always thought it had the same meaning as a "Union Station"-- shared by more than one company. I guess we'll find out if that's right... Scott Pitzer =======

Staffan didn't mention his GN conversion which went the other way, that is, keeping the McKean ends and roof and using Athearn "grain loading box car" sides with new doors (to make the 3000 series.) O

The ends Ed is talking about have dimples at the corners corresponding to the missing darts. They are a 4/4 pattern as he mentioned. One of the two 40' box car books in the Classic Freight Cars series

It's interesting that somebody thinks CBC's belong under DRAMA/PLAYS. Right on the same shelf with "A Freight Car Named Desire" I suppose. Scott Pitzer =======

It's a DC-4 (too short to be a DC-6.) This photo is more proof that all the COOL field trips happened before I was in school! Now quit talking about airplanes! Scott Pitzer =======

I was reviewing the article in RP Cyc Number 9, and I noticed the varied placement of the billboard initials in the mid-1950s and the 1960s. They seemed to shift left if the car had been rebuilt with

One of the features mentioned on the Gold Series boxes is separate grabs. Yet the ballast hopper, ore car, and USRA hoppers don't seem to have them. They should have said "and sometimes even separate

I think Ted meant to write "Prototype Railroad Modeling"... (If it turns out to be called Prototype Model Railroading, people will get it mixed up with Model Railroading (also known as "DING") and it

No, I don't think that would be playing fair. Maybe a C&O ventilator car (even the resin vent offerings don't include C&O.) Scott Pitzer =======

I thought I was sitting down to an easy project, but... Comparing the P2k model (1959 Century Green) to the NYC Color Guide's photo of a car from Lot 692B (176200-176799), I notice a three-section doo

Oh jeez! I thought the eaves looked a little odd... Some kit box labels should inlude a "YBS" mark for "You'll Be Sorry!" Scott Pitzer ======= Scott, Lot 692-B also had the "double-Z" eaves. Four-pane

I bought an assembled war emergency gon some years ago, and it had solid sides-- the framing and boards were all cast in a unit. So I guess you have to make sure which version of Ulrich is offered for

It looks like I need to make my own 8' wide 3-panel corrugated doors (circa 1941) and I'm thinking the best way would be to combine parts of the 6' doors that come in Intermountain's "Modified 1937 AA

The two "MandW" box car photos posted by drgwm64 give you a couple more things to do with Sunshine's C&O rebuilt USRA box car kit, IF you're modeling that late period. (I don't know about lettering av

Champ's HB-169 or Detail Associates 9002 cover the WP silver/aluminum lettering schemes. Garth G. Groff ========= I recall at least one WP set from DA had a style of reporting marks and numbers that w

Not that it really matters, but the "Gold Line" packages I've seen proclaim "Separate Grab Irons" or words to that effect, and this "Gold Line" model doesn't even have that feature. Scott Pitzer =====

Oh gee, here we go again... Scott Pitzer =======

BTW, in that RMJ article the model's end ribs looked quite chunky. I don't suppose that was just a quirk of the photo... (I wish) If not, I guess a purist might use IM 5/5 ends with some extra height

The C&O car is a good one to do from this kit, but they had 9' doors. I think I narrowed an Athearn "Railbox" door for mine, but you can probably do better now in the doors department. And Front Range