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Class GS Supplement

Follow-up article showing some of the model photos for the November, 2003 article.

Modeling the Pennsylvania Railroad's Box Car Fleet Part 8

This installment covers modeling the PRR's X26c using the Sunshine resin kit. Includes model and prototype photos, service information,

Modeling the Pennsylvania Railroad's Box Car Fleet Part 9

Discusses the PRR's X37b class using the Sunshine resin kit. Includes a full description of the prototype, with photos of the prototype and the model.

Modeling The Pennsylvania Railroad's Flat Car Fleet Part 8

This installment covers the F31 and F31A classes. Contains extensive prototype history, some prototype and model photos, and scale diagram.

Modeling the Pennsylvania Railroad's Gondola Fleet Part 1

This introductory installment of the in-depth series of articles covering the PRR's large fleet of gondola includes historical information, a break-down of all the gondola classes, and several photos of models.

Modeling the Pennsylvania Railroad's Gondola Fleet Part 2

This installment covers the GR and three-foot longer GRa. These were created around the 1900s and most were retired by the 1950s. It was essentially a flat car with wooden side extensions. Includes model photos, original scale drawing, and complete description of the construction of the Funaro & Camerlengo resin kit. The GRa model is built from a Westerfield kit.

Modeling the Pennsylvania Railroad's Gondola Fleet Part 2

This installment covers the PRR's GR and GRa classes of gondolas. Several HO-scale models are mentioned as possible models, but the Funaro & Camerlengo resin kit is the one used in this article. F&C also made an S-scale model of this kit. Includes many construction photos.

Modeling the Pennsylvania Railroad's Gondola Fleet Part 3

This installment covers the class GS and GSh, which were built between 1902 and 1909 and retired into the 1940s and 1950s. They were short (40-ft) cars. The article describes how the author modeled these cars using HO-scale resin kits from several manufacturers.

Modeling the Pennsylvania Railroad's Gondola Fleet Part 4

This installment covers the G22 class (including various sub-classes) of these 46-foot gondolas.

Modeling the Pennsylvania Railroad's Gondola Fleet Part 5

This installment covers the G24 class, which includes prototype photos and drawings and model photos of the PSC HO-scale model.

Modeling the Pennsylvania Railroad's Gondola Fleet Part 6

This installment covers the G25 class of gondolas. Includes prototype information, a diagram, and one photo. The rest of the article reviews the Westerfield and Walthers models and what the author did to improve them.

Modeling the Pennsylvania Railroad's Gondola Fleet Part 7

This installment covers the G26 class gondolas, the first of the 65-foot long ones. After a good-sized historical account of this class of car, the author describes his building of the Eastern Car Works HO-scale kit.

More 2008 Annual Meeting Model Photos

Photos of several contest and non-contest models.

Pennsylvania Railroad Gondolas - A Modeling Summary

A tabular listing of all the PRR classes and subclasses of gondola's and which kits or R-T-R cars are available to the modeler. Covers only HO and O-scales.

Some Memories of Al Buchan

The author recalls his first meeting with Al.

Weathering Open-Top Cars Part 1

Making our models look more realistic by using various techniques to show their age.

You Have To Have Guts to Model a Car of Offal

How to model a car that hauls butchered animal waste.