Looks like some good stuff coming. Thanks to Frank and the minions. Here are my guesses for the 5 cars. NP 1937 AAR boxcar with wood sides B&O M-55c (or maybe M-55h) 2 B&O M-27 variations And obviousl

RPC18 covered the XM-1. Plenty of L&N photos including a real nice B end shot. One photo of a GA car. Or if by GA you mean General Arrangement drawing, those are included too. Andy Cich

Lester, Look closer at those kits. There are more differences than just the brakes. The K body has no toe holes in the end, and the AB body has 2 toe holes. These kits can be used to model the Sk-Q th

Branchline did two runs of the PRR X43b. The first run had the correct Superior doors. The 2nd run included incorrect Youngstown doors, or at least my set did. Fortunately I was able to get the correc

Previously on this list, modelers shared their techniques for adding the Keeley hooks to box cars. The link below will take you to an upcoming auction for one of the cans. The listing has plenty of go

FGEX kit instructions here: https://www.intermountain-railway.com/customerservice/instructions/HO%20FGE%20WOOD%20REFRIGERATOR%20-%20Kit.pdf All Intermountain kit instructions here: https://www.intermo

The linked photo sure does look like an F29. The sill steps, grab irons, poling pockets, and polling pocket rivets all match up. About the only difference between the attached photo and the linked pho

Steve, Here is a prototype photo of your 2 dome UTLX car in quite the predicament: http://www.ejearchive.com/index.php?/albums/official-various-1/content/co-various-287/lightbox/ Andy Cich

The document I attached gave instructions for inspectors to mark cars with a crayon. I am wondering if “crayon” is another term for railroad chalk. Andy Cich

The attached image is a page from a Pennsylvania Railroad Chicago Switching District instruction manual dated January 1, 1952, Would the marks described be visible as “chalk marks”? Or would the descr

Lester, The answer to your question is yes. See Ted Culotta’s Reference Manual #3, Refrigerator Cars, for black and white photos. Ted mentions the color scheme in the text. See Gene Green’s reefer boo

Steve, Excellent presentation? The pictures, arrows, and captions describe the process very clearly. Did you have much trouble breaking the glue joints and getting the parts removed? It looks like you

A very good example of this is the recent Resin Car Works release of a SOO 50’ double door boxcar. These cars were built with the double doors centered to facilitate paper loading. Yet, the word AUTOM

I recently received a few of the latest cars from Intermountain. All of mine are assembled as shown in the photo. Did anybody receive cars that are correctly assembled? I wonder if the whole run was d

Yes, that is the kit I was thinking of. Andy Cich

This looks like a variation of the type of load modeled by a Sunshine kit. I’m not sure who the model builder is for the photos I attached. I’m sure I saved them from one of the email lists. Andy Cich

Proto 2000 produced both the Mather stock car and Mather box car with AB brakes. Since the reefer has a similar underframe, I copied the Proto cars. Lacking any better information, that seemed the bes

In Karig’s Coal Cars book, there is a table of coal bulk densities by region on Page 2. 54 to 59 lb/cu ft is roughly the range for anthracite. For bituminous, the range is about 46 – 54 lb/cu ft. The

Ted Culotta’s Prototype Railroad Modeling – Volume Four has an extensive article on kitbashing the R-40-14. http://speedwitchmedia.com/product/prototype-railroad-modeling-volume-four/ The kitbash basi

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