Don, I can't give you an exact date off the top of my head but the "America's Largest..." herald was introduced in the early 1950s on an order of offset side, two bay hoppers. Cars rebuilt received

Folks, The Spring issue (#108) of The Keystone Modeler is now available on the PRRT&HS web site at: http://www.prrths.com/newprr_files/newPRRKeystoneModeler.htm Regards, Bruce Bruce Smith,

Is it a real scheme or just a dream? Tony Thompson

Photo: Delivering A 1957 Chevy End door boxcar: https://66.media.tumblr.com/c3b25a8a106e913adac4a0061d1acb77/tumblr_n7jd1n0aG81qcdxvpo1_1280.jpg Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Reading hoppers with this paint have given me sme grief. Can anyone advise me with any certainty as to what year the red patch herald began t be used. Did it only come through on new cars such as the

It looks good to me. Nelson Moyer

The car fleet ended up with many duplicate numbers, so the weekend hobby time has been spent upgrading the cars and changing their numbers. Kadee scale couplers became and the replacements and

Does anyone make either this car or decals in HO? Thanks, Roger Huber

Okay, I added the Ghost White replacement numeral. What do you think? Dave -- Sent from David Bott's desktop pc -- ____________________________ David Bott, modeling the A&Y in '34

Thanks for the update Chad. Keep us informed when you are ready to release. I'll be good for an order ! Brent ________________________________ Dr. J. Brent Greer

...and that contrast flare can make '8' and '6' nearly indistinguishable, as well as 'O' and 'D' or even 'B' and 'E'. I have yet to identify a complete rounded serif freight car lettering set from

Very good points, to which I'll add: Different sizes of prototype lettering usually had different drawings, the reason being that as the lettering got smaller, the proportion between the thick and

There were/are lots of liquid grain fumigants applied as you describe,some brand names were Weevil-Cide, Phostoxin and many others. Application of these fumigants was more common many decades ago.

Absent a full set of railroad stencil drawings; Basing the lettering on car photographs is the ONLY way to generateaccurate artwork... at least for the exact car and date in the photoused. More

I had to cancel the May op session on the Alma branch. However, I hosted two op sessions in April so that makes up for it. Now I am trying to plan an op session for June. At the moment every day

And at many other railroad historical societies. But a word of warning; not all drawings that show lettering show the lettering you need. Railroad lettering and heralds are defined specifically by

Looking good so far. Should be a nice kit. George Toman

I have used the "Elmer's Glue trick" before. Note that I have had better luck with the 'School Glue" than with regular Elmer's white glue. Why this is, and what the difference is, I don't know.

Nicely done. I'll have to remember the Elmer's glue trick... pretty slick. Gordon Spalty

B&O specific lettering for locomotives, freight and passenger rolling stock, structures and heralds as well, can be found at the B&O RR HS website. Ed Bommer