Mel, thanks for posting those great photos!! I’m honored to be listed as a contributor to the project. And I am embarrassingly ENVIOUS of the model. It’s on my bucket list, but I fear it’s too far dow

Thank you very much for these excellent photos. I originated this “- further question” thread, and I’ve been hoping to see pickle cars that might have operated on lines in Upstate NY at all, and prefe

Terrific model, Chuck. Schuyler

My original follow-on question to the photo that started this thread was intended to suggest some other users of the circular tub variety of pickle cars that would have been seen in the northeast, PA,

Thanks, again, Dennis. Now I see that the 1776 car extends past the more-or-less intact car to the left of those men. Because the corner of that car coincides with the corner of the torn-apart roof, i

Very interesting observation, Dennis. I was surprised at how well the wood-framed cars retained their structural integrity as a rectilinear box, though the corner of the metal roofed car suffered cons

Excellent photo of this style of pickle car. However, it appears that this shipper and service was in the west, west of Chicago. Were there cars of this style in the northeast? Schuyler

Another ever-so-carefully loaded hopper! Full and more to the brim. Schuyler

Agreed. “From,” not “on.” Schuyler

And Tony, while I want to get a copy of "The Book" I have not yet done so. Could you let on the approximate time when "PFE stopped washing cars?" TIA Schuyler

I admit to being a bit smartass about my reply, but I do know that the reach of the milk business for consumption in NYC was very, very extensive. Port Allegany and Eldred are admittedly a stretch, bu

That's pretty likely. There ARE cows in Penna., you know. Schuyler

Whomever made it, thanks to you, Dave! Schuyler

Yeah that works but (maybe obviously) I was looking to save the booklet . . . Schuyler

I’d like to save this for future reference, but all I can save (so far) is the image of the cover. Anybody know how to save it all? Schuyler

Remarkable result, Clark. Excellent looking model. Schuyler

Reflecting on my answer, I should have mentioned that the BIG HEAVY TRUCKS were flatbed trucks with the palletized loads strategically located over the rear wheels of the trailers. The bags on the pal

Randy, my Tenax seemed to evaporate regardless of how tightly I screwed on the top. Does this do that? Schuyler

Yes, I knew of one when I was ~10 years old and those were BIG HEAVY TRUCKS. Schuyler

OK, I see that an ACR side has a secondary smaller mid-panel rib, secured with rivets spaced at double the spacing for the main ribs/panel joints. So once again, what is the term for the rivet pattern