John, Beware, the CGW cars had some of the panels with "opposite" rivet pattern than the standard cars. Brian

Charlie, I'd like a list please. BTW, you don't seem to be able to accept PM? Brian Shumaker

It’s a darn shame that IMR gobbled up the competition and then ceased all kit production. A real disservice to the modeling community. I am boycotting IMR which is easy enough, as the old IMWX and Red

Yup, Clark. Sadly, I sold my set off years back. Brian

Are you referring to the color shift? That slide looks off to me, everything else is too dark as well. I’ve seen other pics of these special cars which appear lighter. In the eye of the beholder, I gu

Nelson, I would certainly assume they were painted initially, repaints probably not. The Milw gons were used primarily for hauling coal and cinders and the abrasive and caustic nature of those materia

Ah, thanks Brian.

Ok, similar topic. What is the prototype for the riveted version of the RC/Intermountain tank car? Brian Shumaker

David, they are positively, signal red. If you get the 100 year anniversary of the Cedar Rapids & Iowa City CD put out by them back in 2007 or so, there is a scene from inside the cab going by a strin

Stephen, Thanks, another fellow sent me this too. It sure looks like a GATC radial course 8000gal car. If you look close, it appears a repair panel was riveted on the left end. Now, I need a couple of

Hey gang, I'm revisiting my research on a particular block of D-X (C.O.S.X) tank cars. The cars appear in the attached W. Middleton photo that was poorly reproduced in the CERA "Iowa Trolleys" book. I

Tim, that PRR car has a very interesting sill, what was it rebuilt from? And that NYC car, at first glance I thought it was a PS, but no! Brian

I’d start with the Fine N Scale PRR X31 and scab on some ends Brian

Also of note, the entire route of 850 miles was all IC so they got all the money to ship this load. I’ve seen a photo of the interurban Charles City & Western moving a load of White(formerly Oliver) t

Eric, that would be “Back to the Future”. 1, 2 or 3, take your pick. Brian

Jim, Yes, the cars were filthy little things in the steam era, but let’s not stop there. Just about everything in the immediate vicinity of a rail yard would be covered in soot. Also, look at the grou

I’d think he’d have a ladder for this, OSHA would have a fit!

Sigh, Again, I’d have to buy a $50 car only to disassemble it and make it right. KITS PLEASE!!!

It is SOP with model railroad manufacturers. I don’t understand it at all as the other injected plastic hobbies are doing very nicely producing kits. Why do the plastic car, aircraft, armor and ship m

John, I am really only interested in replicating the O-21 class car as seen in the pic. I may also do an O-23 class as it is nearly the same but built by ACF with Youngstown doors and different trucks