The rear cover photo on Morning Sun’s Refrigerator Car Color Guide shows two Swift red cars, one of which has only 4 hinges. It’s number is 6544. Bill Darnaby

Because of the number of Yarmouth kits I acquired I eventually broke down a got one the fret bending tools for the stiles so now I had to assemble ladders. I went with soldering. Years ago I bought on

I seem to remember that there was a height issue as in too short. I built one of these years ago and it just looked too short to me. I must have compared it to published drawings and concluded that wa

There is an article on these cars in the 6/84 Mainline Modeler on page 55 with drawings and photos. Bill Darnaby

To facilitate moving freight cars on my railroad I replaced a pair of failed P2K 0-8-0 tender trucks with those from Bethlehem Car Works equipped with home made wipers to create 8 wheel pickup. Bill D

This is very likely one of the cars that for years sat along the back of the Alcoa Aluminum plant in Lafayette, Indiana and that I saw on my trips to and from Purdue 50 years ago. They got scattered i

As a final…or,maybe not…comment on one piece bodies, I have not found them to be a great time saver over flat kits because of issues that I run across. Your mileage may vary but I have found that it t

Yes, it is. The one I photoed was on a storage track in the B&O’s Indianapolis Belmont Street yard in late 1969 (I was home from college and on my way to a nearby hobby shop). It was in much better sh

Actually, the Monon leased two of the SP&S engines while the Monon was upgrading their own nine engines (2 at a time) with new prime movers and improved electrical gear to make them more compatible wi

In the late 60’s I took a photo of one of the B&O’s cars in Indianapolis made from an M26. It had a side step for the door and caboose grab and ladder type equipment. Other roads just used an extra ca

Please sign me up. Thanks, Bill Darnaby

The band was light gray out of the paint shop and it can definitely be seen in photos, even black and white ones, of recently painted cars. Having said that, however, it quickly chalked to white and e

The Monon Historical Society offered these cars in the Merchandise Service paint. Only the 10' IH 1937 type cars...Monon's 9000 series...got this scheme. I don't know if the company store still has th

If you mean "The Hoosier Line" on the light grey...yes it was gray... band across the top of boxcars, that would be 1952. Bill Darnaby

One of the Morning Sun NKP steam color books...Vol 3 I think...has a color roof shot. The photo is really of the dead steamers taken from the roof of one of these cars on the dead line so it has to be

I have photos of watermelons being loaded into interurban stock cars on the Indiana Railroad (electric) south of Indianapolis. Bill Darnaby

I built all of the Sunshine M55 kits and I do remember a gap between the edge of the roof and the sides...in other words the roof did not overlap the top edge of the sides. This was not uncommon with

Are you sure the roof is too narrow and not the ends to wide? I have seen both in resin kits. Compare against a stock AAR boxcar or plans before doing anything drastic. Bill Darnaby

The 49-50 Car Builders has the M55A plans on page 302 that illustrate the unique roof contour as well as the late Duryea UF. Bill Darnaby

HI Steve, The 1950 Car Builders has plans for this car in the UF section not the boxcar section if I remember correctly. I will see if I have a photo copy here at the lake. Bill Darnaby