The specification for the wood sides and slope sheets is 2 3/8" thick. The ACL used 1/4" steel sheet for replacement side and slope sheets. The side thickness on my modified ACL steel rebuild measures

A few more paint diagrams and notes. Tom Christensen

Paul, Very nicely done. I did 2 of F&C ACL war emergency gondolas way back when and the decals were thrown out. Microscale does a nice set and Westerfield has several in both the Roman and Gothic that

Paul, Class K-7 90950-93199, blt 1926 by ACF. Attached are the Lines South article from Spring 1990, 2 Larry Goolsby photos, and photos of models I did about 25 years ago based on the Ertl model. Tom

Sean, The Soo magazine from the SLHTS, Winter 2014 Volume 36 Number 1 has an article on kitbashing these cars. Tom Christensen

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ACL 50 ton fishbelly hoppers per 12/53 roster and 10/47 and 8/57 diagram books. 30'11 3/4" IL 11'0" EH 2054 CF K-3 80475-80652 K-4 80702-80798 K-5 81003-81499 blt 1926 Pressed Steel Car Co. Built with

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Roger, Yes and both. Google "stauffer chemical tarpon springs" will lead to more info. Tom Christensen ------------------------------

Bill, Tri-City Bolt & Screw(546-4411), US Hwy 19 S in Pinellas Park. That's where I bought all the small screws when I lived in the area. Tom Christensen ------------------------------

Tim, Looks like Elberta, Mi. Tom Christensen ------------------------------

CMO 20000-20048(even #s) express box cars were part of 20000-21398(even #s) built in 10/11 1941. As built, the expressfor cars had Allied Full Cushion trucks, Gypsum running boards, Ureco hand brakes,

Per ACL equipment diagrams. Between 1951 and 1959, ACL added bulkheads to 10 small groups of class P-13 and P-14 53'6" flat cars for gypsum service. A total of 89 cars were converted. Two styles of bu

Drawings for the B-5 are in the files section. Tom Christensen ------------------------------ computer viruses.

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Clark, BEER. The cars had insulated roofs and were painted silver to aid with heat reflection, a poor man's RBL. The primary assignments were the Anheuser Bush and Schlitz breweries in Tampa, Fl. Ther

Ron, I have 2 40' PS-1s with 9' doors on the work bench. One is going to be the Southern car you refer to and the other a CNW car. For both of them I cut down the IM 50' car to 40' by removing about 5

Armand, Try Bethlehem Car Works, Sparrows Point kit SP-19. Tom Christensen