Hello friends, I have one each of these cars: Accurail HO #2807 (55 Ton Pnl/side Twin Hopper) GTW Accurail HO #2807 (55 Ton Pnl/side Twin Hopper) GTW Accurail HO

I found a picture of a tank car I have not previously seen in the book "The Lehigh Valley Railroad, A Photo Album" by Ken Kraemer. I have placed the photo in the files section. It was taken at Sayre

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I have found a Nov 1939 Ron

Thanks to Ted Culotta and FoFC 6 it looks like the Rr-20 class of dry ice reefers actually has seven doors, four on the R side and three on the L. I am not sure if there was a longitudinal partition

That’s a lot of layout in a short time Gary. Really something! ClarkPropst Mason City Iowa

I I get asked why I model the Alma branch? Are you from Kansas? Do you have family there? Did you have family who worked for the railroad? I have to say, no, no, no and then I have to go through a

It looks as if it does have ATSF heritage in the form of an Fe-25 class, but with a raised roof? Interesting photo though. Bill Dale

Does this seem like an ex-D&RGW box car? I would have guessed it as an ATSF rebuild. http://www.ebay.com/itm/112156990148 Tim O'Connor

The Golden Years of steam and the freight cars we seek. Mansell Peter Hambly COQUITLAM, B.C/

I did a slide show today for the Sierra Division/NMRA to show the progress being made on my 1926 layout. This was an easier way to share without having everyone do a two hour round trip from

1926 was the year of completion of the Natron Cutoff on the Shasta Division of Southern Pacific. Originally I was modeling Dunsmuir to Weed and wanted to model just before the line was completed.

Claus – Years ago when so few period cars were available I chose 1924 toallow me to use X-29 box cars from Train Miniature. More than half myfleet were TM, all the same length and height, mixed

Somehow Paul, I suspect you answer thatquestion many, many more times than I answer why I model 1926. Eric Eric Hansmann El Paso, TX

Claus, Long ago I had considered 1929, too. But manytimber operations closer to Elkins, WV, were done by then, as were acouple of large coke operations. Coal was strong but I was looking for more

Tony Thompson wrote: Eric, your classic answer would be, "Why notmodel 1926?" Yes indeed, that would be a classic. Butafter the chuckling dies down, the questioner would still want

Eric At least you only have explain they year. I have to explain why American!!!. 😆😆😆 Paul Doggett UK Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android

Hi Eric and List Members, Thanks Eric for your fascinating write-up. I elected to model 1929, onlythree years ‘into the future’ from your era. This decision was mostly arrived atby my love of

Eric Hansmann wrote: Eric, your classic answer would be, "Why not model 1926?" Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

A frequent question in emails and person conversations askswhy I model 1926. It's not easy to answer as there are many differentcomponents that attract my interest. The latest DesignBuildOp blog post