FWIW - The old Roundhouse cast metal kits had a stock car with longitudinal boards on the roof. Dr. J. Brent Greer

The 3rd car back looks to be a ventilated boxcar. Wish I could see the road name on that one. Brent Greer Sent via the Samsung Galaxy A13 5G,an AT&T 5G smartphone Get Outlook for Android

Can anyone point me to a source for this end in HO scale? Plastic, resin, whatever... Thanks, Brent

Thanks Steve, In fact, it was that very Shake-n-Take project that made me want to learn about the other UP stock car classes. Richard Townsend generously scanned a copy of the Streamliner issue that d

I am not a UP modeler for the most part, so I don't have much UP reference material available in my library. That said I have become increasingly interested in the variety within the UP stock car flee

We are pleased to announce the 2023 Shake-n-Take project to be presented at the Prototype Rails meet in Cocoa Beach this coming January. The next project will be… (drum roll please) The Santa-Fe class

We are pleased to announce the 2023 Shake-n-Take project to be presented at the Prototype Rails meet in Cocoa Beach this coming January. The next project will be… (drum roll please) The Santa-Fe class

For those attending, or planning to attend, the January 2023 Prototype Rails at Cocoa Beach please be aware that there will again be one of our annual Shake-n-Take projects presented. There will be a

Also keep in mind that both of your emails may have gotten diverted into a spam folder without the recipient ever knowing they were there. Particularly common when a message has an attachment, and eve

BTW - those two first photos of the SAL double door car were the pilot model for this year's Shake-N-Take project, presented by Steve Hile. For those not familiar, this is an annual event at the CCB P

Here are a few overview shots I took. There are much better ones in the March issue or RMC. Unfortunately, this limits you to just the stuff I like best... Brent Dr. J. Brent Greer Dr. J. Brent Greer

For what it's worth, let me put this one to rest right now. As one of the organization team for the Prototype Rails events, there is certainly no ban on photography in the model display rooms. There m

I have always had a fascination with end-door cars, but this is the first I've heard of stock cars with end doors that were functional (I thought I had seen some converted cars of the UP with end door

Is the F&C car correct in respect to the car height? Brent Dr. J. Brent Greer

In the accompanying link, at the far left of the photo there is a boxcar that caught my attention. https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=84144 I cannot really make out the lettering on the car

To add just a bit to the information Jim shared below, the N&W class BL/BLa boxcars that the SK class stock cars derived from were door-and-a-half versions of the USRA single sheathed boxcar. This sho

Talk to Craig Zeni. He came up with a beautiful solution for this. (He can describe it far better than I can - it was genius) Brent Dr. J. Brent Greer

The next important question is: Is there an HO scale model that would reasonably represent this group of cars? I think I remember seeing a photo of one of these flats in service on the VGN being used

Interesting to see some of the end details of the boxcar next in line. Obviously this is a repair track, so it isn't all that shocking to see that the placard boards on the end are completely gone and

Sincere thanks to everyone for their recommendations, they are most appreciated. I hope everyone is having a wonderful Christmas day! Brent Dr. J. Brent Greer