Hello group, Are the new Accurail 41' 6" gondolas a good starting point to model or do I need to make major modifications? Also can anyone provide a photo? I have the Frisco book from Morning sun but it doesn't include the 41' 6" gondolas. Thanks in advance for any help on this matter. Larry
Larry, My view. I don't think the Accurail gondola works for the Frisco, much as I would like it to. Accurail has produced a neat model from the reviews I've read. I have not seen one yet. The Accurail car is an eleven-panel, ten-rib, 41'6" gondola. A quick review of my Frisco gondola car diagrams, 1919-1971, shows the SLSF had no such gondola configuration. The diagram book came from the former Frisco Museum in Springfield some time ago, Get the Proto 1000 and/or InterMountain USRA composite gondola model if you want a car of this length that the Frisco actually rostered. I notice Accurail is going to do this car in a Frisco version anyway. Not unusual. Accurail has taken many of their prior models, well done though they are, beyond the limits of prototype reality. Not a problem as long as you understand it. Ken