Hi Bill. I have found the NMRA archives very frustrating. Numerous search typically produce results not even remotely related to the search parameters. I’ve pretty much given them up. Pax,

Or maybe we just want to have fun. Our money, time, business, etc. Bill Welch

Hello, I have some Rapido Northern Pacific boxcars for sale. This is the double sheathed fish belly boxcar that came out a year ago and disappeared from dealers shelves. The cars I am offering are

One clarification: The BLT. date stencil was required from the time the car was built, not added at the first reweigh. The NEW station symbol was just a convenient way to denote that the original Lt.

Hi, Lester -- Nice work! And thanks for the timely roadmap. Bob Chapman

Perhaps it could be called the "Stamp Collector Syndrome", as in the desire not to collect a quantity of the typical, but a menagerie of the unusual. Tom Casey -----Original Message-----

My upgrade endevours have taken me to a W&R SP&S 52' bulkhead flat car. Would appreciate any help with prototype photo or access to one. Bill Pardie Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

David Parker might be referring to the bottom part of this PDF. http://hansmanns.org/ARA_lettering_guidelines_1920_+_1927.pdf Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

I have finished this year’s RPM Chicagoland Mini-kit, an ILlinois Central single sheathed boxcar I numbered 16172. It is an Accurail boxcar to which the Mini-Kit resin cast kit replacement parts

All part of the ARA (later AAR) standard (not recommended practice), effective 1 March, 1927. The corresponding diagrams are in my 1931 CBC, and I am guessing are in many subsequent editions as

Several manufacturers offer twin bay composite hoppers decorated for the Lehigh Valley Railroad painted in a freight car red paint scheme. According to the Anthracite Historical Society's website,

Boxcar Car Stenciling Practices I've notice in builder's photos steam and transition era boxcars have a stencil stating "New" with a month and year which appears just above the sill to the right of

Alex, thanks for the post. Some of us remember and lament the loss of the MIGN and Chief (I rode the former from Rockford to Cedar Springs). Are you saying Chicago was a gateway for MIGN? How did

I'll take it Andy. Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

Hello- Found in the corner..... I have a new, old stock (it is in the older red and white printed box), Intermountain 19037 AAR box car kit, undecorated, IMRC # 40799 with 4/5 early Drednaught end. I

Fred Jansz wrote: Talk about rarities! These certainly did exist but since they contradicted the lettering drawing (and we know PFE did care about that), they were definitely unusual. But of

That's a very realistic looking deck RJ! Thanks for sharing your work. Very inspiring. Will try that too when the WP flats arrive.... Fred Jansz

Paul and Matthew - thanks for the kind comments. My layout was featured in Issue 45 of the B&O Modeler; here is the link to it: https://borhs.org/ModelerMag/Modeler-45-201711.pdf I live in southern

If there are any NMRA members here, can you please inquire with the "powers that be" why some Reporting Marks have disappeared from the "Bob Charles Collection' on their site—SRR and SP for example?

Thanks for posting this; it replaces the Tichy kit advice that uses Floquil. I had good results with the Floquil, and I've been kind of messing around with acrylics and gotten OK results, but I'm