Well, I received my samples of these reefers and was quite relieved to see that they used my new artwork on all the models. Several people, including myself, were making judgements about the models ba

Another thread hijacked by a different subject(s). WAY TO GO GUYS !! Dick Harley Laguna Beach, CA

Bill, For the past 20 years or so (maybe more), I believe most Korean factory lettered brass has used what I understand to be a "thermal" decal process. In that process the lettering is on a film whic

Most Chinese assembled cars are pre-painted and glued with CA, so a little bit of torque will break the glue bonds. Disassembling a model is not difficult. For those wanting to know what the correct l

Todd mentioned earlier about possibly a yardmaster snagging a single UCR car, but all four of those cars look very similar to me. And I'd say that three of them are clearly lettered Utah Coal Route. C

Very nice model, Fenton. Always good to see a UP car modeled well. I have a couple minor nits to pick, that I expect very few people to know. First, the UP began putting the solid journal Repack data

Hate to say this, but I think I am done traveling until there is a proven vaccine for COVID-19 - or it stops on its own (seems unlikely). Freight car research does continue. Just finished a full roste

Tim, Care to give me a page number in Terry's book? I can't find your data in it. I did notice that even the diagram in Terry's book (p. 145) for the S-40-12 class lists both AY and FCR side Color Sch

Tim, Where did you get the data about, "All of the S-40-12 cars were delivered in yellow." ? Or, "In 1958, the decision was made to paint NON-roller bearing stock cars freight car red so only 'high sp

On the UP Freight Car Data portion of my SmugMug site is a gallery with a 3-page spreadsheet of UP Stock Car Data. https://harley-trains.smugmug.com/UP-FRT-DATA On the right side of the second page ar

I know I am late to this party, but felt that I should note that PFE, SP and UP continued equipment end lettering well into the 1970s and beyond. The SP and PFE lettering is well documented in drawing

FWIW, the complete 1951 PFE Refrigerator Car Diagrams book (and other stuff) is available at : https://harley-trains.smugmug.com/PFE-FRT-DATA Cheers, Dick Harley Laguna Beach, CA

That photo also illustrates the practice of having 5 grab irons on the side and end on early-built R-30-12 and R-30-13 bodies, while later bodies had 6 grab irons at the same location (car at left). C

Nice find for the pre-WWII crowd, Tim. I don't believe the March 1941 photo date, though. The car is freshly painted, and that is definitely NOT a 1941 lettering scheme. The scan is too low res to rea

Tim, The only PFE 40-ft steel reefers that I know Sunshine did were the R-40-10 and the R-40-26. The R-40-14 and R-40-20 are very similar, with the -20 being 1-1/2 inches taller. I would make an R-40-

For those that care about prototype accuracy, it should be pointed out that these kits are pretty bogus. The car body is the InterMountain PFE R-40-23, so the ends, doors and underframe are not correc

Tom, I have no drawings before 1905, and I have little interest before 1940. So I am of no help. There have been some articles in The Streamliner about early freight cars, but still Harriman era. See

For those those not aware, the clinic I gave at RPM Chicagoland this year is up on my SmugMug site: https://harley-trains.smugmug.com/UP-PLN-FRT To browse other parts of that site, the top level is: h

The problems with Tichy PFE decals far extend past their being too thick (you can feel the ink with your finger nail). Tichy PFE decals have lettering that is the wrong size and shape - some too big,

I have posted my photos from RPM Chicagoland on my SmugMug site: https://harley-trains.smugmug.com/Model-RR-Shows I also posted my clinic on UP freight car painting & lettering at: https://harley-trai