Steve, Nice list, but you forgot that UTLX bought 500 welded ACF 10K cars in 1951, their series 39000-39499. Richard Hendrickson identified the often-lamented Red Caboose model as a suitable

Here's a more detailed pic of the car/tank in question Fred Jansz

Bruce Thank you, but my friend was looking for it in Louisiana it was a very short short line he had a photo which said Louisiana but as he has lived in Louisiana for 70 years he thought the photo

Brian, The link to the MRH Guide is https://www.testors.com/~/media/DigitalEncyclopedia/Documents/Testors/ebook/MRH-Acrylic-painting-guide-post-Floquil-Portrait.ashx My original post was

Jim, Yes, the MRH guide (link below) is a great start. I am hoping to add to it as it has limited specifics that so many on this list might want to know. For example PRR FCC would be important for

I was not. I tried searching for it and I found discussion in forums but no actual chart. Can someone post a link. Brian J. Carlson

I assume you're aware of MRHs color matching table. I don't have a good eye for color and I use exclusively Vallejo. I use MRHs table when people say they used other brands. Not every color is matched

Intermountain isn't the only miscreant. I had the same problem with a purple RI E6 from BLI. Not even close to RI maroon. Then there are the six shades of CB&Q gray from Walthers (three different

Friends, A while back I posted some photos of my Vallejo paint samples. I have continued to add more colors to my palette. My goal is to be able to use these paints on my B&O freight cars and of

I think it might be an old SP O-50-4 fuel oil car from about 1905,those were large (12,000 gal) and both the small dome and the "fore and aft" elbow safety valves would fit. I also think it is a

I have purchased many sets in O and remain pleased. I have also found the owner very receptive to ideas for new sets. I encourage you to support him and offer suggestions. Brad Andonian Seattle

I suspect that I have done this exercise a time or two before. There is much more detail in the UTLX book. Personally, I am drawn to model 1952, so it is good to have both the UTLX record and the

Ben; Those facts are correct, and folks have stopped arguing about it. I did the research. They didn’t generally get switched around, but in rebuilds, like when they rebuilt X26C to X26F,

Guys; In that timeframe, GATX and UTLX had fleets numbering ~50-55k, both the largest on the roads. SHPX was a distant third, then NATX. We had been hurting for GATC prototypes before Dave

Hi Tom, I think this tank car body is from an insulated pressure tank car. The 'dome' is pretty small for a tank of this size, and pressure cars (Athearn 'chemical' tank car and offerings by Atlas

Not new, but I can't speak to what might have happened in later years. The CV's 1929 cars were all XAs, only nominally similar to the CN cars because of the Dreadnaught ends, but with much narrower

After receiving a purple Chateau Martin wine car, instead of the magenta they actually used, I want to lay eyes on anything coming from Intermountain. I will not pre-order anything except undecorated

All the more reason to avoid Intermountain RTR and build resin, where you paint it yourself. Let the unwashed masses support their business model. Nelson Moyer

Did the Central Vermont receive any of Canadian National's 1929 boxcars with OB sides and Dreadnaught ends? Thanks, George Courtney

Lars, Thanks! Roger Huber Deer Creek Locomotive Works