Scott, In April 1953 with production of 100 PS-1s built in lot 8105, Pullman-Standard introduced a new underframe modification applicable to subsequent PS-1s with door openings of 6’, 7’, and 8'. This

Scott, For 40’ steel box cars, starting in the mid-to-late 1930s Defect Card Holders of the various steel specialty types (Apex, Motor Wheel T-Z, Cheeper, Real, and a few others less common) were most

Scott, Short answer is no. Prior to production of the earliest PS-1 box cars in June 1947, earlier riveted-side box cars built by Pullman-Standard to AAR designs used a variety of roofs to include Mur

Nelson, IC Marking Arrangement drawing number T412, originally dated 1-27-39, applicable to IC 17000–19999, has Revision C dated 12-5-47 that added “stencil no. 529” (Main Line of Mid-America slogan)

Bruce, Tim, and others interested, As you probably already know, ACF lot 2044 was a quantity of 100 - 40’ RSM wood reefers NWX 6800-6899 built at the Chicago plant ca. 7-40. The ACF bill of materials

To which Rich Christie added: Brian & Rich, An ACF spec sheet and two views of ACF builder photos of C&O 28517 (ACF lot 4507, 750 cars, C&O 28250-28999) denote an unpainted galvanized roof. The follow

Tim, StLB&M had two series of steel 50’-6” double-door box/auto cars. 1. 20600-20649, built 10-45, ACF lot 2762, 10’-6” IH, 15’-1” clear door openings, Superior 7-panel doors, 5-5 round-corner Dreadna

Tony, As Tony notes, there have been sufficient photos located and documentation to confirm NYC PS-1s built in 1950 to 1952 came with black car cement on the ends and roof, but unfortunately this cann

Bob, The car NKP 15918 is described in my STMFC roster of 1937 AAR box cars, series NKP 15500-15999, built by GATC in 1937. The roof is Viking. Curiously the overhead view shows NKP 15918 having what

Bob, The car in the photo, Rutland 378, was one of 101 PS-1 box cars, series 300-399 & one replacement car no. 223, built 8-56 in P-S lot 8300 at the Pullman-Standard Michigan City plant. Each car cam

Tim, Yes, thank you for catching the goof due to clumsy fingers & not taking time to proofread before hitting “send.” While virtually all CNW 40’ AAR-type box cars built ca. 11-44 and later did have b

John, CNW had two orders of emergency box cars, built by ACF & Pullman-Standard. Patrick C. Wider authored an article about the various emergency box car designs in RP CYC Volume 19 with a roster on p

Nelson, As a general rule, the car cement was applied directly to the galvanized roof sheets & seam caps after they had been cleaned so they were free of rust, dirt, and grease. It was relatively unco

Dave, I don’t know of anyone having a comprehensive list of Milwaukee Road drawings. It would seem logical to me that for these 52’ reefers, that the CMStP&P would have had significant input with the

STMFC, Following up on the NAHX 1958 cu. ft. cars and Bob’s question about a prototype source, attached is a photo of NAHX 30518 that was the basis for the InterMountain model 48643. Frank Hodina brou

Nelson, WAB 88200-88699 was built by ACF in lot 3226. Paint specs from the ACF bill of materials: Pittsburgh (first 167)/P.D. George Co. (next 167)/Sherwin-Williams (last 166) - Wabash #10 Red - sides

Lester, The only St. Louis Refrigerator Car RS reefers that I’m aware of were SLRX 10000-10399, built in 1922 by MDT with a lease arrangement from late 1949 to 1954. The Roger Hinman class number is “

Scott, Check with the Milwaukee Public Library, who received a substantial collection of builder photos & technical data from the railroad. Regards, Ed Hawkins

Bob, The car in question was built by Pullman-Standard in May 1953 as part of a 75-car order in lot 8117, and sold to owner North American Car Company in series NAHX 30500-30574. These cars were discu

Brian, The 2005 Sunshine mini-kit was for different series of MoPac 40’ box cars built in 1942 in which the side sill door reinforcement extended from bolster to bolster, unlike the AAR model offered