I visited an antique dealer in Orlando this past weekend and happened to spot these so I took some photos for the group. Unfortunately there were no manufacturers markings on them that I could see. Br

Just playing the uninformed Devil's advocate, is it at all possible that there was some kind of test involved here that had the opposite sides of this car painted in different schemes? (Just questioni

On most PC keyboards you will see a button marked "print screen". (Sometimes it may be a shift or control function key - you may have to play around with it) Pressing tg his button takes a snapshot of

I would like to see a copy of that article too ! Brent ________________________________ Dr. J. Brent Greer

So what then was the intended purpose of the D&RGW boxcars with the 15' door openings (giving the impression of 3 doors on each side)? Thanks, Brent ________________________________ Dr. J. Brent Greer

Thanks for the update Chad. Keep us informed when you are ready to release. I'll be good for an order ! Brent ________________________________ Dr. J. Brent Greer

That Florida East Coast flatcar sure is far from home ! (Unless perhaps the destination "vacation site" is sunny Florida - perhaps even across the overseas railway to Key West) Never the less, now I h

Looks more like a component for an electricity generating water turbine system for a dam somewhere Brent ________________________________ Dr. J. Brent Greer

Dr. Dave Campbell has re-released these ends on his Shapeways site: The Vulcan vertical-rib end as used on the Wheeling 27000's has been added to my available products at Shapeways. https://www.shapew

Keep in mind that in off seasons, stock cars were used to ship any product that would not require weather protection. We discussed this on this forum not too long ago and some known loads included lum

Ok, so I'm more tha willing to chalk this up to modeler's fancy, but I feel compelled to run it by the experts before I write it off entirely... I recently saw an old Varney boxcar lettered for ATSF a

I've not heard of this series of Interstate gons, but would like to hear more. Can you share or point me to some photos of these? Brent ________________________________ Dr. J. Brent Greer

According to an N&W equipment diagram I found in the Archives, this is an American Car and Foundry Co. corrugated end. Ray Breyer's article on the Accurail 36' DS boxcar prototypes had another picture

Here is some supplemental information I shared with Pierre for the pending N&W B5 boxcar project, regarding the trucks that were applied to these cars. Bud Jeffries from the N&W Historical Society has

Straw/hay Bricks Tires Lumber (already mentioned) Brent ________________________________ Dr. J. Brent Greer

Thanks Steve and Ben ! Learning items like this is what motivates me to risk exposing my ignorance in such a public fashion. The ability to identify the 6.5k capacity car by the vent configuration wil

I know that I have a lot to learn with regard to spotting features and tank car details, but at first glance, doesn't the tank car at the bottom left of this photo look a lot like the old Athearn 3-do

I've had great success with decals applied to wood. You don't need to paint or seal any differently than you might otherwise do with plastic or resin, but you do need to be careful with the amount of

Thanks Fenton, my thought is to stretch a Westerfield SU kit into one of these auto cars. My concern was that in many cases the auto versions were also built taller. Your info confirms that I should b

The car data shows that the exterior height of these autocars was 12'-4.5" What was the height of the 36' SU boxcars? Brent Dr. J. Brent Greer