Andy, The SSW diagram for 46000-46199 denotes the following info. 1. Original cars built in 1924-1925 by Mount Vernon Car Manufacturing Co. 2. Steel sides applied by SSW 1936-1937 3. Roof raised & ste

Ron, Perhaps the notes column of my Postwar AAR R+3-4 IDN (1948-1954) roster would help to define the differences of the prototype cars vs. the Branchline model. For these Wabash box cars the side sil

Nelson, A number of hand brake companies from the 1930s thru 1950s produced “drop shaft” versions for flat cars. While I don’t have any written procedures that involve the operation of them, it would

Ron, Based on photos of NRC 16202, 16225, 16289, 16271 & 16491, it’s confirmed that the cars had Despatch 3-5 ends and Despatch roof. 16202 - 6-63 reweigh, 1-64 photo in relatively fresh paint, leased

Garth, The two series of ACY cars 400-419 and 540-569 were both built by Greenville Steel Car Co. in 1951. Photos of ACY 549 & 569 were published on p. 88-89 of RP CYC Volume 15. Fish-belly side sills

Lester, All C&O LO’s of the 1958 cu. ft. design built from 1937 thru 1953 were painted entirely black with white stencils. Builders included ACF, GATC, Ralston Steel Car Co., and Pullman-Standard. Dat

Bob, Thank you for posting this photo. For those interested, following is some history. MP 45396 originated as one of 250 (MP 79200-79499) 40-ton XA single-sheathed auto cars built ca. 5-29 by Mount V

Brent, It was a Pullman-Standard proprietary design in which 100 cars were built in 2-54 & sold to 8 different railroads (lots 8160A thru H). A good source is Jim Kinkaid’s article in January 2002 Mai

Tony, I don’t know the earliest date when the silver paint began use. All I have to go by is a color photo of S.A.L. 25348 painted silver with red stencils done at JAX. 9-59. Hope this helps. Regards,

Claus, The photo is a curious one as the SHPX 161 tank car with 7-7-30 build date (if I have read it correctly) was not an original SHPX car built as such. The highest original number of a SHPX ICC-10

STMFC, To supplement Nelson’s point for cars built in the first group that follows, the ACF bills of materials for a number of Santa Fe freight cars built from 1931 to 1944 are consistently the same s

Brian, The trucks tooled by InterMountain for the ACF 70-ton covered hoppers are not National C-1. They are a relatively uncommon 70-ton AAR spring-plank design that I’ve only seen on L&N and NC&StL c

Schuyler, The ACF drawing collection at the National Museum of Transportation has 4 drawings that pertain to lot 2551. All are dated in the range July-October 1942. 31-3812 Lettering Diagram (also app

STMFC Members, Recent discussion on the STMFC has included postwar AAR 50’ box cars having a straight side sill reinforcement extending end to end for connecting the bolsters, crossbearers, and crosst

Craig, The 50 cars reassigned AA 250-299 ca. 2-55 were the former WAB 89550-89599, built ca. 1-50 having diagonal panel roofs. These were the last 50 cars of original series WAB 89300-89599, which als

David, Des Plaines Hobbies offered the special run of A&EC models that were made by Innovative Model Works (IMWX). The kit I purchased is catalogue no. DPH193, A&EC 1045, having square-corner 4-5 Drea

Allen and others interested, The Kadee 4000-series model represents 40’-6” PS-1 box cars with 6’ door openings built in 1950 thru 1952 & into early 1953 at the Michigan City, Indiana, plant. For your

Tim, ACF wasn’t the only builder of cars of this type that were primarily used for chlorine containers. ACF records document the company built approximately 350 "Multi-Unit Tank Cars" from 1924 to 195

Garth, For those interested in the end vents, attached is a one-page PDF list of 50’ PS-1 box cars confirmed to have end vents when built by Pullman-Standard from 1956 to 1960. Southern's cars had 6 v

Dennis & Steve, From experience of cataloguing thousands of ACF drawings as well as seeing a substantial number of Pullman-Standard drawings, it was typical that drawings used to manufacture parts or