Hi Gents, A quick note in case you want to mark up your calendar. The St. Louis Railroad Prototype Modeler's Meet is on! This year's met will be held once again at the Gateway Convention Center in Col

Super work, Bob! The ends were soldered with a lot of skill and care. One of these days would you consider taking a photo of all your unique wood racks together, so we can see the differences? BTW the

Hi Ike, and All, In an earlier message I claimed that this photo came from my collection. Let me clarify that. I thought you got it from Ted’s Steam Freight Cars site, where I posted it about 15 years

Hi Ben, and Everybody, I’ve been posting like crazy but found out I was on Permanent Moderate. I blame Tim O’Connor for that. Yeah, you Tim! Anyway I was paging through an RP Cyc recently and discover

That photo came from my collection. I have it here. I’ll scan it and send a higher-res version as soon as possible. John Golden Ramstein, Germany

Astute STMFC Modelers, These box car ends have been in my parts box for years. Does anybody know the manufacturer? Danke! John Golden

Hi Matt, ACL gons and flats were black. Always black. John Golden

Hi Rich, SAL had at least 2,000 single-sheathed box cars equipped with Dalman-Andrews trucks. They would be perfect for the older Sunshine model, and I understand there is a new SAL B-5 slowly in the

Gentlemen, Attached below are links to Bill Welch’s wood and steel FGE reefer presentations, circa 2009: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FTQR3LaJ9F4o2jtkM_zBcyEcL2bLJDGj/view?usp=sharing And https://

Gentlemen, I have copies of Bill's Wood FGE Reefers and Steel FGE Reefers PowerPoint presentations. I believe they date back to around 2014. I'd be happy to share them with the group unless there is a

Hi Guys, I thought you might find this photo interesting. I took this photo of chalk marks in 2008. The car is a long-retired Rock Island 50-foot box car. Even years and years later, the chalk marks a

HI Brian, I wrote that article all those years ago. What can I help with??? Do you need some era or prototype-specific photos? John Golden

Hi Chuck, are those Kilgore trucks??? I used to have a whole bunch of them back in the 1980s. Great model--one of a kind. John Golden

Thank you Steffan for the photo and everyone else for your replies. The photo is perfect--it's the right view from the right era. I see the difference now in the kit-supplied end vs. the proto-photo.

Hi Gents, Looking for help please with GN box cars. I have this Intermountain model that is a 10-foot IH, post-1948 (diagonal r/b), 12-panel car. Ends are 3-4 Improved Dreadnaught. Series on the model

Hi Guys, Thought you'd like to se my MP auto car I just finished this weekend. I used Ted's decal set and the model turned out pretty well. It has a few problems, namely the door tracks are completely

Hi Eric, SAL 13000-series were the B-4 class cars. My information shows there were 1,000 cars delivered in two lots: 13001-13500 delivered from Pressed Steel, Baltimore in April 1929, and 13501-13999

Hi Claus, there is zero photographic evidence that any ACL USRA SS cars were painted with a monogram like that. The rest of the paint and lettering at first glance APO pears satisfactory. John Golden

Hi Guys, Does anyone have a spare roof for an Intermountain 1937 box car? I'm rebuilding an old Sunshine war emergency car and am in need of a replacement roof. The original part was too big, but afte

Hi Phil, I just ordered a Q flat car from Jerry and received it in about four weeks. I recommend you contact him first to check availability. John Golden Ramstein Air Base, Germany 09012