We are preparing some material for our Rock Island Technical Society publications and are looking for photos of Pullman Railroad boxcars number 500 and 501 which became Rock Island 149050 and 149051 r

Thanks. This will be quite helpful. Regards, Steve

Actually its Ron Von Werder (German, not Dutch, apparently.) He does business as Rocket Express and maked resin kits for both 40 and 50 foot, single sheathed Rock Island boxcars. His website is http:/

Joe, Richard Hendrickson was kind enoungh to share several photos for this combination with me in the past. The specific numbers included 10290 10370 56022 (Contain type L heaters.) The first two numb

Jerry, Matt, Sunshine has recently re-released the RI USRA rebuilds. They had them for sale at Naperville. Perhaps Sunshine will sell just the decals. Otherwise, several of the RI boxcar decal sets fr

Upon further review: The RI Emblem (herald to some) on Steam Era (and later) boxcars was more like 4 feet six inches across, making the Champ separate herald decal still undersized. The ones that I se

The Rock Island Technical Society published an extensive article on these cars in its Digest 11 back in 1993. Copies of this fine issue are still available for a reduced rate from the RITS company sto

Actually, this photo is of UTLX tank car 56816, a class Z car that was built by General American to its design rather than Union Tank Car's. It apparently has heater coils as evidenced by the cap on t

While we are chasing this around, I should point out that the Speedwitch model is of the 5000 - 5999 series cars with the offset doors that were not rebuilt as single door cars, so it would be more ch

Jon, I read the two columns as the member (left) and non member (right), with the prices quoted for a regular photographic process print. If you want the scanned image, the price is, apparently, less

I am in the market for upgrading my air brush compressor (to paint steam era freight cars, of course.) I would appreciate recommendations about brands, features, costs, etc. I think I would prefer a t

Joe, Please contact me off list and I will send you my Rock Island decal list. I should have what you need. Regards, Steve Hile shile@...

Kurt, The Keith Jordan article in MM IS the type 21 underframe, but it is not the "War Emergency" car. It is now ably represented by the P2k 10,000 gallon car, so the Tichy kitbash is unnecessary. The

Thanks for the expansion and clarification. Regards, Steve Hile

Just a bit more expansion: In Richard's article on the P2k type 21 tank cars in RMJ Feb 1998 there is a 1945 M.D. McCarter photograph of UTLX 94785, which is a type 21. The car is set up with internal

One more thing. There were also some 10,000 gallon Type 21's with THREE horizontal courses on the UTLX steam era roster, circa 1952, numbered in the 24000 sequence. The P2k model does not represent th

Rob, Check out Al Westerfield's DVD of ACF builder's photos and lot list. Regards, Steve Hile

Doug, All of these could be RI boxcars, by number. They are all from the group of cars known as B1 boxcars. They were double sheathed wood, with a steel underframe and steel car body framing. 33000 -

Larry, Doug Harding's question was essentially the same as yours with regards to the RI cars. They were class B1 with double wood sheathing over a steel car body framing and steel underframe. Regards,

Frank, According to the 1952 roster of UTLX tank cars, 25000 - 25100 were 10,000 gallon X-3 tank cars with insulation and jacketing. They were lined with latex. My suspicion would be that these would