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St. Louis Car Company Cabooses (11 pages, Washington University Collection

While most well known for their street cars and passenger cars, the St. Louis Car Company also built more than 350 cabooses for Class 1 railroads. This photo essay displays excellent builder's photos of these cabooses. A roster and sample diagrams are also provided.

Santa Fe 4-6-2 Pacifics (20 pages, by Richard Hendrickson

The Santa Fe operated a sizable fleet of 4-6-2 Pacifics of the 1309, 1337, 3500, and 3600 Classes. This outstanding article by Richard Hendrickson discusses the history of these locomotives including variations and later modifications made to them. A total of 29 excellent photographs pictorially documents this piece of Santa Fe history.

Modeling Plan 3410 12-1 Pullman Cars (11 pages, by Pat Wider

The most common of all the heavyweight sleeping cars was the Plan 3410 series 12 Section, 1 Drawing Room Pullman sleeping car. In the first part of this series of articles on Pullman heavyweight cars, the body of the Riverossi HO scale model is prepared for all the underbody work and final assembly that will be completed in Volume 2. The article provides information on the various air conditioning systems used on these cars as well as six pages of valuable data that helps put these cars into perspective.

Riveted 40' PS-1 Box Cars (11 pages, by Pat Wider and Ed Hawkins

Pullman-Standard manufactured more than 5,500 PS-1 40' box cars with 6-foot doors and riveted side panels. The article provides a roster and ten photographs of prototype cars including numerous cars built for Chicago and North Western. Also, two models are shown that were fabricated from parts of three InterMountain Railway kits. The end result of this relatively easy kitbash is a highly authentic scale model.

Missouri Pacific Stockyard (11 pages, by Charles Duckworth

Stockyards were commonly found along the right of way during the 1930s through the 1950s and were an important part of railroad revenue during this period. This article gives an interesting account of shipping livestock by rail along with a fabulous model of a small Missouri Pacific stockyard in HO scale. A complete set of plans is provided along with pertinent information for modeling a stockyard.

Frisco's Howe Truss Box Cars (12 pages, by Joe Pennington

The mainstay of Frisco's rolling stock fleet was the 40' Howe Truss box car. In all, 6,500 cars of this design were built from 1926 through 1930. In April 1960, some 4,535 cars were still in service. The article covers the the history of the cars including the steel rebuilding program that began in 1953. These distinctive prototype cars can be accurately modeled using kits made by Sunshine Models.

1935 AAR Twin Hoppers, Part 1 (15 pages, by Ed Hawkins

The ubiquitous workhorse of the coal hauling roads, the 33' inside length offset hopper was truly a common car. The article discusses the features and the differences of the 50-ton AAR Standard and Alternate Standard designs as well as one nonstandard design used mainly by Illinois Central. Numerous photographs are presented as well as a four page roster of approximately 127,000 cars built from 1934 to 1960.

RP CYC Publishing, 'leatherette' soft cover, 96 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., enameled paper. Retail Price $20.95.
Price: 17.50 USD

BR & BS Express Refrigerator Cars (77 pages, by Pat Wider

Express refrigerator cars were a major facet of railroad history and were an important part of passenger train consists into the 1960s. We have devoted 77 pages to this subject with history, data, photos, and a 3-page roster of these interesting and sometimes unique cars. More than 90 builder's and in-service photos, 36 of which are color, display many painting and lettering schemes. We have additional photos and supplemental information on express refrigerator cars that will be combined with additional express box cars (see Volume 6) that are planned for inclusion in Volume 8.

EMD F3 Phase III Diesel Locomotives (7 pages, by Ed Hawkins

This is the third in a series of Electro-Motive Division F3 Diesel locomotive articles. This particular group was identified by the introduction of horizontal louvers between the two side portholes on the A-units and chicken wire along the top row of air intakes. This F3 model has been dubbed Phase III by the railroad press and modeling community. A detailed roster is presented that specifies various items such as the use of dynamic brakes, steam generation equipment, headlight configuration, type of pilot, and style of number boards. Examples of the production locomotives are illustrated with EMD builder's and in-service photos.

AC&F Type 27 10,500-Gallon ICC-105A Propane Tank Cars (21 pages, including table on back inside cover, by Ed Hawkins

In the late 1920s the propane industry was in its infancy and by the mid-1930s had grown in prominence. Purpose-specific tank cars were built to support the increased demand for the transportation of propane. AC&F built more than 500 Type 27 10,500-gallon tank cars from 1929 to early 1946 having the same general dimensions and configuration. The cars had many variations that are described plus a total of 32 photos and plans of these important cars in railroad history.

RP CYC Publications, 'leatherette' soft cover, 104 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., enameled paper. Retail price $24.95.
Price: 21.00 USD

B&O Wagon-Top Box Cars (25 pages), by Pat Wider

The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad's signature box car was noted for its unique design and appearance. The article includes historical information about the origin of the cars as rebuilt class M-15 box cars plus other cars built new (class M-53) during the late 1930s and early 1940s. Shown are numerous builder's and in-service photos plus several brass and cast urethane models in HO scale of these distinctive box cars.

Pullman-Standard Compartmentizers (18 pages), by Pat Wider

During the 1930s through 1940s, railroads were constantly battling the financial impact of the high cost of damaged lading. One builder's solution to the problem was the Compartmentizer, first offered by Pullman-Standard in the early 1950s. The article discusses the problems caused by damaged freight with a description and photos of Pullman-Standard's interior arrangement of movable partitions to help keep lading from being damaged during transit. Shown are numerous photographs of freight cars equipped with Compartmentizers, all having Compartmentizer stencils on the car sides.

A.A.R. 50-ton Hopper Cars Part 5 (17 pages, by Ed Hawkins

Continuing the series of 1935 A.A.R. twin offset-side hopper cars produced for 25 years (1936 to 1960), this edition presents cars of this type built for Midwestern roads. Examples include A.A.R. Standard and Alternate Standard cars as well as non-standard cars having 33' inside length. Representative builder's and in-service photos are shown of the numerous Midwestern roads owning cars of this general description.

Express Refrigerator Cars-Addendum (26 pages, by Pat Wider

In Volume 7 we presented 77 pages of coverage on the interesting and important subject in railroad history of express refrigerator cars. Since that time we located a substantial number of additional photographs of these ubiquitous cars, some of which are very rare. Also included are several line drawings of express refrigerator cars, including the omnipresent Pennsylvania Railroad R-50b.

EMD F3 Phase IV Diesel Locomotives (18 pages+back inside cover used for roster, by Ed Hawkins

This is the fourth in a series of Electro-Motive Division F3 Diesel locomotive articles. This particular group was identified by the introduction of horizontal grilles along the top row of air intakes. This F3 model has been dubbed Phase IV by the modeling community. A detailed roster is presented that specifies various items such as the use of dynamic brakes, steam generation equipment, headlight configuration, type of pilot, and style of number boards. Examples of the production locomotives are illustrated with EMD builder's and in-service photos.

RP CYC Publications, 'leatherette' soft cover, 104 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., enameled paper. Retail Price $24.95.
Price: 21.00 USD

Six Pullman Lightweight Passenger Cars, by Pat Wider

Presented in Volume 11 are four selected groups of Pullman lightweight streamline passenger cars, two of which had specific variations to make six unique arrangements. The four main groups discussed include selected Pullman-Standard 10-5, Pullman-Standard 6-6-4, Pullman-Standard 4-4-2, and Budd 10-6 sleeping cars. The prototype versions match, to an extent, HO-scale models available from Walthers. But by no means are the contents limited to these specific configurations. Included in this volume is information that applies to virtually all lightweight sleeping cars with comprehensive attention paid to the underbody equipment. There are summaries and detailed descriptions, photos, illustrations, diagrams, and tables of Pullman's sleeping car accommodations, materials used to construct lightweight cars, electrical systems, air-conditioning systems, heating systems, braking systems, trucks, hand brakes, draft gear and couplers, steam connections, as well as a few other miscellaneous topics. Numerous builders' photos and in-service photos are provided to show the various railroads operating these cars. A substantial number of builders' photos are printed landscape format on the page for maximum size and visibility of detail. Several pages are devoted to the Walthers models with color photos and descriptions of the many positive aspects of the models as well as areas where modifications are necessary for a more accurate rendering.

We apologize for an error made in the text on page 107, which leads the reader to believe that D&G Models may be out of business. Jim Gerstley has notified us that D&G Models is still very much in business. We hope our readers will take stock of the excellent HO-scale passenger car trucks that continue to be available from D&G Models.

RP CYC Publications, 'leatherette' soft cover, 112 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., enameled paper. Retail Price $24.95.
Price: 21.00 USD

Milwaukee Ribbed-Side Box and Automobile Cars (75 pages)

The extensive material includes plans, photographs, and a roster of Milwaukee Road ribbed-side 40 ’ & 50 ’ box and automobile cars that were designed and patented by the railroad ’s Car Department Superintendent, Karl Nystrom. discussed are the cars ’ many variations implemented during their period of construction (1937-1949).

Seaboard Air Line Turtle-Back Cars (13 pages)

The article describes and illustrates the several classes of Turtle-Back (round-roof) box and automobile cars built by Pullman-Standard for the Seaboard Air Line from 1940 to 1942.

CB&Q All-Steel Automobile Cars (13 pages)

Part two of the article on CB&Q automobile cars continues from where the previous article left off. The final part covers the all-steel automobile cars built by the railroad from 1941 to 1946 and it includes several diagrams and numerous photographs of these cars.

A.A.R. Twin Offset Hopper Cars: Western Roads (3 pages)

RP Cyc continues the series on the A.A.R. twin offset hopper cars by discussing and illustrating the cars owned by the Santa Fe and Northern Pacific railroads.

RP Cyc Publishing, soft cover, 104 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., 165 b&w and color photographs and illustrations. List price $24.95.
Price: 21.00 USD