Hi folks, Does anyone have enough familiarity with Boston & Albany triple hoppers to comment on the Marklin B&A hopper listed on eBay as Item #372692339988? Not a bad looking car in which I

Paint, decals, and a gloss coat finish are the latest steps on a couple of box car kits. Those summaries and an RPM reminder are in the latest DesignBuildOp blog post.

Randy, all, "Understanding your road's traffic is very important" can't be emphasized enough. Bruce mentioned Reading traffic in his PRR area of interest (Columbia, PA, about 20 miles south of

Steve Wintner wrote: We can provide the variation in color and texture pretty easily. I have written a couple of blog posts about how I do so. If you're interested, here are a couple of

Plano offers etched metal running board brackets that you may wish to check out. Nelson Moyer

Steve, Did you get a hold of Jim? Greg Martin Why Yes I have done some modeling... Sent from AOL DesktopIn a message dated 9/10/2019 11:42:43 AM Pacific Standard Time, shile@... writes: -- Hey

It was not just the reefer fleet that the BAR needed only for the potato harvest, it was also motive power. Until the BAR worked a deal with the Pennsy that sent BAR power to the Pennsy during the

Randy Hamill wrote: "Although I generally agree with the Gilbert-Nelson approach, along with Bruce Smith’s percentages, they are very dependent upon the road you model. Bruce models the PRR, so 75%

I would hesitate to overdo it. I guess I would attempt building one up using styrene, cut into individual boards. My own attempts at that would inherently have a bit of wiggle and warpage. Add a bit

Hi Jim – Tichy makes running board supports. Part 3081. Rob Kirkham

... suggestions for my word "process" in the prior? I'm speculating that maybe wetting the wood and then sandwiching it between two pieces of glass to eliminate vertical warping ... Ideas for

Hi, So a -major- part of my question is/was "is there a way to get the running boards of our models to look like these?". I'm thinking that maybe you start by eliminating the plastic version, use

Rufus, You may be right - but in one version of the photo that I viewed I felt that I was seeing both N and P and that they were properly spaced. - Jim Not saying I'm right and you are wrong.

Ed, That car you are saying is NP has a metal roof - if I'm seeing it right. - Jim

Garth, I was thinking more of modifications to the track than to the cars ... Jim

Jason I think at least SOME of Tim Gilbert's data was not from train lists, but from "cars on hand" data - some railroads published this kind of data e.g. Great

Exquisite, isn’t it? All those directions in the boards and even different textures. That’s why we model those freight cars, so that even a fairly casual viewer can see distinctive differences.

Jason Kliewer wrote: One factor to consider in evaluating any road is what their proportion was, of originating vs. terminating traffic. One example is the BAR, which originated far more traffic

The G-N or N-G data really only works up to the mid 1950s. This is well stated in the analyses done by Tim and Dave. Once you get later things changed, piggyback, specialized boxcars, specific

I've transcribed 10,000 car movements from 1960's train list for the Chicago Great Western and the home road cars only made up 10% of the total. Along with that, in the top 10 were Canadian Pacific