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

I've gotten my photos from Collinsville uploaded and captioned. More coverage of the show and less of the individual models, which seems to complement the photos already listed here. Take a look at :

I am not a regular reader of this (or any other) internet list. So my apologies for the slow response. I noticed in the past week or so a lot of viewers to my UP Freight Car painting clinic on SmugMug

Let me make a couple corrections to Bill's message, lest people have the wrong idea. Several HO PFE pre-prodction wood reefers were shown at Collinsville by InterMountain. The models being produced ar

I'm late to this party, but have a few comments. The original question was are there Pantone numbers for RR paints? The answer is usually no. The reason is that there are only 1200 or 1400 Pantone col

And if you are going to CCB, you could stop by Ocala, FL and pick up a copy of this useful publication: https://www.brasstrains.com/Classic/Product/Detail/061264/Publication-Estate-Collection-Planning

While I won't debate Tony Thompson's words regarding the law, UP has continued to put the Overland Banner Medallion on a very few boxcars every few years up until at least a decade ago. I don't keep t

Schuyler Larrabee asks, "What’s the best way to protect these tools from rust?" WD-40. "Drives out moisture." Wipe/spray a wet layer and allow to evaporate. HTH, Dick Harley Laguna Beach, CA