I have a letter dated December 22, 1924 on Tennessee Railroad Company stationary signed by their President H.B. Spencer who was also President of Fruit Growers Express and Western Fruit Express. The a

Thank you Gary! I am wondering if Spencer just reached for the wrong piece of stationary, given the subject matter of the letter. Bill Welch

Personally I am of the opinion that when giving feedback to someone about what they say or do that it be done offline in a message to the person directly. Our gatekeeper Mike may have thoughts about t

In researching the 2+ years that it took to eventually form what would be Western Fruit Express, several western railroads that owned refrigerator cars were mentioned as possible partners with the Gre

Was there an operational agreement and relationship between the Green Bay & Western owned Western Refrigerator and NWX? For example did they have an agreement to furnish cars to each other during shor

Not to pick too many nits, but technically speaking the hinged doors on reefers are "plug doors" are they not? I have come to prefer "sliding door" and "hinged door' in talking about reefer doors. Fro

I went back to look at my photos of these cars and I need to correct what I said about the door handle on the BREX/MNX cars. Without a protractor, I have to admit I am not really sure what the angle i

They are probably meant to represent the steel rebuilds of the SAL's Pratt trussed SS cars with the Plate ends. Close but no cigar. Bill Welch

A closer match for 50 pre-war WFE steel reefers would be a PFE 40-10, with different Miner hinges. Pre-war FGE reefers, only 55 of them, had horizontal sheathing (maybe use the IM ART kit here)while t

These will likely be available from Speedwitch sometime soon. There is another group of steel cars sold to WIF by the Thomasville High Point & Denton. These look like a 10-ft IH X29 with Duryea u/f. T

The Rock island 50' is available from "Rocket Express Models" and is a great model. Speedwitch did NP SS DD car and CB&Q is in the pipeline from them if not already issued. MP car easy to do IMO from

These build into really nice models! An unpaid and unsolicited endorsement. Bill Welch

Hi Jerry I like your model. I did mine using a special order Champ set of UP heralds with the red and white stripes reversed. There is a photo of one of these in the PFE book and I have since seen a s

Do you mean one like this done by Speedwitch http://speedwitch.com/Models/k117.htm Bill Welch

I like using white vinegar to etch brass parts prior to painting. Bill Welch

This link takes one to the Armorama Website page with an index of articles, including one group called "Most Read" which has several very good articles on painting. http://www.armorama.com/modules.php

I don't know Brian, if you are really one thousand, nine hundred and thirty seven years old, I am very impressed that not only can you still build these kit but you are looking into the future. And yo

It is frustrating not to see any information that hints at presentation content. Bill Welch

Jim, I did go there before I sent my message about no details regarding presentations. Bill Welch

Recently someone sent me the results on the bidding for one of Sunshine's AC&F insulated tank car kits. Note I said kit, as in unbuilt. The price was well over $200. (I built two of these, wonder what