Andy wrote: “I have been searching for a source of HO scale sheet piling pieces, and having found one in Germany that produces a fantastic product, I am ready to create some mill gon loads for my 1952

Clark Propst wrote: “I'm about finished building that old kit. PIA! According to the instruction history and the RP Cyc on rebuilt DS cars all were equipped with AB brakes and Ajax hand brakes when re

On Aug 22, 2021, at 2:04 PM, Ken Adams wrote: “Just an observation on the positioning bend of the hand rails on the lateral running boards in the pictures. Most appear to be at least one full board in

Scott wrote: “I am particularly interested in roof details. It appears to only have one ice hatch on each end which seems odd.” The ice hatch cover (right) is either in the open position or missing en

Gary Ray wrote: “Does anyone know the date of the banning? Also, how long were billboard cars allowed to run - was it just until they needed repainting? If memory serves me right, that would be about

Allen Cain wrote: “Help me out here. I thought that “billboard” paint schemes where outlawed well before the 1953 date on this car. If I am mistaken, please educate me.” The Interchange Rule regarding

Todd wrote: "The article mentions "modified AAR lettering guidelines". When did this take place?" Todd, I would guess that they are referring to the AAR's Mechanical Division dropping the 1" bars (abo

Bob Chaparro wrote: "Notice that the car roof section is stenciled “Owners Material”." That is not a "roof section" it's a fixture used to assemble the roof from the panels spread on the floor. The en

Nelson Moyer wrote: "Thanks, Ben. I suspect the placard board mounts have been moved down, but the rest of the B end looks like AF&C drawings for this type of car. AF&C allowed the railroads to specif

Chris Barkan wrote: "I have some other questions about the car's design features. It appears that the right-most stringer on the right side of the car (the side shown) is curved upward between two of

David Payne wrote: “The fellow to the right seems to be watching intently; could it be loading instead?” David, If you look closely at the photo showing the fire truck still in the car you can see tha

Tony Thompson wrote: “Some have asked, off-list, for a citation of the SP video I mentioned. I don't have a link and don't know if it's on-line or not.” This may be the video in question: https://yout

Gene wrote: “My scratch building project to create a replica of the Northern Pacific 9480 boxcar series is done. I was fortunate enough to have Lee Turner paint and weather the car. He used a custom R

I am very sorry to hear of Jon’s passing. I met Jon and Richard Hendrickson on the same day in October of 1988 at The Santa Fe Modelers meeting at a private home in (I believe) Walnut Creek. Jon had h

Douglas Harding wrote: “Many double deck stockcars had single doors on each side. These cars would have a “bull board” which was a 2x6 that was placed in brackets creating a barrier in the door openin

Dave Nelson wrote: “Large close up of loaded gondola, Chicago, late 40’s.” The most glaring element of this load is the stakes. They are laminated, each made up from what appears to be two 2” x 6” rou

Bruce Smith wrote: “Since I model 1944, that car will need to be reweighed. I realize that a car could be reweighed by any road when due, but typically, the home shops tried to get that done. Any idea

Claus Schlund wrote: “An illustration of auto loading in boxcars, 1932...” An experimental installation of an auto loading device produced by Evans Products Company, Detroit. The design was from Keith

R. J. Dial wrote: “YMW has the lateral supports, that should help Marty. I was referring to the longitudinal running board supports ("saddles" is the industry term on drawings).” As “Latitudinal Runn

Andy wrote: “I am reminded often that we can search for previous STMFC,io posts on subjects of our interest. Tonight I tried to find a search engine on the STMFC.io home page. I could not find one.” C