I knew I forgot something!! I was wondering why everytime one of my plastic railroad employees would try to hop on that car, they would wind up with their face in the dirt!! I did put steps on the other ones though. When I made the walkways, I used .010" strip styrene. I laminated this to a strip of .020" styrene that was .020" narrower than the walkway. This way, you see the thin material and also have the strength of the unseen, thicker material. I mounted flat brass stock bent into steps to the thicker piece of styrene. As far as the wire grab, the one on the Bachmann car is fine as it is. On the old Atlas cars, I carefully scraped off the cast on ones. Where there was a mounting bracket, I slices the handrail on either side and then gouged out the center. I then drilled a #80 hole at these locations and installed a Gold Medal Models lift ring from their diesel loco set. I threaded the wire through the rings and bent them using the tank as a guide. Here is a pic of the handrail brackets.