I believe the Microscale MDT set(s) is (are) correct. The paint scheme shown, with the sans serif, can definitely be done with the Microscale set. I don't know if these cars are old enough that they w

Am I missing something? I saw this post when it first appeared, and meant to print the photo but didn't. Today the paper clip icon is still there, but the photo seems to be AWOL. Ron Merrick

I believe those are the Intermountain ends that were designed for the '12-panel' 40' boxcar. The spotting feature are those holes across the middle rib, which were intended for use with the (after our

I can't immediately come up with the photo, but around 1970 I saw one of those 40' ice bunker reefers converted to mechanical by cutting out a section about five or six feet wide from the A end of the

Me too, and I was on it late last week. I bid on a lot of Sunshine kits, so this is my go-to site to see if any particular kit is worth it. I know the site was developed and run by Jim Hayes, but I do

That's the most plausible explanation I've heard so far. Comparing the load to the flatcar says these things are about 4', maybe 4'-6" max, in diameter. That's a reasonable size for water piping. Two

Here's one. Shipper would have been Frontier Chemical, which at the time was a division of Vulcan Materials, now Oxy (Occidental Chemicals). This car is unmarked, but that's not necessarily indicating

The topic of the P&WV derailment got me to look up Sudan, PA. I didn't get as far as trying to track down the location of this siding because the first thing I saw on the Google map was Narrow Gauge R

I have one of those. (It's not here right now.) I don't recall the 'cannisters' being that heavy, but I generally ran the car empty because it looked better that way. I think they were just called 'on

That's the best answer I've heard all day. Ron Merrick

You're talking about the mechanical fan drive, right? Most other major refrigerator lines located it on the left-hand truck on the side of the car as you stood facing the side with the fan drive. My M

Yes, here are the ones that are, in my opinion, close to the prototypes we're discussing. The car body casting -- https://www.shapeways.com/product/J3JHSB42J/general-steel-industries-depressed-center-

There is a 3D printed model, for the body casting and the trucks, for a car very similar to this on Shapeways. The car that's closest to this has no obvious way to add much weight, but there is anothe

Stenciling the reporting marks and number on the center sill is pretty visible on tank cars, and that data is almost always included in the tank car decals I've seen. But I also recall it as being rea

I just paint them. I keep an inventory of Kadee 158 couplers in three colors - black, boxcar red and rust. The painting is done by placing x number of couplers on one edge of a strip of masking tape,

In generic terms, a pretty realistic heat exchanger. The 'shell and tube' nomenclature comes from the fact that the 'shell', the part from the double sets of flanges back toward the end, contains a se

Elden: Thanks. That's clearer than the F&C drawing. Ron Merrick

Funny you should ask. Early Sunshine (or maybe even late ones) always included at least two triple valves along with the other small parts. I have always saved them and used them on kits like Intermou

Elden: That's the summary I was expecting, with regard to where those cars actually were as their reported numbers were declining. Considering how many resin and plastic cars I'm currently working on,

Thanks for all the really specific replies. I'm comfortable with doing the X28A in SK, probably well-weathered, if I decide to do it at all. I'm also working on an X26C, an X29B and an X29D, all F&C.