Ron, I too have built PRR X-31s from Bowser kits and the results are actually pretty decent. Not contest quality but quite presentible. The hardest part of redetailing these cars is removing the hand

Armand, I'm with you but this is not for casual modelers since it requires a significant amount of research. I have developed a modeling roster for the PRR in the Williamsport PA area circa 1949 using

I agree with your thoughts that there were probably many FGEX and WFEX cars in those trains. Both reporting marks were freely mixed by Fruit Growers and both also still had truss rod cars in service t

In 1950 PRR had "only" 5623 G-22 gons plus another 258 in container service. For modeling purposes simply remove the containers and substitute a load of steel shapes or some sort of crated load. As ha

Brian, I can not supply a photo but according to my 1-1-50 ORER the only all steel 50'6" IL MILW box cars with 15' side doors and full end doors were in number series 15500-15749. There were 249 cars

Its my understanding that reefers moved on mileage rates, not per diem, so when they were empty there was no rush to get them back to where they had come from. That is probably over simplified but I a

Denny et al, try these folks. They should have anyting you need. Drill Bit City: Official Site for Carbide Tools, New carbide drill bit, New carbide drill bits, New " N " GAGE carbide drill bits, New

Paul, Des Plaines Hobbies has Viking roofs as separate parts. Tony Wagner

According to the Reading Modeler site HTb 60000-60599 were built Mar-Aug 1902 by ACF, 60600-60799 May-Sep by Middletown Car Works, and 60800-60999 May-Sep 1902 by Lebanon Manufacturing. 864 cars were

Only 8 cars in this series remained on 1-1-50. I'd also guess that the trucks had been changed by then. Contrast that number of cars to the 1472 USRA cars in the 15000, 16000 and 17000 number series.

My bad it should be 1-1-50 ORER. TW

NJI&I, a subsidiary of the Wabash. poss ibly 3500-3599 1 car in my 1-1-80 ORER. I'd guess its a clone of several thousand WAB cars in various 40000 thru 49000 number series with 11' or 12' doors as bo

Reweigh Oneonta 1-48. It's not red friends. Tony Wagner

If it helps my 1-1-50 ORER still shows 2324 HM steel underframe cars capacity 85000 lbs in that series. Tony Waagner

A looong time ago RR Museum of Pennsylvania at Strasburg used to sell them. Haven't been there in a decade and a half. Tony Wagner

Already did on the two I have built so far. T

Scott, I recently built a PRR G-26 version of this car for a PRR based layout a friend and I are building and an AAR version that will be lettered for P&LE. ECW produced two versions of this car diffe

Prior to 1942 black backgrounds were painted on NYC's cars but as a measure to speed up production during the war were dropped since the black had to dry before the white lettering could be stenciled.

What works for me is to heat the cap with hot water in the kitchen sink and using a pair of channel lock pliers for leverage gently twist the cap until it comes loose. The cap expands faster than the

Off the top of my head circa 1950: RDG, CNJ, D&H, LV, WM, and N&W. AFIK only the N&W cars had peaked ends. In later years some of these cars moved to other RRs secondhand. Tony Wagner