Hello Clark, really nice looking model, no doubt, but please allow a question: -are you sure the brake rod orientation is correct? What I can see is an "ordinary" AB system, and the brake rods

Steve Thank you for sharing. Paul Doggett. England

I have placed some photos from Cocoa Beach 2020 in an album on Flickr at https://www.flickr.com/photos/116454307@N06/albums/72157712745510706 Hopefully they are representative of the terrific variety

In case no one replied. He’s on the MFCL list and a few others. Curt Fortenberry

Looking at the photo closer, it appears to be a heavy paper liner.

Thanks for the photos, Garth. Very interesting. Yes, David is correct. The RF&P’s small fleet of sand hoppers were used for transporting locomotive sand between the Kyanite source mine in Dillwyn,

Nice photos Bob. Thanks for a great tidbit of info regarding an alternate use of stock cars. Regarding shipping empty cans in stock cars, its seems unlikely but I’d never say never. As you can

I believe Trout Creek took over the brass parts from the old Tomalco line. they had some. Curt Fortenberry

I just dug out my “Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac in Color” and there’s an almost square on shot of RF&P 14 on page 124.

Photo: LV Boxcar 72286 Circa 1905 photo: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2016804745/ Click on one of the "View Larger" tabs to see this car in detail. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Photo: Unloading Fruit From A Livestock Car Circa 1920 photo of another use for a livestock car: https://calisphere.org/item/6b72bf20ae08e9ac37dc6518e2fdb783/ Caption: "Workers from Richmond-Chase

Didn't someone on Shapeways make those? A suggestion - if you solder .012 wire into .015 cored tees, the solder will tend to center the wires. Then you could proceed to bend, trim, etc? Steve

Hi Bill, I don't know of any reference to mineral red running boards on vermilion cars. The mineral red trucks and underbody go with vermilion schemes with billboard Empire Builder and slant serif

Anybody have the E Mail address for Jim Eager, Toronto, Jim is a great inter modal expert from ins inception. Bill McCoy, Jax

Mike Bradley and Jim Six had an article on building B&LE two-bay hoppers using the Athearn offset side hopper and MDC trucks. It was in the July 1990 Model Railroading.

Hi Steffan, Thanks. Did the mineral red trucks, running board and under body apply on both the Empire Builder and later billboard Great Northern lettering schemes? Thanks for your help. Bill McCoy

RF&P 16 was one of series 11-18, conversions of the series 7001-7062 70-ton twin hoppers RF&P bought secondhand from B&LE in 1972 to replace its steam-era hopper fleet. David Thompson

It seems to me that Utah Pacific once made these in brass, but not cored. - Tom

Yes a really nice job Lester. Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Great work, Lester! That's a neat tip on casting a tank car dome. Thanks for sharing! Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN