Amazing set of photos there. Great reference for the forties.

Perhaps this video is a banana train. Lots of reefers. Colin Meikle https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nJuGMbK_nvk

As Mansell mentioned, the CP was the big interchange partner here but there was also the BC Electric which was an Interurban in the area. The CN wasn’t far away from Sumas and I think BCE and CP inter

Great minds think alike eh?! I like your version of this car Rich. Nice to see the chalk marks. Colin Meikle

Merry Christmas to those who surely would welcome this announcement. Seems like lots of Pennsy fans at Rapido. https://rapidotrains.com/products/ho-scale/freight-cars/ho-scale-gla-hopper Colin Meikle

I think I know the car you are thinking about. Is it the "minibox autocars" built around the same time as the regular minibox? I always thought I'd take the spare dreadnought ends from the minibox kit

They look similar to a Barber S1, Rapido has some one can pre-order. Colin Meikle

Hi, I'm building a TH&B 36' boxcar and these cars have a particular kind of brake gear I haven't seen before. K brakes were being used on the underframe and this strange brakewheel brace on the B end.

Bill, what adhesive do you use for this job? Colin Meikle

I'm not an NP expert but I believe these cars kept the Rapido trucks their whole life. I bought some Tahoe trucks thinking the detail would be better but I found the Rapido trucks much closer to the p

You make an interesting observation Bruce. Looking through other photos of these cars I see some have the plate and others don't. It seems that the lower numbered cars have the plate and the higher nu

Lots of stuff to observe here. What I find most interesting is the difference in lettering application on these two identical CP flat cars. I guess I'll have to build one of each! From Vancouver Archi

The coupler sits a bit low. I need to add a shim but I will install short shank couplers first. The flat car's couplers are at the right height. Colin Meikle

One thing about these Rapido cars that could be corrected is the incorrect ride height. They ride high on the trucks. This was the same problem with the NP cars. I had to make a jig and sand down the

So I was wrong! Clark, for the CN cars you seek the article you want to read is Railmodel Journal October 2000. Available on TrainLife I believe. Colin Meikle

I think we're talking about 2 separate Accurail models if I'm not mistaken. Clark's model has dreadnought ends? The Accurail article refers to a similar single sheathed car with re-enforced ends. I'm

Why not 5 minute epoxy? Just curious. Colin Meikle

Andy W. wrote an article on these cars on his website. ColinMeikle http://www.readytrain.com/gallery/articles/war_emergency-boxcar/index.html

http://speedwitchmedia.com/product/d186-nashville-chattanooga-st-louis-fm7fm8fm9-flat-cars/

I built one of these as a NC&StL. Speedwitch Media offers beautiful (accurate) decals for these cars. Decals matter in my opinion. Colin Meikle