They were required to be in the up position unless the car was covered by a load over the end, or used as an idler car between two other cars and was covered. Charlie Slater Sent from Outlook

Richard I have photos of the Ft-I underframe, I tried sending them to you but the goups.io won't allow that Send me an email to atsfcondr42@... and I will be glad to send you the pictures Char

I have 3 photos in my collection of Sk-L cars with end ladders. Sk-L 58169 Ash Fork, Az. 1923 Sk-L 58207 Oklahoma City, Ok. 1933 Sk-L 58715 1928 Charlie Slater Sent from Outlook

Yes they did I think in the 1920's. Charlie Slater Sent from Outlook

Bill I was having the same problems with pin vises going bad and would not hold the # 70-80 drill bits anymore. I got two new ones from Micro-Mart and I could not even get a #80 drill in the small col

Andy there were 4 different ends used in this rebuilding project. This car most likely had 2 different ends on it. Charlie Slater Sent from Outlook

Yes Bill I have been doing a lot of modeling. Charlie Sent from Outlook

Here you are Bill, this should answer your question. Charlie Slater Sent from Outlook

Bob I think the Rr-56 would be the best one. There were more of them and 1955 would catch more modelers, and they lasted as box cars in the Bx-202 class until the 1980's. Charlie Slater Sent from Outl

It is 8264. Charlie Slater Sent from Outlook

Paul it was 1953. Charlie Slater Sent from Outlook

The Santa Fe Folio sheet for the Bx-48 does not list the type of running board used except it says it is steel. However on large orders for cars, 750 in the Bx-48 class, it is not unusual for Santa Fe

Santa Fe did, even in the 1953 painting book issued by Santa Fe they were painted with 1 coat of mineral brown. Charlie Slater Sent from Outlook

That is a Ga-91 class car. Charlie Sent from Outlook

Tim the Santa Fe had many classes of drop end gondolas in all different lengths. The type end I am talking about is, when looking straight at the cars drop end the re-enforcement on each side has two

Assuming that is a Santa Fe gondola, it would be either a Ga-91 class car numbered 168400-168549 built in 1955 by Santa Fe or a Ga-103 class car numbered 168150-168399 also built be Santa Fe in 1958.

John there were also some Fe-Q cars rebuilt into Fe-V Series 66200-66700 1935/36 (number of cars ?) rebuilt with steel sides and auto loaders inside. Also 51 class Fe-U cars were modified into Fe-W cl

The Santa Fe Fe-13 class cars was produced by Sunshine Models and come up on EBAY from time to time. Charlie Slater Sent from Outlook

They certainly did not letter any cars like that. Charlie Slater Sent from Outlook

Scott I still have a couple of those kits on hand, contact me off list for kit numbers and price. Charlie Slater Patternmaker Sent from Outlook