My direct-paternal great-great grandfather was a Swede with the name of Carl Gaevert. His son, my great grandfather became Carlson, which I suppose is meant to be "son of Carl". Not much relationships

My grandfather's (my Mom's dad) family were Swiss, named Leuzinger. Name was changed to Lucksinger after they arrived here. -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Reservations Needed: PRR X29 Boxcar (HO Scale) The Intermountain Railway Company (https://www.intermountain-railway.com/) will produce two versions of Pennsylvania Railroad's iconic X29 boxcar, and

I'm glad to hear that you could make a difference, and that it happened fairly quickly. On a different tack, it's interesting that this was a Santa Fe car, since Liberal is very firmly Rock Island

"The accompanying information says the photograph was taken between 1910 and 1912, but this appears to be incorrect." That is how the description originally read. I subsequently contacted the Kansas

My family’s name was originally Weustefelt. My grandfather changed it during WW1 in order to get a job. – Al Westerfield Sent from Mail for Windows 10

I built the snowplow kit and the passenger car kits back in 1955 or so; I still have and use the passenger cars for my B&M work/wreck train. Love ‘em. …. Roger Robar

Ambroid Rolling Stock kits, January 1954 issue of Model Railroader. Ben Hom

Garth, Steve, Jim, Tony, Tim, many thanks for your explanations and links. Since about two decades I see many tank cars with GATX written in very large letters here in Germany, now I know more about

Hello everyone- The company I have mentioned a few times as a source for Tungsten weights from putty, pellets, and many different geometric shapes is going out of business and is reducing everything

Hi Dave, Nicely done. A little weathering and distressing will make the 'screwed up E' look perfectly natural. I like the 1920's vehicles in the photo, they set and define the time line. Great

Years ago I was very surprised to learn that German Americans are the largest "ethnic group" in the USA. About 1/6 of Americans are descended from Germans, and many more than Irish or English or

Yes, that is a key point in the addition of the weight. The locomotive does now balance midway between the second and third drivers, because the combination of the weights of the cab and the motor

The twin thermometer ("liquidometer") was mounted only on the right car side. John Riddell.

Johannes wrote: The founder was of German heritage. Before WW I, German heritage was a source of pride in the U.S. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest

Scott, Yes. I've been using and trusting Tom's Tango Papa decal paper since I first got an ALPS back in 1998. Dave Monday, March 18, 2019, 10:06:15 PM, you wrote: Which paper did you use? Tango

Nice results. Now that project would have taken me a month, not a weekend. I have to think about things a lot. A lot. Schuyler

Which paper did you use? Tango Papa? Scott McDonald

Friday night, I had some leftover Tru Color paint in my airbrush cup after painting my pulp racks, so I pulled out an Ertl low side gon project car, removed trucks and deck, then painted it black. I

Do the series six 8 hatch reefers have the thermometer on both sides of the car or one side or neither? It seems I have run across photos of 8 hatch reefers that dont have the thermometer at least on