Tim, For about 7 years the ORER listed Southern’s quantity of 50 lot 5919-A PS-1 box cars (26487-26527, 262050-262055, 307023-327024, 330500) erroneously grouped with other box cars having 8’ door ope

Eldon, I have received several of Kadee’s new models, and your assumption is correct. Kadee models representing PS-1 box cars built in 1947 & 1948 are found at www.kadee.com. In addition to the good i

Dennis, According to B&LE diagrams for the 90-ton cars built in 1931 (HT4) through 1941 (HT17, HT19, HT21, HT22), the trucks all had a 5’-8” wheel base as did the HT16 & HT18 cars with 70-ton trucks b

STMFC members, Following is a summary of B&LE twin or triple hopper cars equipped with the type of heavy-duty truck that has been discussed. I’m providing as much information as I have available from

Scott & others interested, The Oct. 1966 ORER lists Rio Grande 50150-51499, which were 350 second-hand 40’-6” PS-1 box cars built in 1948 with 7’ door openings. In any event this is after the prescrib

Matthew, Throughout the 1940s-1950s, ACL’s flat cars & other open-type cars were typically black with white stencils. Some cars received black paint as the final finish coat while others received blac

STMFC members, For a mini-project I’m working on, will appreciate your help with supplying the ORER quantity for 3 specific dates that pertain to a continuously-increasing series of 36’ Wilson Car Lin

Paul, I have just one photo from the MP 8000-8099 series of 45’ flat cars (MP 8036 L-side), but it doesn’t provide a good view of the hand brake. All of MoPac’s flat cars built from 1936 to 1938 at th

Ron, A photo of new T&P 41018, built 10-51 by the Mount Vernon Division of Pressed Steel Car Co., shows the brake reservoir mounted longitudinally. The 3/4BR view is available from J. Michael Gruber o

Bob, To answer your question, it’s hard to say without doing an ORER search for HM’s having 1995 cu. ft. (115 more than the standard 1880 cu. ft. USRA design). The photo shows what may have been an ex

Johannes, I’ll take a stab at answering your questions. Over time during the STMFC period were several sizes of carbon black cars to include capacities of 3000, 3400, 3465, 3480 & 3500 cubic feet. The

STMFC members, Per request by Patrick C. Wider, now available for purchase is a DVD containing U.S. railway patents including numerous patents applicable to steam era freight cars. Following is summar

Bruce, Following is some history & other info. In August 1941 Missouri Pacific and subsidiary International-Great Northern (I-GN) each placed orders with Bethlehem Steel Co. (BSC) for 50 flat cars of

Ron, The 10 Erie PS-1s built 2-54 with Pullman-Standard cushion underframes were series 84000-84009, P-S lot 8160-F. I’m aware of two photo sources. 1. Erie/DL&W Color Guide (Morning Sun Books), page

Brian, I don’t have any Vallejo paints to help, but if you have any Branchline Trains MP 40’ box car models, they are spot-on matches to a 1956 Bowles Color Drift Card. Regards, Ed Hawkins

Dave, As you noted in your follow-up message about the “B” end being the hand brake end, it’s often useful to know which are the left & right sides of a freight car. When viewing a car from behind the

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