Hello Ed, Most of the photos of WAG PS-1s that I have show cars with Youngstown doors, and the placards are mounted like the one on DAFX 26905. Unfortunately, none of them are clear enough to show rop

Hello Ed, Thanks very much for the information. It's been a tremendous help! Thanks, Mark Heiden on

Hello Ed, I almost forgot, just a couple of questions about the construction of the cars. Did the 1951 cars (USNX 2455-2463) have the six rectangles on the ends just below the roofline? And did they a

Hello everyone, Does anyone know what style of steel roofwalk was used on Southern 40' PS-1 boxcars in the series 23487-26486, 3,000 cars built in 1948? Thanks, Mark Heiden

Hi Sam, Thanks very much! Mark Heiden Morton Morton with many cars type of Southern 40'

Hi Allen, Yep, that does help! Thank you! Mark Heiden titled "Southern detail on running longitudinal and close up of six

Hi Fred, Canada did not begin to adopt the metric system until the early 1970s, with a target date of 1980 for full compliance, well outside the steam era boundaries. Mark Heidn start.

Hello everyone, I've been doing some research on retail coal dealers that were located on the Unadilla Valley Railway in south central New York., In the process I have come up with a number of general

Hi Bill, According to the NEB&W website, 40' PS-1 boxcars were still in production after 1966. In 1966 Atlantic Coast Line received 800 cars, in 1967 Seaboard Coast Line received 950 cars, and in 1968

Hello everyone, I'm working on a model of the Delaware & Hudson rebuilt panel-side USRA hoppers, and I have some questions regarding certain details. These cars, rebuilt around 1938, were in the numbe

Hello Doug, Thanks for the clarification. I guess this would a common feature on most hoppers? Thanks, Mark Heiden brake brake

Hello Jace, Thanks for the brake component information. While digging around the NEB&W website, it appears that D&H hoppers were painted "freight car red" until sometime in the early 1940s, when they

Hello Doug, Thanks for the door lock information. The D&H panel side hoppers had Wine door locks, instead of the Enterprise locks they were built with. With the locks being connected by a channel, wou

Hello Ian, Thanks for the reply. I've done some more research since I posted this query, and I've come up with the following: 1. Did dealers tend to carry a single brand, or was it common to carry mor

Hello everyone, I'm trying to fill the gap between the weight cover and the body of an Atlas two-bay offset side hopper, with little luck. Body putty doesn't want to stay in place, so I turned to usin

Hello everyone, Many thanks to all who replied to my query. I'm sure I'll find a solution in your suggestions. Thanks again, Mark Heiden

Hello everyone, I'm trying to determine the proper stirrup steps for a Lehigh & New England twin bay, offset-side hopper. The car in question is from series 13001-13350, delivered in 1939. There is a

Hi Greg, Thanks for the information. I'm planning on using Tichy 3045 stirrups on my model. I think they might be a little long, but they have the right look. Maybe you could help me out on one more L

Hello everyone, I have a question about the air line plumbing for one-piece K brakes. Many photos seem to show the air line that runs between the air tank and the train line as running across the cent

Hello everyone, I'm looking for paint suggestions, preferably water-based, for the following freight cars, circa 1948: CNW single-sheathed boxcar, series 144700-147698, even nos. only, built 1926. The