Tim, I mentioned to Tim yesterday, that the ends were "W" corner not square and posted a link to Steam Era Freight Cars for the PDF on the modified height cars Rich Christie

No problem, Garth. I model 3 era's in particular, mostly 1955 though Rich Christie

Garth, Those were converted in the 60s for Kaolin clay service. Most of these cars had vents on the ends right below the roof. There were two series' of these particular cars 34000-34124 and 34200-342

It will look great when you give it The Doggett Weathering magic

Guys, It came to me as a shock. I would see Ron once or twice a month as I live in Racine and my modular clubs are in Illinois. As Michael said " well stocked brick & mortar store" , I ditto that. I s

George, I am interested in your list. Thanks, Rich Christie

The gon is ex El Paso & South Western. They were not an SP subsidiary, just merged into the SP in 1924. Rich Christie

Andy If not spoken for, I will take it Rich Christie

Thanks Jerry

There are a few other railroads that had these also, Santa Fe and New York Central to name a couple. Ted Culotta has an excellent kitbashing article in: http://speedwitchmedia.com/product/prototype-ra

Tim, I never seen marker brackets that low on the ends before, although to me it makes better sense when climbing the grabs and attaching them. They generally are in the middle quadrant on the ends. R

Steve, Rapido makes them Rich Christie HO Scale Freight Car Trucks - Rapido Trains Inc. HO Scale Freight Car Trucks - Rapido Trains Inc. HO Scale Freight Car Trucks Rapido offers a variety of HO scale

A few years back I started making a welded Milwaukee version from an RMC article, which actually was N scale, using Evergreen strips for the side stakes. I will need to dig it out someday and finish i

Group, There is a gentleman on Shapeways that has produced a Klasing lever brake. I bought a set last year. Very well detailed! Rich Christie Klasing Hand Brake HO X6 by sbhunterca on Shapeways $7.13

Good catch, Michael, just noticed the grabs on the left side of the door along with the step. Rich Christie

Ditto from me. I have been buying from them both on eBay and directly and have had excellent service and pricing. Rich Christie

Jeff, The gentleman that makes these is Peter Aue. I believe his email is: peteraue@... Rich Christie ps - I need to restock myself, hopefully he still makes them

Don, For some reason I believe Bill might have kitbashed one of these cars sometime back, but I have not been able to find it. It looks like these parts can be done by a Shapeways manufacturer Rich Ch

I am with Joe on this, I also have an undec box car set aside for this. I received the decals from the FEC HS awhile back. Would also like another set to modify an Atlas 1932 SAL style box car for exp

There were 225 cars built in this series 45001-45225 built in 1945. They had a 15' 4" door opening, 18 of these cars were assigned to mail storage and repainted Pullman green. Sunshine made all 3 flav