Tim, When production stopped he had plug door bodies already to go but the "overhanging" roof continued to be an issue. To me, the biggest problem was the roof sat too high. I don;t know if complete k

Tony, I was thinking of pre-production kits which I obtained and forgot about the in=house sprue of parts which I agree was bad. Somewhere I have a stash of about 100 bodies without the cast on ladder

To add to the C&BT Dick was talked into the cast on ladders and grabs by two well known often published model railroaders. Prior to the recutting of the dies the cars came with grandt line ladders and

Bill, Directly from the source C&BT announced 1988 NMRA convention Rich Orr

The folding stacks were to clear the low hanging bridges. The photo is the P&LE freight house along Carson St and currently immediately northwest of Station Square the site of the former P&LE passenge

There is a tale that the PRR wanted to increase the height of its cars for two reasons 1) increased capacity and 2) because the clearances on the B&O would not allow the cars to travel the B&O rails.

Todd, Then your car is painted incorrectly. Freight cars were not painted Dark Green Locomotive Enamel aka Brunswick Green aka DGLE often mistaken for black. Fregiht cars were painted in PRR terminolo

The ramp leads to a coal dump for the railroad. This is an engine servicing facility. Note the water tank beyond the end of the ramp; the coal chute which can be lowered over a tender on the left of t

Tim, The Fruit Growers 50 mechanical reefer is available from Wright Trak http://wrighttrak.com/page3.php?view=productListPage&category=1 I am not affiliated with nor a dealer for Wright Trak. Rich Or

Nah 18 X29, X29B, X29D one NYC signature car and one B&O M15 Rich Orr Tongue firmly in cheek

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The Shadow Keystone first appeared on the X48 (PS-1 cushion underframe) in January 1954. Application to repaints and subsequent construction began in late July 1954. The plain keystone appeared circa

Still scheduled for 2017 delivery. Pre-production samples have been received http://rapidotrains.com/ho-np-boxcar/ The order deadline is still TBA. I am still accepting reservations and will break the

This can all be boiled down to Did you sell the copyright or only sell the limited use of copyrighted material? The answer depends on the agreement you signed. Let's move this to photographs something

Paul, Here is a link to the PRR drawing of the USRA freight truck it is a side view not sure if it will help you http://prr.railfan.net/diagrams/PRRdiagrams.html?diag=2D-F3-E69407.gif&sel=ftk&sz=sm&fr

My guess as to why they are dark -- did not have a piece of chalk handy so use a lump of coal Rich Orr

Total of 690 cars (81200 - 81889) rebuilt from other X31 cars in 1944 There were still 12 on the roster when PRR ceased to exist. Rich Orr

Bruce, Looking at the twin 40's when assembled as a unit ready to be installed on a ship, I am wondering if it wasn;t a center of gravity issue. With the well the center of gravity would be lowered an

In 1953 Shell was using three reporting marks Rich Orr SHELL CHEMICAL SCMX SHELL OIL SCCX SHELL OIL RPX

in 1953 there were 6697 XV cars in service. 2/3 were owned by the SAL and CofG Rich Orr