3:30 PM on Saturday. See you there! Steve

It is nice that the ends and sides are separate. The MDC plastic is quite soft. Also, the Accurail 36’ underframe fits in well in lieu of the cast one. I have used a couple of these for Swift cars for

What a cool picture, Tim. Thanks for sharing. A couple of interesting things to note, even though car numbers are not legible. The arrows point to a pair of the 6500 gallon Type X cars that Nelson Moy

At least the first car in this sequence is a UTLX X-3 10000 gallon tank, like the coming Rapido model. Steve Hile

Sadly no. Steve Hile

According to Ian Cranstone’s reporting marks list, New England Alcohol used NEAX reporting marks from 1935 to 1947. In a 1938 ORER they had a whopping total of 7 cars and by 1945 it had climbed to 9!

MCHX 117 is in the NMOT in St. Louis. I took some pictures there in 2013. The interior was/is accessible and I walked through it. I was not surprised to see the round headed rivets on the interior. Bu

It seems like the dome platform and running boards are supposed to represent an open grid with the raised rectangles, like Apex or Blaw Knox, not a solid piece. Steel running boards and platforms need

White Rose was a gasoline trade name used by the National Refining Company. They had some sort of relationship with Peerless Tank Lines. In a 1938 ORER National Refining Company tank cars are listed a

Photo of Erie 14500 at Railroad-E - Pullman-Library (smugmug.com) Photo of PM 18400 at Railroad-N-Q - Pullman-Library (smugmug.com) Steve Hile

Al can post further details, but I believe his notes indicated that it came from Artitec. Steve Hile

My photo of the AF car was not really that good. Perhaps Al will post a good one for us. Steve Hile

Please excuse the cross posting. I finally took the time to edit some photos that I took back in January at Cocoa Beach. They are a small sample of this people, clinics and displays there. Please see

Thanks, Fenton. I think that I will be able to get some of the same set from George Toman. Thanks for the offer. Regards, Steve

Working on a project, I find that I am several rows short and wonder if anyone has some left over from one of their projects. I am using the widest spaced rivets on set AR88087. I would be glad to swa

Close, it is an insulated Class X-3 that has been renumbered due to its specialized equipment (lining) for hauling Latex for Goodyear. There might be something special about the piping underneath the

I just signed up for the upcoming Hindsight Zoom call for Saturday. Lots of spots left. One question. Is the first clinic (CB&Q flat cars) a full hour? Or the more typical half hour? Does this effect

It appears that there were 12 cars in this series built in 1952. Steve Hile

Assuming the hand written note is correct and the lot is 4046, I find the following in the Westerfield ACF Lot Lists. Perhaps this will help. Steve Hile

Plus the RI sold their reefers to GATC in 1932, leasing back those it needed but now with GARX reporting marks. Steve Hile