In my memory, those cars cars were pretty nice for their time except their running board castings were quite brittle. Dave Lawler

Thank you Ben. That would certainly make an interesting modeling feature. Dave Lawler

What was the purpose for the stake pockets(?) on the outside of the side boards? Best regards, Dave Lawler

If someone takes over I hope they’ll make it more like the old (Carstens) RMC with more historical articles, scale drawings and remember that there were railroads East of the Mississippi and also Cana

Good day all, About 25+ years ago The Car Shop produced an etched brass model of these cars in O and HO scales. Occasionally, one shows up on EBay. Dave Lawler Avon Lake, Ohio

Good day all, Does anyone out there in Steam Era land know when the ACL changed the lettering in their circle logo from serifs to the block style? Dave Lawler

Get a clean, dry plastic peanut butter, mayonnaise or similar jar. Obtain an old nylon stocking from your wife, girlfriend or “significant other”. Pour a bunch of dry sand in the jar. Stretch and rubb

I seem to remember seeing some photos of a temporary rail line used to bring materials for the construction of the Biltmore mansion at Asheville, NC. Dave Lawler

Got it. Thank you Ben.

I recently saw an alphabetical listing by railroad of the abbreviations and dates for locations of freight car service/repair. I thought I had "bookmarked" it but, cannot find it now. Can anyone direc

Good day all, I recently found 3 Front Range 40' Dbl. Door ACF box cars in my cabinet of "stuff". I took them to a flea market but found no takers. I looked more closely at them and found them to be r

I’ve had good luck with Montage Worldwide of Shawnee Mission, Kansas. www.MontageWw.com She specializes in new and used railroad books and magazines. I recently purchased a couple of back issues of Ma

Elden and Eric, thank you for the reply regarding the Wheeling’s car colors. The car series referenced in the post were “24000-24199 built early in 1941 by ACF (lot no.2137)” I still have about 2/3 bo

A few years ago there was a question and reply on this group regarding the colors used on W&LE box cars. It was indicated the the cars had "Pittsburgh Brown" sides and running boards and the balance o

Thanks Eric. I did check Westerfield but did not dig far enough into their website to find the decals. Now that I did find the decals I also ordered 2 kits for ACL cars; like I really need more kits..

Good day all, Does anyone know of a decal source for the older style ACL lettering with serifs? Ive tried all the usual sources but no luck so far. Dave Lawler Avon Lake, OH Emailing: ACL Box Car old

The steel car ferry Ashtabula was jointly owned by CPR and PRR running between Port Burwell, Ontario and Ashtabula, Ohio from 1906 to 1958 primarily to transport coal for CPR locomotives. She was oper

Good day all, Is anyone in this group familiar with the Intermountain 1937 AAR boxcars. I'd like to order a couple of the new release ACL cars, Do they have separate or cast on details, ladders, grab

I’m probably really late to the party with this question but, what is “engineering plastic”? Is it the slippery stuff they use for trucks and handrails? Is it also called Delrin? Best regards, Dave La

Todd, you're probably correct. My guess was based on the proximity of the wreck to either Dundalk Marine Terminal (Baltimore) and the port of Philadelphia/Camden. The St. Lawrence Seaway opened in '58