I am building a resin stock car, my first. So far I have assembled both ends, the floor, the roof, and one side. I have added trucks and couplers, and the car sits level and tracks well without listin

I have a pair of Sunshine cars to build, one with 46'1" bulkheads, and the other with 48'6" bulkheads. I am trying to figure out how to finish the inside facing boards on the bulkheads. Are they paint

The C&EI purchased the subject cars in 1945, so by the timeframe of my 1953 layout they would have been reweighed a couple of times. Does anyone have any in-service photos that can tell me how the C&E

I have a Branchline GTW boxcar numbered 516514 for which I am trying to get the correct information for the details. This car has a built date of 2/53. I have Parts 1 & 3 of the series of articles Ed

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Eric, The upcoming Walthers car is an N6b. The lettering images all show valid N6b lettering schemes. There is no such thing as an N8b, at least on the PRR. Andy Cich

I started building one of the new Branchline REA cars, and it appears to me that there should be a rod that starts at the lever on the brake cylinder and heads in the direction of the brakewhel. Or we

Elden, Your list included one of my favorite subjects: freight cars of the Chicago short lines. EJ&E The P2K flat car can be used for EJ&E 6375-6574 & 6575-6774 The Sunshine gift and minikit from Nape

Ron, You are in luck. Sunshine makes this car, Kit #64.3. Andy Cich

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Brett, Check out Ted Cullota's Essential Freight Car Series that has been appearing in Railroad Model Craftsman for about the last year. Each article features a different car. In addition, there is us

At the PRRT&HS Convention, I purchased a PRR document titled "Chicago Division: Symbol System of Car Placement". There is a page that described what marks to put on the cars and an example. I uploaded

John, For PRR, the Walthers car most closely represents an F41. Bowser makes an F30a. Here is a link to some info on the F41: http://prr.railfan.net/freight/classpage.html?class=F41 Andy Cich

Bill, Thank you very much for making the photo available. FYI, that is the same photo that is on the cover of Pennsy Journal, Vol 1 #4. Andy Cich

I recently purchased a photo of BRC 865. The photo is undated, but the reweigh date is either 3/53 or 3/63. The car is also stenciled with instructions for sand service. Despite the smudge on the 5 or

Pierre, I can help with the PRR cars. You didn't mention a scale, so I'll assume HO. You get lucky with the gons, since there are 4 different classes. 316832 was a G25 (Available in HO from Westerfiel