With regard to the four hinge doors on meat cars I believe te majority of these were 36 ft. cars rather than the 37 most General American cars seem to have been. Swift rostered both, as did Cudahy, bu

Great response Dennis and the photos print out really well for reference as well. Much appreciated, Don Valentine

That's absolutely correct Garth. Have my 1919 Car Builders Cyc. open right here. I'll have to check again with friends in Montreal as this car, CPR #24000, has been discussed with them before. I don't

Yes, a nice car, but since you have stated USRA NYC steel cars, Bruce, I'll bite. Just how close are those cars to the NYC steel cars that Broadway Limied di a run off? Can't believe they haven't done

Steve Hile wrote: "A long, long time ago, I addressed this issue by shortening the Walthers car to 40 feet and using the auto door end from a Funaro & Carmelengo kt, since it came with a spare end, an

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I asked: "In a word: Rubbish. Sorry to disappoint" . . And Ben Hom was Kind enough to pointout the two articles from Richard Hendrickson in the July 1996 and July 1997 issues of RMJ, the first dealing

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Hello folks, Does anyone here know the prototype for Walthers #932-5850 series 50 ft. Auto box? Also, if a prototype(s) is known how does the accuracy of the model stack up? Thanks for any enlightenme

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Thank you Dennis. I was about to ask why in the world 95% of the cars in a Milwaukee Rd. yard wereNYC cars!!?? I do realize that Jack Delano spent a vast amount of time in the Chicago - Milwaukee area

Attachments: NYC Yard Boston lots of boxcars.jpgView/Reply Online | Reply To Group | Reply To Sender | Mute Topic | Top ^ | New Topic1d Re: Westerfield NB box car From: Brian Carlson Date: Tue, 24 Mar

Garth and all, For what it's worth it is pager #329 from the 1937 Car Nuilders Cyclopedia, teh 14th edition. I also have the 13th edition from 1931 which is devoid of any sort of covered hopper. It ha

Brian Carlson wrote: 'Who models their fleet based on staging? (Other than maybe Clark P) you should have some off-layout storage also or you’re gonna get bored with the same cars and your operators w

Thank you Bob. My undrstanding from some of the oldtimers is that raw cement was shipped in barrels at least up into the early 1930's, if not all the way up to the beginning of WW II, but I've never s

Chuck Cover wrote: "I bought the kit was because they are a bit shorter in height than most automobile boxcars and give the consist and different look. We don’t want all 10’4” 40’ auto boxcars do we?"

Hi folks, I gather that someone must have presented an article in one of the modeling mags on converting some suppliers single door boxcar into a 1 1/2 door car judging from the number of requests for

Perhaps not as far into your future as you think Dave. I believe the first use of the B&M's MDT built reefers for ice cars began shortly after WW II ended if not a bit before. I agree with you on the

This sucker looks like it was a double decker for beef critters rather than sheep or hogs. Just my thought from it's height, Don Valentine

Re: SAL, ex-GF&A ARA XM-1 Box Cars From: Tom Madden Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2020 14:29:45 PST Another advantage of injection molding over resin casting. Tom Madden The ONLY advantage of injection molding ov

Hi Jacob, I've wondered about these cars from another perspective. You note that they had glass tanks but I believe you mean to say glass lined tanks. These cars look like a 17-18 year newer version o

It's not the Boring unit trains that trouble me as much as it is the damned graffiti all over everything. People grie to me all the time about the younger generation not having any respect for anythin

To Bob Witt, Thanks so much for posting Chris Barkan's sheet on B&O hopper lettering diagrams and thanks to Chris fr developing it. For whatever reason in northern Vermont we seemed to see more B&O ho