Different varieties.

Another product : wooden kitchen matches. EVERYONE needed them. One of the match makers had an enormous factory near Duluth-Superior but there must have been others. There's a lot of pine in New Engla

So is this UTLX tank car an ACF product? Does it match the Kadee model? And check the roof on the lumber box car - Evidently a Milwaukee rib side car. :-)

Does UTLX 96720 look like an ACF built tank car? Is it the same as the Kadee model? Tim O'Connor

Steve I use a plastic cutting mat on my table tops. These come in many sizes and are really handy for all modeling uses. Here is an example - https://www.connectingthreads.com/omnigrid-mat/p/81690 Tim

Dave, it does not require "free running". It could have been loaded by ANY railroad in the AAR region (or regions) served by the BAR and sent to the AAR region that included Florida or to any adjacent

WHAT? Are you saying they did the rebuilt higher capacity cars?? That's (very good) news if true! Tim O'Connor

Lobsters and other fish went in EXPRESS REEFERS. And when lobsters were shipped ALIVE they could indeed be sent all the way from Maine to California, even in steam days.

Tony, BAR reefers continued to be used for California produce at least into the mid 1970's.

Don't forget clothespins!! Before dryers, everyone needed a lot of clothespins. :-) The Maine Central actually rebuilt 50 ton open hoppers into covered hoppers for clothespins!

I think air hardening green modeling clay is your best bet. You can probably roll a hundred melons while watching a 1 hour TV show.

Aha! Thank you Ike!

Thank you Ike! But any chance of seeing a higher resolution drawing? I have the book on 50 foot Southern box cars but missed out on the 40 foot cars.

I will guess that it's the same 10" cushioning applied to a tiny number of Western Pacific box cars (e.g. WP 1953). These really early cushion underframes have not been documented much in the hobby li

Thanks Ben, that is a GOOD tip to know. I do have a few sets of yellowed decals and I will do that to see if it works for me.

On Facebook a couple weeks ago someone posted pictures of BRASS models with slightly yellowed decals they wanted to correct. As an experiment the person placed the model in direct sunlight and left it

tape down the dry transfer over the spot you want (so it doesn't move) burnish with nylon or other plastic tool apply Microscale liquid decal film allow to dry If you are using the alphabet sets, and

"could not possibly have cared less" - That must have changed soon after 1960 when the PFE went in big for intermodal reefer trailers (incl Flexi-Vans) for that very reason - to be able to earn money

Dennis I agree, but it's the very first example of this type of Andrews truck I've ever seen - or at least, recall ever seeing. (Can't trust my memory these days.)

Claus Could this be BAGASSE rather than fresh sugar cane? I have usually heard this type of freight car called a bagasse car. Tim O"Connor