Try Ron's Books PO Box 714 Harrison NY 10528-0714 ronsbooks@... 914-967-7541 https:ronsbooks.com Al Smith Sonora CA

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Love your kitbash of the Milw 713526 car. I model the Sierra in 1955 and have conductors lists from 1952 that show Milw 713916 on the Sierra. I also have an Accurail kit to make into a Milw car. Your

The January 1953 ORER Shows these cars listed as 64700-64704 as Freight Equipment. Microscale decal set 87-1512 has the lettering for these cars but in black. Bev-Bell did these cars in the correct co

There is an article by Martin Lofton in the July 1990 Mainline Modeler on the XM-32 cars 20000-21399 with plans. There are also numerus photos on line and several models available. Al Smith Sonora CA

I have two Mather Stock Car Kits 1 GSX 4048 and 1 GM&O 109028 that I will sell for $15 each plus shipping if anyone is interested. Both are new in the box. These are Mather 40' Double Deck Stock Cars

In 2014 Greg Martin did a clinic on Santa Fe rebuilt boxcars, one of the detail parts was a 5-5-5-2 end. Does anyone in the group know where I can get two sets of those ends.I tried working with Tichy

Garth I have a package of 40' PS-1 roofs from IM part 40400-06 BCR. I used one of the parts to backdate a PS-1 model but there are three roofs left in the package. I will sell you all three for the or

The 1953 ORER Chesapeake & Ohio Pere Marquette District lists 55600-55694 Box Steel Frame Staggered Doors 40'6"L 9'2"W 10'H 80ooolb 62 cars, No cars in this series are listed in the 1952 ORER. The 195

Try Mainline Modeler August 2006 by Mont Switzer' Also try NKP Freight Equipment Diagrams — Nickel Plate Road Historical & Technical Society NKP Freight Equipment Diagrams — Nickel Plate Road Historic

Bruce I am trying to contact you with plans, but using the address bruce.metcalf@... doesn't go through. Please contact me off list Smithal9@... Thanks

I have Conductors lists from 1954 on the Sierra and a B&M 74195 came unto the Sierra at Oakdale Ca. 5-28-54 from the SP out of Stockton Ca Empty. So I don't know what load brought it to the SP. The Si

Mainline Modeler January 1996 has just the article you are looking for. If you will contact me off list I will send you a copy. Al Smith Sonora CA Smithal9@...

ATSF SP-OAKDALE ATSF 7937 A 10-03-52 GRAIN 50' BOX, STAGGERED DOORS ATSF IN SOUTH BEND ATSF 7937 A 10-10-52 LMBR 50' STEEL BOX. STAGGERED DOORS This Fe-07 was on the Sierra Railroad on the date listed

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PSMX 714 The photo of this car is in American Car and Foundry 1899-1999 by Edward S Kaminski on page 71. Al Smith Sonora CA

Pat Wider's article in PR Cyc #3 Vintage Box Car Painting and Lettering on page 37 Shows a change in Mineral Brown from the 40's to the 50's. Of course these are old paint matches ATSF 40's Floquil #1

Mather Box, Stock and Reefers. The following list are the magazine articles I have for Mather Cars. Mainline Modeler Nov 86 John Nehrich Model Railroading Nov 87 part 1 Richard Hendrickson Model Railr

Superior doors had different spacing for the panels. Check a photo of the car for which you want to build the doors. Attached are photos of 8'x10' doors I make for an EJ&E 60416 boxcar, notice that th

I have an old Walthers 40' DS wood reefer with wood ends Swift 932-2428. With all the new 37' reefer models by Rapido, I began researching info on Swift reefers. I found a photo of SRLX 7045 that show