Ten of the HPT&D cars went to West India Fruit. they were built with Duryea underframes. By about the mid-fifties—maybe later—the remaining HPT&D cars received Silver and Maroon or Purple and Silver.

Indeed the CNJ cars and the Reading has cars with plate ends and similar roofs to PRR, I think. No idea about the underframe however. Bill Welch

Why would they not? Bill Welch

In the product description the Trucks are ID'ed as 55-ton Vulcan. Bill Welch

I am not Brian but his Clinic Notes are on the IO group for the recent 20/20 Hindsight online RPM event: https://groups.io/g/Hindsight2020 I am unsure if people that did not register for this event ca

I started building SP 94635 G50-15 GS Gondola three maybe four years ago. I was interested in building one of the Detail Associated GS gon kits as it looked like an interesting kit but I wanted to use

Who owns the tooling for the ex-Red Caboose PRR style trucks? Bill Welch

I spoke with him three times this week. Very much in business and welcomes requests. It is important to have information like Car Number series. Bill Welch

Wondering if anyone here has one Undecorated Kadee 40-foot PS-1 w/long bolster tabs & six foot Youngstown doors? Please contact me at fgexbill@... if you can help me out. Thank you! Bill W

2) archer weld line decals (Bill W's favorite way right now) Regards, Bruce Smith Auburn, AL NO, the Decals Bruce is referring are Archer's Aircraft Panel Lines that I use to represent weld lines. The

In looking at the grills on WFEX 67564 is probably a Thermo-King equipped car. Truckers were fine with their gas powered T-K's but the RR's did not like them because gas is more flammable. Many outsid

Very helpful photo with the wood roof. I am doing a Board x Board Roof Pattern to fit the Tichy reefer kit. Bill Welch

Interesting find Bob. Although the test facility was at FGE, I am pretty certain they did not use A Fruit Growers car. In the years after WWII feeling the pressure from trucks equipped with Thermo-Kin

Yes, on one of the Facebook Airbrushing pages I follow, several people rave about Mr. Color's qualities. I admit I have not sprayed with it and will test before I do my almost ready to paint model. Bi

Working on my presentation for Saturday's June 13th 20/20 Hindsight Virtual RPM. Hope you will be there. Model on ya'll Bill Welch

I am using Tamiya's Orange reduced w/Mr. Color's Leveling thinner, decals by Smoke Box Graphics Bill Welch

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This would make a great Resin kit. The cylinders could have a cavity molded in to accommodate weights. Bill Welch

I am building the Kaslo Shops version of this Single Sheathed CN car that numbered over 9,000 cars and have managed to accumulate a good number of photos plus consulting Ted Cullota's Essential Freigh

Black Cat: https://www.blackcatdecals.com/ and Dan Kolhberg" http://www.icgdecals.com/ Bill Welch