Thank you to everyone who aimed me in the right direction for Standard Car Co. I've been in contact with Don Valentine and sent an order for some half door conversion kits this morning. Fenton that is

Ben/Doug, Thank you for the info. I've looked around on line to try to find New England Rail Serv. but no luck so far. I hope Don Valentine reads these messages. Thanks again, Dave Lawler

Good day all, I recently read a James Six blog on weathering where he showed an example of a door and a half conversion on an Accurail SS box car. The company he mentioned that made the add-on half do

Good day all, I'm thinking of buying an Atlas Master Series NE-6 caboose but I would need to strip and repaint it. Has anyone taken one of these apart? Is it simple like screwed together or is it all

Paul, Excellent model of a very unique prototype. Well done! Dave Lawler Avon Lake. Ohio

I bought a pack of the Clover House chalk marks a couple of years ago and found that they would not transfer from the backing sheet no matter what surface I tried to put them on. I contacted Clover Ho

I believe the Athern, ATSF offset cupola steel caboose is a reasonable stand in for a group of Grand Trunk Western cars. Dave Lawler

In my memory, those cars cars were pretty nice for their time except their running board castings were quite brittle. Dave Lawler

Thank you Ben. That would certainly make an interesting modeling feature. Dave Lawler

What was the purpose for the stake pockets(?) on the outside of the side boards? Best regards, Dave Lawler

If someone takes over I hope they’ll make it more like the old (Carstens) RMC with more historical articles, scale drawings and remember that there were railroads East of the Mississippi and also Cana

Good day all, About 25+ years ago The Car Shop produced an etched brass model of these cars in O and HO scales. Occasionally, one shows up on EBay. Dave Lawler Avon Lake, Ohio

Good day all, Does anyone out there in Steam Era land know when the ACL changed the lettering in their circle logo from serifs to the block style? Dave Lawler

Get a clean, dry plastic peanut butter, mayonnaise or similar jar. Obtain an old nylon stocking from your wife, girlfriend or “significant other”. Pour a bunch of dry sand in the jar. Stretch and rubb

I seem to remember seeing some photos of a temporary rail line used to bring materials for the construction of the Biltmore mansion at Asheville, NC. Dave Lawler

Got it. Thank you Ben.

I recently saw an alphabetical listing by railroad of the abbreviations and dates for locations of freight car service/repair. I thought I had "bookmarked" it but, cannot find it now. Can anyone direc

Good day all, I recently found 3 Front Range 40' Dbl. Door ACF box cars in my cabinet of "stuff". I took them to a flea market but found no takers. I looked more closely at them and found them to be r

I’ve had good luck with Montage Worldwide of Shawnee Mission, Kansas. www.MontageWw.com She specializes in new and used railroad books and magazines. I recently purchased a couple of back issues of Ma

Elden and Eric, thank you for the reply regarding the Wheeling’s car colors. The car series referenced in the post were “24000-24199 built early in 1941 by ACF (lot no.2137)” I still have about 2/3 bo