Step into the "wayback" machine friends! I need to confirm a detail about the original IMWX boxcar kits. When first released the initial offering was a square corner Dreadnaught end? And then

Kudos to Ray Brewer! Your 26 page write up on the Fowler is something special. It made me dig out my Westerfield Fowler kit and get back to work on it. Jim🚂😊

Bob,   I've seen 2 or 3 dozen attempts to simulate "load damage" on gondolas (and even a few on box cars) - using heat from something like a soldering iron.  I've never seen one that I considered

Currently on eBay are several NP lettering diagrams: tank car and express reefer for "fish loading only" ca. 1912. Bob Witt https://www.ebay.com/itm/302585464576?ul_noapp=true

Good afternoon group. Does any body know if Southwest Scale Productions is still in business. Their web site has been down for quite a while and I can't find any mention of their status. I'm

This photo is from the Confessions of a Train Geek blog (http://blog.traingeek.ca/) and illustrateswhat years of service does to a gondola: https://tinyurl.com/ydcfolyh My question is,

Hi Dave - I’d be happy to participate in your session. Dave Leider, our Soo Line Historical and Technical Society President, will also be at Cocoa Beach. I’m an Associate Editor for <the SOO>

Ray Breyer returns to the DesignBuildOp blog with a file ofprototype data covering the announced road names of the new Accurail 36-footFowler box car models. In addition to modeling tips, Ray included

On Mon, Jan 1, 2018 at 2:45 PM, Jared Harper <harperandbrown@...> wrote: I will be attending Prototype Rails in Cocoa Beach. Because of health issues I will be arriving Thursday afternoon and will

Cheers Tim Paul

Good tips and information, Don. Thanks for posting. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Begging the moderator's, and members, indulgence... Mike Brock has agreed to let a group of us meet after 10 PM Friday night to discuss opportunities for collaboration among railroad historical

Yes and no, fellows. Model railroad equipment can be scheduled the same way the jewelry, fine arts, cameras and firearms are often covered if you want the best insurance for them. I suspect that at

obviously misspelled - train not trains

Thanks for the link. I love the roof on the B&O box almost directly across from the SOO flat. It probably didn’t last much longer after the war. Deferred maintenance took its toll. Chuck

Apologies for dragging this out. A few years ago we developed a clinic on Estate Planning for Model Railroaders, and I ended up giving it at several conventions, including the National here in

Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the STMFC group. File : /_ESTATE PLANNING HANDOUT alt.doc Uploaded by :

Railroad Prototype Modelers-Valley Forge 2018 Is coming up soon, March 23-25, 2018. The location is the same great one as in the past, The Desmond Hotel in Malvern, PA.(about 20 miles west of

https://www.ebay.com/itm/112728501062?ul_noapp=true I see a couple easy repairs I need to do to this model. I'm running out of freights to part with.... Thanks for looking, Clark Propst

CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED Thanks, Gary! The PRR gon at near left is a G27. The giveaway is the three shorter ribs between two full depth ribs at each end of the fishbelly. Thanks again for