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Coil Steel Magazine Articles
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  • "Coil Steel (And Related) Cars," David Casdorph. Model Railroading. Aug 97, 50-53.
    Proto overview of cars from various railroads.
    • CR 631651 G52V, CR built Quality, no model, 4-96
    • CR cradle photos

  • "Penn Central F50 Coil Car," James Kincaid. Mainline Modeler. Nov 96, 42-45.
    Detailed history of the F50 coil steel car, with diagrams. No model currently available. Two b&w photos of PC cars, and one b&w photo of a CR car.

  • "TTX Company's TTJX Coil Service Cars," James Panza. Railroad Model Craftsman. Aug 96, 83-89.
    Proto info and modeling of CR/Trinity/TTX joint project of cutting down a bulkend flatcar and using a CR 'cradle' to load the coil steel.
    • Various bw and color shots of the flatcars and cradles.

  • "Coil Cars," James Kinkaid. Mainline Modeler. Oct 96, 42-47.
    General proto info of cars and roster, plus schematic. CR predecessor roads only. Walthers (HO/N) model.
    • RDG 96168 FMt (later changed to GMt), b&w

  • "New Details And Hoods For HO Coil Cars," Dean Freytag. Railroad Model Craftsman. Oct 88, 87-90.
    Building curved hoods for the Walthers HO kit. Walthers produces these hoods in HO, but they cannot be purchased separately. They are included in some of the kits as the provided hoods.
    • CR 627121 w/CR curved and angled hoods, b&w





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    • CR (xPC) 123456 Z12 (neeRDG), a bogus car, b&w 3-87
    • Road (x=CR markings but original owner paint-out) Car# Class (nee=former owner before repainted CR), comments, b&w photo and date if available.

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