I model a southern Kansas. There were coal dealers and grain elevators that received coal in gondolas because they used human power to unload them. They would pull their pickup truck beside the gondol

One photo appears on page 146 of the Santa Fe Open Top car book of 176319. It is crosswise, on the side opposite the brake wheel. J. Stephen Sandifer

Three preserved ones I have seen. Orange Empire/SoCalRRMus has SBIX 1651 but the last time I was there it was under a tarp. Painted light green. J. Stephen Sandifer

It’s a Santa Fe car. Note the sill. J. Stephen Sandifer

I know this is off topic, but I have heard numerous complaints about BLI decoders. Here is your chance to complete their survey about future versions and making model available a sound decoder. http:/

Look at the variation in weathering of the PFE reefers in this photo: DAG14-016.jpg J. Stephen Sandifer

Have these cars hit the stores yet? The Rapido website says they are in stores but I have not received the ones I pre-ordered.

Shipping is $9.94 if shipped tomorrow. “ USPS is temporarily increasing domestic shipping rates from October 2nd to January 22nd.” I accept PayPal Friends and Family or commercial PayPal if you pay a

When I get a new bottle of Dullcoat or glosscoat, I put half of it in an empty bottle and then fill the bottle up with lacquer thinner. That becomes my spray mix. If I want a semi-gloss, I then put ½

What color would you paint this? Note there are two SFRD reefers in this photo. Jim’s statement is well taken. J. Stephen Sandifer

Since I model 1952, I am only concerned with the early orange. Since I have a bunch of Intermountain and CB&T cars, any resin cars are painted to match those. I would rather have cars that blend in th

There are two SFRD reefer orange. They changed in 1955 with the RR56 The early SFRD reefer orange: https://hextoral.com/hex-color/ff7900/pantone/ The later SFRD reefer orange: https://hextoral.com/hex

The doors on Bob’s model do not appear to be of the same width. They should both be 8’ wide. Bob’s model has rectangular opening metal running board which is correct for the FE-27. The FE-28 had the M

The Santa Fe modified a couple of drover cabooses for the AEC to serve as guard cars. One is preserved in Barstow at the Mojave River Valley Museum and another at the S. Calif RR Museum (OERM). J. Ste

Well done. J. Stephen Sandifer

I’m interested in the location of the vertical brake staff. J. Stephen Sandifer

Milk cows had some unique needs that other cows did not – milking. If you did not regularly milk a milk cow she would dry up. Therefore milk cows had to be stopped and unloaded every 10-12 hours for m

The K7A is a 40’ car. I put an intermountain ATSF body on the BLI frame and sound system to create a sound car that looks like ATSF. Because of the way it is constructed, I did not think it reasonable

What year? What kind of animal? They vary. For instance Chicago’s record for the greatest number of stock cars received in one 24 hour period was 3,228 cars. Wow. The stock yard records I have say how

Illustration No. 2 CATTLE • AVGE. WEIGHT PER HEAD 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 Size Car UV—No. Head 60 50 42 36 33 30 27 25 23 22 21 19 Size Car 40'—No. Head 56 46 40 37 33 30