Don, Do you have a copy of David F. Myrick's RAILROADS OF NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA, v. 2? If not, it should be required reading. Both the LA&SL and the Pioche railroads are

The book does have a nice assortment of hopper pics over the years. Teens and 20s cars looked like

By the last years of the O&W the hopper fleet was less than exciting for photographers... photos I've seen show battered steel twins poorly re-stenciled simply OW and the number, with no other

Are there any free pictures of O&W hoppers on the internet? Are there many 1940s era pictures of freight cars in "Hard Coal & Coal Cars"? Ed Mines

​Group: I recall seeing photos of a Leheigh Valley steel box car having an IH of 10' 0", diagonal panel roof, and possibly 3/4 IDE ends, not sure about that. In any case, does anyone have a JPEG

The countryside is beautiful in the Wartrace area. My route would be through Nolensville and a stop at the Amish Grocery (on the left going away from N'ville) and put together a Picnic lunch. I

Just be sure to check the Tennessee Central hobby shop website for their hours. I just checked and they are only open on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday for a few hours. Allen Cain

To echo what Mr. Mercante wrote, there really isn't "must visit" model railroad friendly hobby shops in the Nashville, TN area besides the one at the Tennessee Central Railway Museum. The museum's

I've been doing some newspaper research about the Pioche mining district in southern Nevada, which was connected to the rest of the world by LA&SL's 32-mile Pioche Branch from Caliente. From Caliente,

Dear Ben, The B50-15 is Sunshine #38.9 and the B50-13 is their #17.3. Sorry for the omission. Bill Welch

Bill: I just received my copy of Ted's PRM Vol. 3. I really enjoyed both of the articles that you authored and have not read Bob Chapman's article yet I have one question for you. What kit did you

Looks like I have plenty lines to "erase". These are Red Caboose RTR cars that are lettered "as built", they may need to be renumbered too. Thanks, David

Well, perhaps at some point this thread [ Random thoughts...] did have some discussion about steam era freight cars and while a few times it wandered into areas definitely out of scope [ business

TJ, The only model railroad friendly hobby shop in Nashville and its immediate surroundings is at the Tennessee Centrail Railway Museum in Nashville. There is a smallish but well stocked store in

In another Yahoo group, they are discussing ways to bring in new modelers. They inspired me to come up with a display that starts from the basic level and ends with the completed models along with

All five of my Grandson's have trains and I have made sure of that. Tim andI belong to a Facebook group that would send the "old man's hobby" statsin the round file as we are definitely the minority

Tim wondered: I watched a Netflix documentary today on 3-D printing, and I wondered -- Who will produce the first 3-D copier? I mean, you just put the car (or 1:1 part) into the copier and out pops a

Tim wondered: I watched a Netflix documentary today on 3-D printing, and I wondered -- Who will produce the first 3-D copier? I mean, you just put the car (or 1:1 part) into the copier and out pops a

Looking for 500-sellers in the resin biz I would first check with Al Westerfield. That his kits were distributed by Walthers and were a stock item in the hobby shop heyday before the names like

Are there any "must visit" model railroad friendly hobby shops in the Nashville, TN area? Thanks- TJ TJ Stratton Maumee, OH."Modeling the 1950's branch lines of the Michigan Central Railroad in