Here's the news article about the wreck: https://aadl.org/aa_news_19510806-news_in_pictures_train_wreck_on_the_ann_arbor Paul Krueger Seattle, WA

The Pacific Coast is very well documented, especially for the years after the GN took over in 1951, by photos and records available at Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive. PNRA published a book on it a

Jack, it's one of eleven from the original 50 express reefers that had their bunks removed and reclassified as express and dairy cars. I'm pretty sure the one in the first photo is from the same group

The book has been sold. Thank you, Paul Paul Krueger Seattle, WA

I have for sale a copy of American Refrigerator Transit by Stuart T. Maher, G.J. Michels, Jr., and Gene Semon. This is a comprehensive history of American Refrigerator Transit, including a thorough lo

Of course, after I sent my email, I remembered that I saved a copy of the article. Kitbashing an HO scale PRR G29 gondola Dick Flock RMC July 2001 page 72 He didn’t add the rivets, but that’s easier t

I recall there was an article in one of the magazines about modifying this car into something older. Unfortunately, that’s all I remember. Paul Krueger Seattle, WA

Would the Yarmouth body be a good starting point? It has a separate roof and no ends, so it should be easy to add what’s needed for a specific car. http://www.yarmouthmodelworks.com/index.php/ModelDet

"F" was the code for Dubuque at the time. Paul Krueger Seattle, WA

I was organizing boxes of daily carload reports for various MILW stations in Washington yesterday and happened to notice this one on the top of the February 1940 packet that has URTX 89009 with a carl

Western Refrigerator Transit (WRT)) cars were acquired by Union Refrigerator Transit of Wisconsin (operated by ART at the time). From reading the entry in the 1905 ORER, the changeover happened Septem

Thanks for the tip, Scott. It looks like he has a list of his videos on his website that makes it easy to find specific topics instead of relying on the YouTube interface. https://paulbudzik.com/scale

The Great Northern Railway Historical Society has added a bunch of digital equipment diagram books to their online company store. They are a very reasonable $4.95 each. https://gnrhs.myshopify.com/col

The write up on these cars in the Soo Line historical society freight car book says the ends and herald backgrounds on all steel P-S boxcars from 1936-1942 were painted black as built. Paul Seattle, W

The Amarillo RR Museum website was updated on August 7, 2000 and promotes the NP 1949 reefer as their newest car. https://web.archive.org/web/20001018121110/http://amarillorailmuseum.com/ Paul Krueger

You're right, Dave. I overlooked the dimensions on the table in Richard's article. The photo does answer the question about the trucks for this series though. Paul Seattle, WA

This is the prototype for the Red Caboose 42' flat car, isn't it? Richard's RMJ article has a question mark for the type of trucks used under this series of cars and this photo shows them very well. h

Actually, the caption probably is correct. Pacific Creosoting had a plant at Eagle Harbor on Bainbridge Island that was served by the MILW via rail barge. Paul Krueger Seattle, WA

Could P&P be the ATSF subsidiary Santa Fe Prescott & Phoenix? They had boxcars numbered 501-1024 in 1917. Paul Krueger Seattle, WA

I've bought a couple batches of shells from her through Facebook. The most recent batch of 12 shells was a couple weeks ago and she charged me $8.25 for Priority Mail shipping. Paul Krueger Seattle, W