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

Hi Ted, No Sir, no apologies necessary. Ed and I talked it over and the model perfectly represents MP 85450-85949 (as you mentioned), 500 cars, built ca. 6-27, ACF lot 399, 10’-0” IH, 11’ door opening

Clark, Hey old man, Georgia cars came in two flavors--those with flat, riveted roofs and those with radial roofs. I thought I sent you photos of the flat roofs already, but say the word and I'll send

Hi Garth, Fenton and Steve, Thanks for the help and photos. Your info helped me out a lot. My message didn't show up on the list for about five days, so thinking it was lost I went to Ed Hawkins. Ed a

Silver SAL box cars were insulated box cars, often called “beer cars”. Light gray cars were modified 1937 cars with roof hatches for cement loading. John Golden

Hi Gents, I am rebuilding the Roundhouse/MDC/Athearn 50-foot, single-sheathed auto car to model a MoPac prototype. The major features of the model are single-sheathed sides, 3-3-3 inverse dreadnaught

This should help you, Bill. John Golden Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany

Hi Brian, I've used the Kadee .088-tread wheelsets. Yep, they're made of the same blackened pot metal as the rest of the line. I have attempted to clean the tread of the Kadee wheels by spinning the w

Hi Fred, I may have something I can send. What are you looking for exactly? John Golden, Ramstein, Germany

Fenton Wells at srrfan1401@... can answer ALL your Southern Rwy freight car questions. John Golden Germany

Hi Guys, I case you never met him, I thought I'd share of my friend "TGreg", as I called him, at Cocoa Beach in January 2009. That's Greg on the right and Chris "Ziggy" Zygmunt at left. Godspeed, brot

Perfect answer, Tony--thanks much! Hope you're doing well and are making the best of life in these days. John Golden

Thanks Mont! A friend asked me to weather some cars for him--I wanted to make sure I got it right. John Golden

Hi Scott, Answers to two of your questions: 2. I would call Georgia Road cars "Freight Car Red". They were not brown, but more Oxide. Like PRR FCC but with some oxide mixed in. I would say close to L&

Hi Guys, I'm working on a few models for a friend and your assistance please with trucks colors for the following: SP 1937 box cars, BC Red car, circa 1950 Monon 3-pocket hoppers, car color is FC Red

That's interesting about RPM events and weddings. When I was running St. Louis RPM, I ran into scheduling problems every year--almost every time due to weddings. Weddings bring in a lot more money bec

I don't intend for this to be a criticism, just an observation. I ordered an Intermountain C&O box car with Deco ends about eight months before I moved to Germany. That was in early 2015. It's taken f

Gentlemen, I was going through RP Cyc No. 18 last night and was surprised to read that CGW 1923 ARA single-sheathed box cars came in at least two varieties. I read that a whole series of cars was deli