I am finishing one of the Sunshine "Mini" kits. It is one where a Proto 2000 double door boxcar is converted to a Wabash auto car in the #19000-19124 series. The photo that is part of the instructions

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Paul The Wabash Freight Car Equipment listing of 12/1964 lists many specs for 19000-19124 but has no column at all for running boards. But since the cars were built in 1942, wood running boards were s

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I also am 'working on one'. The doors actually went onto a MoPac car that I did, but the under-door bracing is still going to go onto a Wabash car. Chet French graciously sent me a couple extra photos

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Paul/Tim/Ron; The Wabash 19000-19124 series were built with wood running boards, as was the very similar 18000-18024 series with end doors. The 18000-18024 cars did indeed have Youngstown doors. Both

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Thanks Rob, I figured out the door reinforcement piece the second time around! (G) The bigger problem I had was that the resin Superior doors did not fit between the the Proto 2000 shell door tracks.

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Hi Paul; I can't comment about the door fit as I've mostly bailed out of HO and am modeling in O/P:48 now. I'll defer that discussion to my HO modeler on this project...Mr. Pierre Oliver. It sounds as

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Lurking time is over on this topic. I've been dragged in! :-) I've just completed 2 of the cars in question, and had no problem with the fit of the doors. I have 2 more to do in the future so we'll ha

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