Nice project and a nice result. The paint scheme looks quite realistic and the detailing is well done. Good one, Lester! Tony Thompson tony@...

Dave Nelson wrote: In later years, those bolts were just shorter, and pulled the two halves of the jacket together. Tony Thompson tony@...

Ken Akerboom wrote: Ken is exactly right. And these details are almost certainly a buyer specification, not a builder standard. Tony Thompson tony@...

Bob Chaparro wrote: Seems likely. This cannot have moved any substantial distance with the rolls of rope just lying on the flat car. Tony Thompson tony@...

Bob Chaparro wrote: Too bad we don't see more of the M&O box car at the left, with its "North & South Dispatch" emblem. Tony Thompson tony@...

Awfully close for SP Class A-50-14. Tony Thompson

Mike Schleigh wrote: Not sure where this idea came from, but rolling stock was very definitely part of EVERY valuation. Remember, the purpose was to establish the investment value of each railroad, so

Charlie Vlk wrote: A guy named Bill Edson used to sell these sets by railroad. I bought a bunch for roads I was interested in. Tony Thompson tony@...

Dennis Storzek wrote: As I always chime in on this topic, the AAR found in surveys around 1950 that barely 2/3 of all loaded car movements were in accord with Car Service Rules. So there were plenty o

Dennis Storzek wrote: Sure, and I don't want to wrangle nomenclature here. But I do think physical appearance matters. I believe you CAN distinguish a rib from the flat parts. The ribs have convex sha

Dennis Storzek wrote: I disagree, Dennis. Look at the ribs with the "indents." They are the major ribs, not the flat parts between the ribs. On normal Dreadnaughst, the flat parts between the major ri

Jeff Ford wrote: Doubtful except in a very general sense. The Pintsch gas was carried at only a few atmospheres pressure. Helium, even in the earliest day, was carried at 100 atmospheres or more. Tony

I remember former SP employee Paul Koehler telling me that at Taylor Yard in LA there was a "99" track where you put cars with problems such as missing paperwork. He remembered a depressed-center flat

John, given how recently (for your modeling) the Rio Grande sale to Richfield occurred, you could certainly "patch" a Rio Grande Oil paint scheme for ROX reporting marks and number. Tony Thompson tony

Lloyd Keyser wrote: The name was spelled correctly on the CN flat car: it's Pintsch gas -- though Lloyd's spelling captures the pronunciation perfectly. Tony Thompson tony@...

Tom Madden wrote: Full agreement. Tony Thompson

Doug Harding wrote: Exactly. Tony Thompson tony@...

Ben Hom wrote: Ah yes, I well recall keeping a stash of all kinds of Blue Box car kits as kitbash fodder. Most ended up being given away. Even marking them at 50 cents didn't sell them at most meets.

Ben Hom wrote: So Ben, cruising the Internet for more good ol' Athearn Blue Box cars? Tony Thompson tony@...

Sorry to hear about Jim. Some years ago, when his tremor got bad, he gave me 3 Sunshine PFE cars, partly or fully built, in “exchange” (his word) for my sending him some minor PFE info. Very generous