Thank you for a very informative blog post. Nice looking car by the way. Not being able to determine from the photos but do you “just” glue wire across the rungs for ladders or do you drill the

Richard Townsend asked: "I was going through my junk box this morning and came a cross an AHM 40-foot, eight-panel gondola. It got me wondering: is there a prototype for this car? A quick look

Doug, Looking at the center photo there something, probably a 2X4 or 4X6, across the top of that “hump” in the boom. While a hunk of wood there would not prevent the boom from touching the

List, I found the RCW GN boxcar I was searching for -- thanks to the members who contacted me to help. Cheers! Brian LaManna/Moncton

Hard to tell w/o a photo of the model but the L&N owned 10,000 8-panel 7-rib cars, NC&StL 1.150, and Southern 4,450 cars, all kited by Sunshine. These are high side gons for coal, etc. Bill Welch

Funny thing is, if cabooses, cranes, MOW equipment, etc. weren't around regular freight cars would have a VERY HARD TIME MOVING! So yes they definitely need to be discussed here. Andy Jackson Santa Fe

Here's a link to a useful listing of all the Ambroid 1 of 5000 kits: http://www.trainweb.org/ambroidkits/trains/woodkits/Ambroid_5-Cars.htm I lusted after them and bought each as they were released.

I don't know about the brake wheels, but I sure like the granite curbstones on the flat car in the background of the second photo. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

The Illinois Traction had an electric wrecking crane that was used both for wreck jobs as well as digging coal out of the two underwater coal storage pits they had built. I'm looking for

I may have missed an earlier answer to this (sorry) but what type of brake wheels are

My first kits were Varney wood & cardboard & Mantua metal.  When did Varney switch to metal?  Does this tell about my age? Lee Thwaits

Ralph Brown asked: "Does anyone know the number for this 1 of 5000 series kit?" No. 5. https://www.ebay.com/itm/HO-Ambroid-Outside-Braced-Refrigerator-Car-Craftsman-Kit/202620129156 Ben Hom

My late father had at least the ART refrigerator car. It was cool-- literally-- to pick up that car versus the plastic ones. Once I find it, I'm keeping it! George Irwin

That’s a sweet-looking freight house, even by today’s standards! Michael Gross Facebook: ActorMichaelGross Instagram: ActorMichaelGross Twitter: @MichaelGrossBiz

The search term "crane" produced 457 results. Among them, some as wreck cranes. Get on with it! Ed Edward Sutorik

Friends, We long ago declared cabooses and MW equipment as valid for discussion, but maybe that was back on the old STMFC. I have a hard time remembering that far back myself,

I think you meant Jack Work. He wasn't the all American boy.

I started a few months after the Tidewater Central artickles[sic][0] appeared in Model Railroader, building my own version, using all the products[1] named in the artickles[0]. Eventually I lost, in

Please reply off list to jrwhiteATmidwest.net Just realized I left that out.

Ben I remember that one - my Dad built many Ambroid and Quality Craft kits when I was a teen. Imagine my distress when I found out that he sold them all in the late 1980's when