Group, The USRA boxcar 352, is of CNJ heritage. This car came on board after the L&NE ceased operations October 1961, when the Lehigh & New England Railway was formed, hence the CNJ USRA box. The tall

John, After going through what I have, a definitive answer can't be given. What I do know is that it seems the 2124 cu. ft. two bay hopper appear the earliest, 14382, with a Pen Argyl 6-55, 14335 with

John, If memory serves it wasn't till almost the end when billboard came out late 1958, early '59. If I have some time I will dig though my archives for a more 'concrete' answer. Bill

Craig, As Mr. Lombard mentioned these are ex-LV cars. I do have a color photo of NYSW 516 wearing a tattered red paint with small black diamond scheme. Bill

Jared, I don't know if this is what your after, but Bethlehem Car Works, kit bits #379 is a "reverse Creco" door used by the B&M for the X29 style of box. Bill

The Reading started in 1953 converting four of their FMe class of flats, 9204, 9212, 9230, and 9233. There was an article done on building these in HO, years back. Bill

Johannes, Jim, I will send Mr. Jacobs a message about the signing up issue. I know he is quite busily building an impressive layout. Bill

Bruce, The flat in question was one of three built for the P&R, 99005-99007 in 1918 under AFE# 6634. This particular one was built on 4-1-18, had a capacity of 215,000 lbs, with well dimensions as fol

Don, to the best of my knowledge the DL&W car in question retained it's wood sheathing right to the end. This was done by Sunshine 37.9/11/12. Bill

As I have been following along on this topic, I photographed a covered hopper in 10-7-2013. Now I AM FULLY AWARE, that this car exceeds the scope of this group, but it was in service after the "40" ye

Claus, The gondola appears to be a Philadelphia & Reading GHd gondola built in 1918. Bill

Claus, It looks to be a Philadelphia & Reading GHd gondola built in 1918. Bill

Jon, You are correct. Red Ball did this LV prototype, they had manufactured a set of trucks to go with this car, but are totally inaccurate. The book Mr. Davis mentions has pictures of the whole class

I forgot to add this earlier for those who may be interested. The D&H also had their fleet of L.C.L air activated cement canister gondolas, originally 15950-15969, and then added 15900-15914. These ap

Group, I wanted to add to this topic in regards to paint and decals available. In my collection of photos, the D&H had purchased a lot of composite, not Seley, 3-bay hoppers, series 4401-4611. First,

Enzo, have you tried Ozark Miniatures? They always seemed to have a supply of CDS dry transfers. Bill

Group, I waited to chime in on this until more was posted, but yes indeed the early chutes were silk. Now having grown up in a household of a WWII POW, my grandfather did have a card signifying he bel

Group, The gondola in question is indeed a post USRA, a clone that was built by Bethlehem in 1925, class GMl. This was in a batch from 21500-21599, costing new $2282.45. This had a lengthy career, bei

Ben, The NdeM ended up with a few. I have a picture of 12823 (No No 3-53), although the ORER lists this as a 36' car??? (Jan 1953 class was 11805 to 12822, Jan 1955 class was up 12823) Bill Dale

Dave, I don't know if your Front Range kits are welded or riveted, but way back in the day in Railmodel Journal 6/92 had an article on an ACF prototype. They used a C&BT riveted car body for the proje