Swift's early mechanical reefers were in the red scheme with white eves, like the ice reefers. Brad Smith Sent from Brad's iPod

Joel, How about breaking this out into a bit more coherent set of questions... 1) Did mechanical refrigerator cars exits in the era of this list (pre-1960) The answer to that one would be yes, so

In addition to the various kits and r-t-r plastic models, there are several brass models of the NYC standard caboose. LMB offered the first one many years ago. More recent models have come from

As Ray said American Model Builders has a laser cut kit of the 19000. See my article in the 1st Quarter 2015 NYCentral Modeler, about building the AMB kit.

I've been interested in this thread, being the possessor of all published issues of MM. I realize many don't know, or have forgotten, that Bob Hundman explicitly began by recognizing both the

I’m missing two just issues (I suspect one wasn’t actually published and the other is just some date in from the late years that I havn’t yet found). The scratch building techniques are

Joel, Which cars? If you are asking about mechanical reefers in general, then absolutely. I'm sure somebody here will cite experimental cars from way back, but in general, they began to

I replied directly to Mak's question on the relavalance of Mainline Modeler in today's world. I wanted to share with him photos of a model that I did in the 70's to one that was recently completed.

Ben- This is true of most if not all published plans…..including railroad and manufacturer general arrangement drawings, no matter how well presented. Way back in the beginning of my careers I

I asked the Chessie Shop if they would post a sample to view the quality. They said they would but I'm not seeing it just yet. They did send me a sample PDF so it's available. If interested I would

Ray Breyer wrote: "One caveat: while prolific, the plans in Mainline Modeler are generally good, but almost always suspect in some way. It's OK to use them as a general guide for modeling work, but!

We have the AMB kits in Plywood & Scribed side in the NYCSHS Collinwood Shop. Welcome to NYCSHS - The Collinwood Shop 20% discount for NYCSHS members. Welcome

>I was not in the hobby during the 25 years of Mainline Modeler so I only have a passing understand of the content and its value. >So with the C&O Historical Society offering the complete works on

Charlie raises an important point about the quality of model magazine scans. I’m disappointed that the MR DVD scans are such low resolution that printed text is fuzzy (pixilated). I would consider

Mark- As a consultant to the Model Railroad Industry, Mainline Modeler is one of the go-to periodicals I use as a reference. If I did not have a complete print run of the magazine I would certainly

Ive got 2 questions on this type of car,would they fit within the steam era guide lines and if not then PLEASE ignore this question and if they do who offers a HO(either kit or RTR)for these

Well done Al. Great to see new contributors to this valuable Blog Bill Welch

The AMB laserkit cabooses are exquisite. Gloorcraft also had a Qualitycraft-like kit for these cars (wood & castings) and I think a hobby shop in Buffalo had an earlier version of this kit. If I'm

I was not in the hobby during the 25 years of Mainline Modeler so I only have a passing understand of the content and its value. So with the C&O Historical Society offering the complete works on DVD

People tend to forget that AMB has the largest selection of caboose models in HO scale: http://www.laserkit.com/laserkit.htm That includes a 19000-series NYC caboose. Ray Breyer Elgin, IL