when were ATSF Bx-12 box cars first rebuilt with raised roofs?

http://www.canadasouthern.com/caso/NYC-MODELS-FREIGHT2.htm

Those NYC flat cars used solid cast frames from General Steel. There are no non-brass models of them in HO scale larger than the 90 ton 'single pair of trucks cars' produced by Eastern Car Works and W

Thanks Ed! Here's another CLX car, obviously smaller, but it shows a variation of the early Cities Service lettering. Tim O'Connor

Evidently discussed a while ago - my notes say ex-CLX #2270 Crew-Levick ==> CitiesService

Claus Interesting detail - the air reservoir appears to be mounted transversely - 90 degrees from its usual orientation. Also the mounting bracket/brace is different from any other I've seen before. T

Weird !! If you look closely the photo appears to have been altered - look at the piece of fence and the coupler. Tim O'Connor

Andy As a teenager I recall slathering the interior of a gondola (Mantua or Tyco or such) with Testor's liquid cement (of the type sold in the 1960's) and it caused the sides of the car to soften and

I disagree. By "definition" a bearing is something that bears a weight, if words mean anything. I have heard railroaders use the 'friction bearing' term. Terminology in the Cyclopedias is technical an

I agree with Dan, I had thought Terry Wegmann sold his AB brake set thru Details West.

Available in HO scale brass https://americanscalemodels.com/image/cache/data/Models/M%20-%20NYC%20Cement%20-%206-900x900-0.JPG

Gotta love the painted raised letters on the wheels! :-D

Yes, it's not as tall. It is Sunshine kit 49.x - there were 4 versions Martin released.

Pickles were also shipped in wooden barrels in box cars - If I had to guess I would say that most of the rail traffic in pickles was done that way. Eventually the rail traffic was in glass jars in box

Here's one of the look alikes. A clone perhaps? Tim

That's my mix too! I still have some Floquil colors which work beautifully for weathered galvanized metal. But brand new galvanized metal is very shiny. And really old stuff is sometimes almost white

Here is a 1957 photo showing the Westvaco + FMC lettering. Eventually soda ash out of Green River became an enormous commodity for the UP. Tim O'Connor

No need to guess, really. The "49000" (ballpark) water lbs stencil works out to approx 6,000 gallons.

What do you suppose those tank cars are doing on the wharf? Fuel oil for the ships perhaps?

Brian Happy, but NOT satisfied - Tangent's new trucks have rotating roller bearing caps! These (in my opinion) are a useless and problematic feature for HO scale models. I still have lots of Kato truc