That was the best presentation documentation ever. No Bullets like many presentations, but many pictures and detail explanations, it is a keeper. Thank you Kristin and Jeremy. Mel Chase Lansing, IL

I am trying to gather info. on the cardboard boxes used for shipping live chicks. I would like to build models of some of these boxes as scenic elements at stations on my May 1943, Alma branch

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Nelson Moyer wrote: Tim is basically right, they need weathered anyway, but the red roof at right is way too red, in my view. And BTW, not the first time IM has done this. They also do all kinds

Nelson The R-40-10 is a post-1949 REPAINT. The R-40-23 is the "asdelivered" paint. Both of them need to be weathered, so why worry about it? :-| Tim O'Connor -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

I just received a preorder for Intermountain PFE R-40-23 reefers, and the roofs are much lighter and redder than all of the other Intermountain PFE reefers I have. I attached a photo of an

I have uploaded some photos to complement those posted by others. Please click the blog link below to view.... Ted Culotta Speedwitch Media P.O. Box 392, Guilford, CT 06437 speedwitchmedia@... -

Dennis Storzek wrote: "The first in depth article about a prototype freightcar I recall was on the X29 boxcar in the original Prototype Modeler magazine sometime in the mid to late seventies. It was

Mike, I can add a little more detail to the disposition of my line, for what it's worth. Beginning in 1983, about a year after Al Westerfield started, I ultimately offered five kits, some in multiple

Actually, that car was only marketed by Cameron Scale Models also. But as the discussion is going on about resin manufacturers, in O Scale, a few years before Rails Unlimited started selling resin

Peter, I don't know if Frank Ellison really fits that image, from the articles he authored that I recall reading in back issues, his mantra was realistic OPERATION, where instead of running 'round and

The Delta Lines!! Hugely influential. My Dad's HO scale dream layout(never built) was based on the Delta Lines design (O scale). When I bought my first house,I also came up with a ridiculously

I don't remember those articles (I was an avid teenage reader of allthings railroads) but I do remember being very impressed in those days by the models ofPaul ...[?? damn another brain cramp] and his

Great stuff, thanks Bill

CJ - you are correct! I remembered it wrong. Richard said the models werestolen from the trunk of his rental car in Philadelphia. Given that fact, thenit probably is the case that it was a random

YESSS!!!! Thank you so much Tim. This is exactly the kind of gon I need for my Willapa Harbor branch. Milwaukee, and 41 feet. And I appreciate you answering my question even before I asked. Talk about

As a impressionable teenager, I remember just being entranced by the March 1971 Model Railroader cover which featured Bill Clouser's O Scale boxcars on the cover. The detail for freight

All- I am trying to find what information the Northeastern / Ambroid CB&Q Dynamometer Car Z HO Kit was based on. Back in the late 60s or early 70’s I called Northeastern asking about it and they

The first freight car dinner occurred at the Milwaukee NMRA convention in 1985. Jeff English, John Neihrich, myself and one other had dinner together. We met informally each year after that, the

I likewise agree that it's a Milwaukee gondola, and came to that GUESS prior to reading the other posts. And yes, an idler car would be in order, perhaps it was uncoupled prior to the photo being