NEB&W Guide to Freight Cars - Table of ContentsLast Update: 2009-03-23
The following represents material from our Steam Era Freight Car Guide, with revised material for all eras (so it is no longer steam-era only).
- Introduction & Overview
- Paint Schemes (& Overview)
- Box Cars
- Stock Cars
- Reefers
- Flat Cars
- Gons
- Hoppers
- Ore Cars
- Covered Hoppers
- Tank Cars
- MOW
- Cabooses
- Parts
- Weathering/Color Photo Gallery
- Passenger Cars
- Manufacturers Rolling Stock Models Guide
- Balancing a Roster
- Misc.
- Locos
- D&H Rolling Stock
- Rutland Rolling Stock
- NEB&W Rolling Stock
Introduction & Overview
- Introduction
- Choosing Your Next Freight Car
- Types of Kits
- Manufacturers
- Manufacturers Kit Guide
- Appeal of Steam-Era
- General Freight Car Evolution
- Steam-Era Studies
- References
- Photo Sources
- The Prototype Car Builders
- Balancing A Roster
Introduction
- Organization of This Material
- Our Green Dot/Tan Dot System
- Remove Those Claws, Etc.
- Decaling Onto Bare plastic
- Trees Versus Forest
- How To Use This Guide
- Car Totals
- Preface
Choosing Your Next Freight Car
- Balance
- Cutoff Dates
- The Pickle Car Syndrome
- Era-Specific Only When Watched
Types of Kits
- Wood Craftsman Kits
- Soft-Metal Kits
- Styrene Kits
- Cast-Resin Kits
- Brass
- Pricing
- Generic Kits
- Future Kits
Manufacturers
- Accurail
- AHM
- Athearn
- Bowser
- Funaro & Camerlengo
- Gould
- IMWX
- Kirlin Scale Models
- Life-Like
- Lionel
- Mantua
- Model Die Casting
- Red Ball
- NEB&W Green Dot Models
- Revell
- Sunshine Models
- Tichy
- Tyco
- Ulrich
- Varney
- Walthers
- Westerfield
- Yankee Clipper
Appeal of Steam-Era
General Freight Car Evolution
- Standardization
- The All-Purpose Car
- Welding
- Second Hand Rose
Steam-Era Studies
- Purpose
- What Is Meant by "Steam-Era?"
- Hunting-Gathering
- Agricultural
- Industrial Revolution
- Post-Industrial
- Steam-Era
- Why Railroading?
- Why Model Railroading
- Why This Area?
- Why Now
- Why At Rensselaer
References
- Allen Stanley
- American Railway Car Institute
- Andover Junction
- Big Four Graphics
- Bob's Photos
- CDS Lettering, Inc.
- C&O Historical Society
- Carstens
- Century Valley Railroad Publications
- Champion Decal Co
- Charles Winters
- Erie-Lackawanna Historical Society
- GATC Corporation
- Golden West Books
- ED Crist, Inc.
- H&M Publications
- Heimburger House Publishing
- Howard Ameling
- Hundman Publishing
- John Hopkins University Press
- Kalmbach Publishing Co
- M.D. McCarter Photos
- Metcalfe Publication
- Morning Sun Books, Inc
- New York Central Historical Society
- Newton Gregg
- Phoenix
- Prentice-Hall, Inc
- R.W. Nimke
- Railmodel Journal
- Rocky Mountain Publishing, Co.
- Ron's Books
- Santa Fe Modelers Organizaton, Inc.
- Simmons-Boardman
- Society of Freight Car Historians
- Walthers
- Wayner Publications
Photo Sources
The Car Builders
- Aluminum Company of America
- American Car & Foundry Company
- American Car Company
- Baltimore Car & Foundry
- Barney & Smith Car Company
- Bettendorf Company, The
- Bethlehem Steel Company
- Brill Company, The J.G.
- Buffalo Steel Car Company
- Cambria Steel Company
- Canadian Car & Foundry Co., Ltd.
- Chicago Steel Car Company
- Clark Car Company
- Eastern Car Company, Limited
- Enterprise Railway Equipment Co.
- General American Car Company
- General Steel Castings Corporation
- Greenville Steel Car Company
- Gregg Company, Limited
- Illinois Car & Manufacturing Co.
- Laconia Car Company
- Mago Car Corporation
- Mather Stock Car
- Merchants Despatch Trans. Co.
- Mount Vernon Car Manufacturing Co.
- Middletown Car Company
- National Steel Car Corporation
- Newport News Shipbldg Co.
- Osgood-Bradley
- Pacific Car & Foundry Company
- Pennsylvania Car Company
- Pressed Steel Car Company
- Pullman
- Ralston Steel Car Company
- Richmond Car Works
- Ryan Car Company
- St. Louis Car Company
- Standard Steel
- Tennessee Coal, Iron, & Railroad
- Thrall Car Manufacturing Company
- Western Steel Car & Foundry Co.
- Youngstown Steel Car Company
Balancing A Roster
- 1874
- 1888
- 1900
- 1936
- Percent Of National Fleet By Type & Age 1947
- 1948
- 1949
- Size of Railroads 1949
- Railroads' Major Car Fleets 1949 - A Detailed Breakdown
- Railroads' House Car Fleet by Length 1949
- 1960
Misc.