This photo is from the Barringer Library, probably pre-1940: https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/12293135473/in/dateposted/ Notice the freight car to the left. It appears to

I used the 8K acid tank. Jim

Yes, please. I am a novice at such and need to build a depot!

Jim Which Tangent tank car frame did you use? Tim O'Connor

The videographers who shot the layout video are looking for other related videos from me. I have been doing SketchUp/3D printing clinics for a couple of years now at regional and national NMRA

That's one strategy. Another is to maintain an off-layout"stage" of extra cars and figure out how to randomize the use of all of the cars, so youdon't have the same cars all the time on the

Thanks George. No, the free version of SketchUp in still available. But they don’t make it easy to find it. Go to my website at www.yosemitevalleyrr.com and click on Clinics. My clinic

I would like to see a video for others can get started in 3d train modeling jack you know how can you post a you tube video? -- Thomas j Cataldo

Jack, What an amazing layout. The Scenery is outstanding. I was impressed that all the Structures appear to actually be on foundations or timbers. I can say that for your modeling of freight cars and

I had far too many freight cars when I finished building my layout. I measured each siding, including the yard tracks and figured out how many forty-foot cars would fit onto those tracks. Then I

Armand, Unless I am mistaken, you have a very nice collection of Rutland wheel reports / conductor’s books. So perhaps your problem is really one of “how do I selectively

Brian you da man

The Barringer Library has posted several interesting steam era freight car ACF builder photos in the past week, including ATMX 1000-series helium cars under construction in 1955, USN 100 twin hopper

Excellent summaries by Bruce Smith and by Nelson Moyer. I know people who are just starting to plan get overwhelmed by the variety of informations sources, but we really do know a great deal about how

Exactly, Tony. I try to be correct, but sometimes you see something and just have to have it. Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: STMFC List <STMFC@...> on behalf of STMFC List

BRIAN EHNI wrote: Brian cites the familiar "Rule No. 1" employed by many modelers. But as Tony Koester often says, if you hide behind Rule No. 1 all the time, you are confessing that you aren't

Armand; I did a large amount of research before coming up with my late PRR in the Monongahela River Valley car fleet. I looked over hundreds of photos, RR-generated class and type numbers, and what

Armand, What follows is the approach I am using for modeling June 1944 (that creates some important caveats due to the war and I note that they may make my decisions easier!) 1) First determine the

I used the 1953 ORER for my home road cars since I model that year. After looking at the totals, I moved the decimal point to the left until I achieved a reasonable number of each car type. This

Bill I am in your camp with this as long as the cars fall into my time period 50 to 53 that is fine if outside braced or double sheathed wooden boxcars even better i have to many wooden cars but I