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

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