Hello everyone, The C&NW PS-1 boxcar I am working on has a trust plate in the upper left hand corner of each side. Prototype photos of CNW 1432 are at: http://www.cnwhs.org/memberphotos/displayimage.p

Hello Jack, Thanks for posting the links! I found several pictures of cars from the number series I'm interested in. Thanks again, Mark Heiden wrote: Model use website

Hello everyone, In my research on C&NW PS-1 boxcars in the series 656-1655, I came across a note in 1966 and later ORERs that these cars had special weevil control liners. These cars were built in 195

Hi Ed, Thanks very much! If Sam isn't on this list, pass my thanks along to him too! Mark Heiden note information what majority of trucks will following is

Hello Ed, Thanks for the information. Are any of the photos you listed published, like in the Freight Cars of the Fifties series in Model Railroading magazine? Also, Kadee released two PS-1 models fro

Hello everyone, I have some questions concerning the details of some Chicago & North Western 40ft PS-1 boxcars. The series is 656-1655, 1000 cars built in 1954. I have only been able to find one pictu

Hello everyone, I have a question regarding the end lettering on Lehigh & New England twin-bay offset side hoppers, series 13251-13350. These cars were built in 1939 by Bethlehem Steel Company. I'm le

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

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

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'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

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

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

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'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