I found the following photo of a Frisco car with some things on the end that I just can't identify: http://thelibrary.springfield.missouri.org/lochist/frisco/friscoline/images/photos/p01756.jpg There

No, I didn't quite miss the point, I guess I just kind of went off on a slight tangent, which I tend to do. I was aware that the cars being discussed are single door cars, but I think the double door

for> a more economical (i.e. a simple styrene kit) to serve as a "stand-in"> or "close enough" model for these cars? Funny you should ask, I just sent an email off-line to Ray Breyer about this. I'm d

No one has asked if you used a gloss coat to decal on, or whether it was a flat coat. As you've had no silvering, I suspect you are using a gloss of some sort. However, you don't mention it, so I thou

On the DT&I Modelers Page, there is info on modeling the DT&I rebuilt USRA boxcar using the Tichy kit: http://dti.railfan.net/Equipment_Database/DTI11000sUSRA40'dsBox/ArtDTI11 500s.html The trouble is

I have an Atlas 36' reefer lettered for Cudahy in the "Sunlight" scheme. However, centered on the roof, next to the running board is a round "button", which I at first thought was a leftover part of a

Frank, The W&LE 29000-series had regular, horizontal-ribbed ends. I have a photo of a steel-side rebuild that shows the ends as being horizontal (this example being one of the normal convex ends). The

I have heard of the NKP making single door cars out of double door cars by securing the auxiliary doors shut, as below. It occurred to me "Now, why would they do that?" All the aux. doors can't be fai

at the end of 1932 and were required on all new cars built after September 1, 1933. Thus, it's not very likely that any USRA-style twin hoppers were built new with AB brakes. the train line runs down

Bob Karig wrote a very nice article in the latest MR about detailing hoppers. My hopper fleet is woefully unimproved, and he gives us two good examples how to improve them. He does a quick kitbash on

I've been wondering about a detail part wish list. Tops on my list would be a lever-ratchet hang brake, a Universal or some other, different from what comes on the Tichy sprue. (I found that I threw o

the cars had to have side posts, but in this instance they were concealed between the inner and outer sheathing. OK, this is how I thought it would have been, before I read (mis- read?) the article. N

assembled into subsections)? They would make interesting gon loads. In the Spring 2005 Nickel Plate Road Magazine, there is an article on the 66' 6" gons of the W&LE and the 65' 6" gons of the NKP, wr

Sorry for the long delay in updating this thread... I wrote Atlas about obtaining the caboose ladders as spare parts, here is their reply: "The spare parts for this line are not available yet. Once th