Back in the 70s I watched the Soo Line switch a car ferry at Manitowoc WI for a short while. Hazy on the details. I was on my way to Green Bay and didn't have time to see how the ferry was un-loaded a

According to my 1-1-50 ORER the 794 cars still remaining in C&I series 2400-3399 were 1783 cu ft with a side height of 10' 5" which as you pointed out was 5" taller than the Gla. The cars numbered 150

I'd substitute an FGEX wood sheathed reefer for the mechanical. I'd also substitute a single sheathed composite box for one of the AAR steel cars. Both types were still commonplace through the 50s and

Dale I bet they had so much warehoused they made units use it up rather than just discard it. How else would you get rid of so many thousands of tons of canned food anyway? Feed it to the GIs of cours

Anybody remember C rations? When the military bought stuff it was always bought a lot of it and I imagine they bought sauerkraut too. By the car load. When I was in Korea in 1961-2 we still had C rati

For what it's worth, I used lacquer thinner with both Floquil and Scalecoat before I switched to acrylics. It worked better with Floquil and saved some cash over buying brand specific thinners. A quar

Hey, why not use Bowser's 70 ton Crown trucks? They're accurate for PRR. Tony Wagner

Don, Tichy is a good source. I have both his 10147 and 10165 sets. To properly letter a car in the 1949 era that I model requires a modest amount of piecing using both sets. Tony Wagner

Eric thanks for that info. That leads me to ask was the circular herald always used with the black paint or was it applied later in the 1940s? Thanks for your answer, Tony Wagner

I'm trying to find out what color D&H painted their open top cars in the post WW2 era, specifically hopper cars circa 1949 or so. Web searches yield nothing. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks, Tony

I was going to suggest an artist supply store as a place for acrylic supplies. I use Liquitex airbrush thinner and a drop or two of their flow aid to thin acryic paint. Works well. Tony Wagner

Bob, Per my 1-1-50 ORER There were 442 FDEX cars of which148 were shown as all steel. The ORER offers no information as to double deck but most FDEX cars had adjustable ice grates which reduced ice ca

Bill, Funaro makes a kit for an NYO&W car that is very similar to similar to D&H 6976 on pg135 in the Culotta book. It appears that the ends and hopper bottoms will require some modification to make o

I am looking for information about D&H Seley hopper cars with an eye to building one or two of them for a circa 1949 PRR railroad. Per my 1-1-50 ORER it appears that there were 2324 of these cars stil

Bob, attached is a photo taken mid fifties in Williamsport PA of a very large boiler on a Pennsy depressed center flat car. It is large enough that the securing straps had to be welded to the outside

I tried to order some from him a while ago but got no response. Tony

Thanks to all who answered my inquiry. I looked at Tichy's site and found what I was looking for. Thanks again. Tony Wagner

I model PRR and a little NYC in HO circa 1949 and want to add some freight cars of the above railroads to my interchange fleet. When I lived in the area long ago the cars from these two roads were qui

Denny, In addition to Loctite super glue liquid, I have been using Gorilla Super Glue Impact Tough formula (Blue screw on cap) for some applications instead of gel. It lasts about as long as the thin

Brian, Thanks for your reply. I didn't know that Speedwitch was going to do them. Tony Wagner