Frank is headed out with his family for a few weeks. Resin Car Works shipments will resume in early March. He has received several recent orders but castings won’t arrive until he returns from vacation.
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New RCW kits are coming soon as winter turns to spring. Expect tank cars (yes, that is plural!) and another steel gondola.
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L&N Coal Gondola!
Well, it looks like someone has checked older blog posts! – Eric H.
I agree with DAniel
Sure looks like Escanaba & Lake Superior 5025-5033 (odd nos.), 42′ IL, 9’5″ IW, 4’8″ IH, but quantity and built date (05-1949) hardly align with your hints! Looking forward to this one and the smallish tank car.
Have a great time with family on vacation
Hi Eric,
Is that Gon a W&LE?
Not W&LE, John. They had ten side stakes, like the Accurail model. The upcoming model has eight side stakes and was owned by a large regional railroad running east of the Mississippi. – Eric H.
I have a picture of a E&LS gon with eight braces and the proper end.
Blt. 5-49. Been looking for this type of gon. All the other mfg’s have one more
Or one less brace.
9 panels looks NYC – if they offer the fishbelly rebuilds I’m in for a couple.
I too would love the numerous NYC gons but I don’t think the ends are right for NYC and it was definitely larger than a regional road.
For some reason I’m thinking something like NKP, Wabash or P&WV.
Brian, it might be close to a prototype from one of those roads, but it’s not the primary prototype. – Eric H.
Somebody should be able to sleuth which road(s) owned that gon. I am clueless.
To add to the puzzle, the prototype has been mentioned in a previous blog post here. They installed a few thousand of this car design in the 1920s. – Eric H.
As in multiple choice tests, one should always go with first guess: NC&StL!
Not an NC car. – Eric H.
Is it an Erie 44000,/37000 series?
Not an Erie car. – Eric H.