Tim O'Connor wrote: "Aren't [Sunshine PDS sheets] available online?" No. Only flyers and price lists at Jim Hayes' http://www.sunshinekits.com . Ben Hom

Don Valentine asked: "Does anyone know when they were rebuilt, when they went to the DT&I and when and how many went to the St. J. & L.C.?" See Eric Lombard's nice summary posted earlier today at 1:49

Tim O'Connor wrote: "I photographed the car all over (except the roof) in the early 1990's and sent prints to Martin Lofton, hoping that Sunshine would be interested in doing these." He eventually did

Don Valentine asked: "Speaking of early 50 ft. cars I'll bring this type up at least one of which ended up here in Vermont on our little St. Johnsbury & Lamoille County RR. This was a 50 ft., single s

Don Valentine asked: "Speaking of early 50 ft. cars I'll bring this type up at least one of which ended up here in Vermont on our little St. Johnsbury & Lamoille County RR. This was a 50 ft., single s

Colin 't Hart wrote: "NB Branchline ladders are still available from Atlas too." I don't see any parts listed for their ex-Branchline models on Atlas' website. https://shop.atlasrr.com/c-1078-ho-maste

MDC Plug Door Reefer ad, Model Railroader, October 1959. "Metal's Better." Ben Hom

Al Westerfield wrote: "The Howe truss cars are wrong for at least 5 of the 6. They are USRA lettering, (B&O, MEC, MILW, NYC, PRR, SP) but major roads didn’t buy the Howe." You meant Pratt truss. Ben H

Brian Ehni wrote: "Except these are all one-time-only (according to the pages)." Have some land in Florida to sell you if you believe that...maybe for those car numbers, but you don't invest money in

Vince Altiere asked: "Since Walthers purchased the Proto lne, as far as I know, they have never made a new run of the Mather BOXCARS. Is this right? Does anyone know why?" Too busy putting out garbage

Marty McGuirk wrote: "...sorry Ben, the Atlas rebuild is a gem compared with these things(!)* At least it has a somewhat legit looking side sill." I'd take the Atlas rebuild over these as it's not too

Don Valentine wrote: "I'm sure some will disagree vehemently but I will take the Ertl cars over this junk any day of the week. Hopefully what Walthers is depicting are only pre-production samples. If

Bruce Smith wrote: "40' Early Wood Reefer https://www.walthers.com/40-early-wood-reefer-ready-to-run-undecorated This looks like a USRA reefer." Disappoinment grows...this looks more a generic 40 ft r

Al Westerfield wrote: "All of the DS cars shown had K rather than AB brakes. The TH&B car had an Ajax brake wheel. Although it’s not really clear, it appears that the brace on the door isn’t centered.

Bob Witt wrote: "Or maybe they are an excuse to replace some of the old Train-Miniature tooling Walthers owns." That's probably close to the truth. Bowser tooled up those goofy "AAR" boxcars based on

Al Westerfield wrote: "Only one of the SS cars shown had a corrugated door, the Pennsy. And it had AB brakes. Home free? Nope – it was upgraded with a Hutchins roof. All of the cars should have doors

Eric Hansmann wrote: "That 'single-sheathed boxcar' has very little detail or hardware associated with a USRA Specification 1001-B: 50-ton Single-Sheathed Box Car. It looks more like the 1923 ARA XM-1

Bruce Smith wrote: "The new Walthers flyer includes four new steam era freight cars: 40' steel USRA rebuilt wood boxcar https://www.walthers.com/40-steel-rebuilt-usra-wood-boxcar-ready-to-run-undecora

Bob Chapman wrote: "The all-metal tag line is interesting, but I'm even more intrigued with the "two hours of fun (shaking the box)" text." Come to think of it, these would have been shake-the-box com

Claus Schlund wrote: "I noticed a second example of this at the link below... The L&N and Southern Freight Houses - Cornell University Library Digital Collections The L&N and Southern Freight Houses -