Good Friends, Last month we were talking about coal trestles, and I mentioned a surviving one at the Montpelier estate near Orange, Virginia. This actually belong to the estate,

I can wing it, but I'm wondering if anyone knows of drawings for how to run a wrapped steam line under express box cars, specifically an SP 5000-5049 series BX-50-24. I'd settle for drawings for a

Yes, the Red Caboose SP car now under the IM umbrella. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

Intermountain did a Santa Fe stock car and Red Caboose did a SP car. Do you mean the RC car? Brian J. Carlson

 Hi Bob and List Members, Looks like there is another shot of this scene from a different angle at the link below...

I am looking for an Intermountain SP stock car. Please contact me off-list if you have one to sell me or know of a hobby shop that does. richtownsend <at> netscape <dot> net Richard Townsend Lincoln

 Hi Bob and List Members, You may be able to see the entire image at full resolution (without having to click on the image, without holding temporarily, without having to walk and/or chew gum at

The "container devices" mentioned in the previous post also seem to have remnants of guides for lowering covers on top of them. Ed Edward Sutorik

I use Vallejo colors. Attached are the two colors I mix to achieve a grey for covered hoppers. I usually do two drops of white to one of grey with a little tweaking. Drew in Philly Modeling the

To expand a little on what Steve Hile said about YS&T 110 (and TKX 700): Standard Car (later Tank Car) Company commenced operations in April of 1916; it was the name change that dates to 1919.

Photo: CB&Q Boxcar 134010 An image taken in 1931 from the Detroit Public Library: https://digitalcollections.detroitpubliclibrary.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A230469 Click on the image and

Photo: PRR Flat Car 426837 With Electrical Equipment Load An image taken in 1937 from the Detroit Public

Photos: White Star Tank Cars Undated images from the Detroit Public Library: https://digitalcollections.detroitpubliclibrary.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A168060 Click on the image and hold to

Photo: Chicago & Grand Trunk Livestock Car An undated image from the Detroit Public Library of a link-a-pin-era

Photo: Wabash Mather Boxcar An image from the Detroit Public Library: https://digitalcollections.detroitpubliclibrary.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A172723 Click on the image and hold to

Definitely a photo beyond our period given the steel I beams in the PC gon #598980. But not that the stacks of I beams have a vertical piece of scrap wood between each of them and along the sides, the

Don Valentine asked: "...what class is the Pennsy #532885 boxcar seen in this photo?" Class X23. Not likely to be mistaken for anything

Bruce Smith, what class is the Pennsy #532885 boxcar seen in this photo? Is the roof slope really as flat as it appears or is it just my view of it? Also forgot to note earlier folks, not the sign on

There are several htings that stand out to me in this photo. Since the tank car is the primary reason the photo has been posted let's take it first. Were the walkways for this car designed by Rube

Thank you Al for the info. Did some more research online and found that a company called Rail Scale Models sells scribed wooden overlays. However they are advertised as fitting Accurail hoppers not