Ed, I appreciate the assistance with the Red Caboose 103W tank car. Reading over the messages there is talk of Speedwhich tank car models. I looked at their website, but there are no models listed to

Bruce, Note taken for the designations. I appreciate the list of other ICC 103 cars. Nate ---In STMFC@..., <stmfc@...> wrote: Nate, An answer and some additional points. Speedw

I emailed Speedwitch models, but got no reply. What HO scale models do/did they produce? Did they produce any MoPac models? Thanks, Nate Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android

I visited the new Speedwitch website and have sent a couple of emails since the site has started up and have received no reply. I used the way backback machine link and looked at the previous products

Alex, Jerry fills a void for decals not found in other places and he will do custom decals. Maybe you don't decal or you make your own custom decals so you might not understand why his decals fill the

The Railway Prototype Cyclopedia #27 covers the 1958 cuft cars and it mentions that some railroads labeled them as 1892 cuft cars and it's based upon to what height the car lading was filled to. They

Tim, I never did think about the out of country photo sites before. I have heard just about any picture posted is sucked up to a website overseas. Wish I could read Russian. Do you know if there is an

Al, I found a June 1965 Model Railroader article for a tie cutting jig. For some reason I wasn't able to find the camelback on a model of the Quebec Cantilever bridge article in my digital MR archives

I'm trying to find out the history of this Rock Island covered hopper photographed in 1966. I'm curious who built it, the size of it, how long it was in service, and if there is a suitable HO scale mo

Bill, Referencing the Fall 2009 issue of "The Eagle" MPHS magazine, there is an article covering the Mopac gondola's built from 1912-1960 by Carson Houston and it states in the article that Missouri P

Yesterday at the Collinsville RPM meet I purchased a F&C PRR X29D box car after viewing a photo of a car with the large shadow keystone logo. From a little online research I learned the F&C model repl

Ben, Thank you for the information. Any chance that you know the PC number? Thanks! Nate

Tim, If you find out if someone did acquire Jerry's decal artwork I would like to know who. I know through conversations with Jerry over the past couple of years that he did not print his own decals,

All, I recently read a 2012 modeling article on Pittsburgh Scale Models AAR War Emergency 53'6" flat cars and I was trying to find information on Pittsburgh Scale Models. I searched the archives of th

I have been purchasing the GL Midwest Petroleum kit when ever I see them reasonably priced on EBay. Recently Walthers released a new fuel dealer kit and I have ordered one, but haven't received it yet

Does anyone make a 7' wide 6 panel superior door for a 10'6" box car? I'm trying to replicate from a photo a door on a ex-NH 40' PS-1 that was refurbashed by USRy Leasing and acquired by the Green Bay

Bill, I'm looking for 5 ribs with 6 panels. Ed Hawkins contacted me and said they were a rare door. I may have to either cut down a Kadee version or scratch build it. Richard Townsend description matc

Paul, What year do you model? In 1963 these cars received a new side sill, roof, and doors. I've attached an as built image and a rebuilt image from 1976 after the merger with the Mopac. Nate

Prototype Junction is looking to produce ATSF BX-11, BX-12, and BX-13 models to include rebuilds in the late 1950s. The rebuilds would possibly fit my modeling time frame of 1979 and I'd like to ask t

John, The information is very helpful and unfortunately the cars were retired before my modeling era. It’s interesting how many times the cars were rebuilt. Thanks, Nate