I'm modeling several open car loads in HO scale. The prototype examples I'm following show that wire is used above the load to tie the top of the stakes that secure the load from lateral

This is good news, great to see new people developing models. Speaking of gondolas, according the the Lisle/Chicagoland RPM, Steve Furnaro will do a presentation on building a Monon gondola, which

Not only that, if you zoom in on the guy doing the painting, you can see the brown paint all over his gloves, sleeves, and jacket. Doug Paasch

Morning folks, Recently learned I have a Roundhouse / MDC "Old Timer" boxcar kit without the car ends. This would be one of the newer kits with the separately applied end parts. I'd like to complete

Doug Harding wrote: One unique feature was the use of a Superior hand brake. The hand brake of choice for the M&StL Dan Smith

Look forward to seeing this. The MSTL purchased 250 of these gons in 1947. They were a 41’ car with an inward slope at the bottom of the sides. The last one was disposed of in 1971. One unique

Looks like an insulated high-pressure tank, so ICC class 105 most likely. The Atlas or Kadee tanks are a good starting point. The logo on the side is for Smith-Douglass, a Norfolk,VA-based

Joe Binish asked me to forward this to the list. He is having some technical issues. Sincerely, Rich Remiarz Begin forwarded message:

Group, if anyone can help me identify the white tank car that is behind the 2-D+D-2 "*800 Class" in the two slides that were recently listed on

But the roof was painted (and it looks freshly painted or coated with car cement, as does the end) yesterday, or the day before, before it snowed. The angle the guy is working from is automatically

Don go to https://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/fsac.1a34633/ and you can download a 136mb tif file of this photo. In that size you can clearly see the spray coming out of the end of the pipe being

Also, if you look at the upper right corner of the car, the color looks blackish or at least dark while the rest of the looks freshly painted. At least that is how it appears to me. Take Care, Brian

Plus there is snow at the top of the door track. Thanks, for the better quality picture, Bruce! Gary Laakso Northwest of Mike Brock

The pipe paint sprayer apparently was a common thing back in the day. I have seen photos of WM hoppers and N&W hoppers being painted as such. I can see this as a faster and safer way to cover

Sorry, Don, this was a common painting technique. Both SP and PFE used it, to name two. Tony Thompson

Don, I hope that you can appreciate that there are a lot of things that you have never seen that still manage to exist ;) Thank you for the alternative explanation of sand blasting, and it has merit,

In Terry Metcalf's Union Pacific 1936-1951 book, there is a photo of a guy painting a freight car while standing on the ground, and he's wielding a similar extension nozzle. .Presumably the color is

Oh, I should mention one other thing: I doubt this particular car got it's roof repainted: I've seen a few photos of freshly repainted steam era house cars where it's obvious the roof didn't get

Don, If you download the magazine article in Mr. Dorman's post above, there is a reproduction of a drawing from the August 1899 Railroad Car Journal showing just such a spray painting apparatus being

Hello Bruce, There is no speculation involved here at all. To me the man is NOT spray painting. Look hard at the equipment being used. Have your or anyone else ever seen a spray gun with a