Yes to the Deco end model having a Viking roof and 3 panel doors. I took the attached photo last week to show a friend the end. It doesn’t show the door or roof well and I’m away from my car now. Now

Now that Intermountain has released their model, I have some questions about Deco Ends. We tend to describe dreadnaught ends in technical terms and great detail (4/5, 4/4 IDE, R+3-4, etc.) Was there a

Bill, The F34 needs 5' wheelbase trucks. I am considering Walthers ore car trucks. They do have 4 visible springs, but lack the two- level appearance. https://www.walthers.com/rigid-trucks-w-33-quot-m

The SOO Line Historical Society published a freight car book. It has a photo of 374 and WC 1584. WC 1500-1652, evens only, were “created” at the same time as the Soo 100-444. The text says the rebuild

#100-444

I have a Pennsylvania Railroad document titled Chicago Division Symbol System of Car Placement. This book has instructions, interchange schedules, and a list of all the industry tracks in the PRR Chic

Bruce, Do you have access to the book Coal Cars: The First Three Hundred Years? There is a photo of C&O 176636 on page 330. Unfortunately, the angle of the photo is about the same as the angle of the

Kadee makes this one: https://kadee.com/htmbord/page440.htm Andy Cich

I have the subject kit, and the instructions say to “Install the airbrake parts according to the underframe diagram courtesy of Al Westerfield.” Unfortunately, my kit has two copies of the lettering d

Bill, The difference is in the end of the bolster, visible right above the truck. Look at the straight on, right side close-up photos for the Hooker and Diamond cars. You should spot the difference. T

Tangent announced new GATX acid tank cars in 1949 and 1951 versions. The difference in the cars is in the truck bolster ends. I can see the difference in the Hooker and Diamond photos. http://www.tang

BLI has updated their website to include photos of the actual models. http://www.broadway-limited.com/6000gallontankcar.aspx Andy Cich

Bill, Thanks for the tip. I saw this listing earlier and passed on it because the title said 7’ doors. Since the bodies are for 6’ doors they will be perfect for the Wabash and AA Speedwitch parts and

Photos and Drawings for the KCS car are also in the 1940 Carbuilders Cyclopedia, pages 272 and 273. Unfortunately, the drawings do not show brake component layout. Anybody know if the drawings in the

Thanks Ked and Ed for your responses. That is exactly the information I was looking for. Andy Cich From: STMFC@... [mailto:STMFC@...] Andy & Ken, Adding a few to Ken’s reply: 4

Now that I have my Resin Car Works 1937 modified square corner SOO kits in hand, I would like to complete a couple of undec Branchline postwar cars for the Soo as well. I can use some help with the de

I have had some white decals that are tough to read on the sheet. Scan them and play around with the scan settings and/or resulting image. I can usually make a nice reference sheet to know what is on

Speedwitch makes a board by board replacement roof for the Westerfield NYC stock cars. It was originally released maybe 7-8 years ago and is now available once again. http://speedwitchmedia.com/produc

Brian, Sunshine offered two related decal sets: E.58 PFE reweigh stations(w/ SP, UP, SSW, RI), dates and repack data w/ orange background decals E.59 ACF 70 ton covered hopper reweigh stations, dates

Bill wrote: 2.) One of the models is a 6050 gallon capacity car and is shorter than the other models. The instructions say that I should secure the Tank Band Anchors just outside each bolster and just

"My question is this: Does anyone out there have a photo of 1001 or 1002 that they could share with the Group?" See page 44 of Kaminski's Pullman-Standard Freight Cars book for a builders photo of LS&