Eric, No joy yet. I inquired with Gene Fusco about the project because I have been one who pushed for it, along with Al Hoffman. Both of us pushed & provided the necessary information for selfish

Group, Thanks for the insights from the Collinsville meet. On the Intermountain table, did they happen to have display models of the 1958 cuft covered hopper with the type 3 roof? These were

Great Eric Thanks for sharing Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Schoen trucks. David Thompson

Thanks for sharing Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

A very interesting car for that period especially but what are the trucks on it? At first I thought they might be some sort of Fox design but not after a second look. Thanks for posting

I have created a Flickr album with some additional photos that I took last weekend at the Collinsville RPM meet. I hope that they will supplement the others already

When I arrived at the airport in Pueblo, CO, last week for the Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society's annual convention I discovered this photo on a wall. The photo shows a scene from the

I've gotten my photos from Collinsville uploaded and captioned. More coverage of the show and less of the individual models, which seems to complement the photos already listed here. Take a look at

Friends, Back in June when I last ordered from Kadee there was a teaser on their web site saying a new type of car would be announced, I think, at the St. Louis RPM. I've been searching their site,

Aha! That hint and a quick search turned up an article in the February 1906 American Engineer and Railroad Journal, pp.

Great coverage of the RPM. Thanks for posting George Toman

I just finished uploading and commenting on photos I took at the event. You can access them through this Model Railroad Hobbyist link. Photos are posted throughout the

Thanks, Dick - lots of great stuff! Great seeing you - and everyone else who recognized me at Collinsville! (I'd say that I recognized, but too often I don't, could never be a salesman). If anyone

Jeremy, Thanks for terrific photos and so many. Is there a way to download individual photos from icloud? Francis A. Pehowic, Jr. Sunbury, Pa.

I am not a regular reader of this (or any other) internet list. So my apologies for the slow response. I noticed in the past week or so a lot of viewers to my UP Freight Car painting clinic on

I just returned from the Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society Convention. A speaker at that convention was Eric Brock, a professional railroader who is very experienced working with shippers

David There is also a picture of this car on page 68 of Pittsburgh and Lake Eire by Harold H. McLean (Golden West Books 1980). The author states that the car was either built by P&LE in the McKees

Apologies to Dick, I misunderstood what you told me. Bill Welch

Let me make a couple corrections to Bill's message, lest people have the wrong idea. Several HO PFE pre-prodction wood reefers were shown at Collinsville by InterMountain. The models being produced