I have Soo Line "sawtooth" Box Car, 39826, a Speedwitch Media kit out of the paint shop. I have posted photos and writeup including part details, matching paint, etc. on my blog I started to share

Per SPFC Vol 4... pages 351-352; Completed Feb. 8, 1955... converted from B-50-30 #109776. In service through the at least the early 1960s... -------------------- Richard Brennan - San Leandro

First, let me start by saying that the search function works, and works well, on groups.io. I've successfully done some homework in the archives before asking this question! Micro-Trains has

Hello Jack, that was nice to watch, many thanks. I am still far away from having such a complete modeling/ hobby room with all the necessary tools, but I am working on that :-) Johannes

Sure isl looking good sitting on that frame. George Toman

Ugh, I could not find my little razor blade shaped saw blades and handle so I drilled many holes all the way around the perimeter and then enlarged the until it started to break away, then carved the

Bill: What cutting tools did you use for the floor removal? Gary Laakso Northwest of Mike Brock

Managed to cut away the floor on the IM body w/o any major drama. Nice to see the superstructure sitting on the underframe but not glued as yet. Bill Welch

Bill check your SPAM folder/ settings. Group.io is so unusual as a domain/ top level/ country domain it trips many ISPs filters- including MSnoft settings. Follow the instructions in the email to

The same videographer who produced the video on my Yosemite Valley Railroad layout last June asked me to do a series about model railroading. The first one is on organization and how to make the most

A quick summary of upcoming RPM events has been posted to the DesignBuildOp blog. The RPM Event Calendar has also been updated so you can make plans or the months ahead. Check it

Interesting to note the lettering that went on top of the silver paint is still in very good shape. Which implies it was not a preparation problem. Jim

Folks, Sometimes a person needs help with RealSTMFC. They might have questions about subscribing, or problems with their account, or perhaps they are having troubles with another

This was actually a two part process... the pink boxcars tend to date from the late fifties (just within the time frame covered by this list) to mid sixties, as synthetic pigments became all the rage,

I used the Branchline ACF reefer underframe as a base for my MKT War Emergency kit-bash using 91% Isopropyl alcohol to strip most of the paint—this worked quickly. From the information I had thanks

Bob, The failure of the paint on this car has nothing to do with the steam era and similar failures would be extremely unlikely in the steam era, therefor duplication of this effect is really beyond

Garth, The MS Color Guide (page 21) has a 1961 photo of an earlier car from MtVernon series 20201-20550 (built 1945) that shows a weathered, unpaintedgalvanized roof. There's also a 1979 photo of WPMW

Hello Group, Bruce’s comment about mixing up the approach to weathering on different cars is quite valid. Way back in the early ‘80s there was a group best described as Friday Night Drifters in

Hi Garth, nice shot, thanks. These cars are represented in model by Branchline. They posess 7' doors. The plastic runboards & laterals need to be replaced by a Morton etched board. Trucks need to

Bruce, Thanks for your comments, and your cautions about this car not being in revenue service are noted. That said, I photographed trains on the WP and SN from the mid-1960s