Also of interest, at least for the unseen-interior-detail obsessive, is the inside door for the lumber door. Jack Mullen

Good evening: I have a number of 1/4” drawings in my collection for: Western Union Telegraph Co., Outfit Car No. 301 (32’) Western Union Telegraph Co., Outfit Car No. 302 (32’) Western Union

Indeed. The Soo, the Chicago & Northwestern, the Georgia, the Nickel Plate, and the Frisco all had ex-Western Union cars among their nonrevenue equipment. The Nickel Plate seems to have had the

That does deep-end[sic] in part on the scale. I know some obsessive sorts working in larger outdoor scales who might. -- ^<@<.@* }"_# | -@$&/_% !(^I@|=> ;`+$?^? ,#"~|)^G

Thanks, Ben! It has the bottom sill that another throwback, Train-Miniature featured on its plastic boxcars. Gary Laakso Northwest of Mick Brock

Don Valentine wrote: "...the prototype for that Western Union car hung around on the B&M for some years in the Connecticut River Valley. Harry Frye and I first ran across it one Saturday in the early

Interestingly, the Soo Line had one of these cars on their work equipment roster after WWII. Turns out the Chicago -Twin Cities telegraph line was owned by Western Union and the Soo rented a couple

The Budd company was a major (road) truck-trailer and automotive supplier, particularly wheels, before, during and after its side production of passenger railroad cars. The Hunting Park facility was

Ben Hom wrote: I picked up one of these models at a swap meet, repaired a few "ouches," and have used it in my layout op sessions. It led me to discover that Southern Pacific, which I model, had

Probably Tom, I’m on the road and was going from memory and at my age that’s dangerous Fenton

Speak for yourself, Bob, ;) Indeed, many times these lines were on the sides of the cars near, or opposite the doors. As I work on a board by board interior for my HO scale PRR X31A, I intend to have

This is a good photo of the fill lines stenciled inside a boxcar to indicate the limit for loading grain by type: http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-09-30-18/X5239.jpg Probably

Ben, they even used the white wash technique to highlight the under body details for us! Gary Laakso Northwest of Mike Brock

Actually, Ben, the prototype for that Western Union car hung around on the B&M for some years in the Connecticut River Valley. Harry Frye and I first ran across it one Saturday in the early 1970's

????? The Type 17 was a GATC radial riveted tank. Sunshine's #99.x kit came with a cast tank body and wasn't offered with Warren decals. Are you thinking of Sunshine's earlier #36.x ACF insulated

The Southeastern Railway Museum in Decatur, GA is restoring a Western Union tool car. https://www.train-museum.org/2018/11/27/western-union-tool-car-project/ Ben Hom

Thanks to all who took the time to inform me about the intent of “hot fuel proof”. While I did build a couple balsa (or basswood…) aircraft models as a kid, they were rubber band powered. By the

The exhaust of model aircraft engines, especially when poorly adjusted, sprayed hot unburned, and partially burned, fuel and fuel-residue all over the model. I’ve seen them get quite “gooey” as

For the "hot fuel proof" question, Ambroid was also marketed to model airplane builders. When fueling a powered model, it was certainly possible to spill some fuel. It would be really

Peter Ness asked: "Why on the green earth would one need a cement that is “hot fuel proof”? Was that an attempt to say non-flammable?" It's meant to market the glue to the flying model airplane