We have an update on the Resin Car Works Santa Fe Whalebelly boxcar kits. Kit instructions have been posted, too. The update is the latest Resin Car Works blog post.

Here's an earlier version of a water tube boiler on a flat car, from Saginaw, Michigan in 1895. The Flint & Pere Marquette was one of the predecessors to the Pere Marquette, which owned the second

Hi Johannes Thank you. Paul

Hello Paul, nice build. Yes, the Sunshine PFEs seem to be great kits (I am no expert though), I still have about 20 different waiting to be finished for a much larger PFE train. Johannes Modeling

Brian Leppert wrote : I've spent too much time trying to research NP wood reefers and really wish someone else would do the job. The roster changed over time. I live here in St. Paul, MN.

Interesting end. 9-7, I don't remember seeing this end. Greg Martin Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

After looking thru a bunch of freight guides, Milw had some very similar plows. These appear to have about a 6-7 foot front radius and about a 2-3 foot radius at the exit. Milw drawings are available

Hi- I am reminded that back in the late 1980s, while riding the OP&E steam train (The Emperor of the North" railroad), there was a nice condition wood sided NP reefer along side of the tracks shortly

Yeah, that's the image you posted a couple days ago, and no, I don't see them either. As dark as the underframe is, I would expect to see the silhouette of the crossbearer cover plate and its rivets

That appears to be the same underframe as in the photo of 94631 that Aaron posted a couple pages back. Might I suggest that this is also a re-built/re-numbered car? You'll notice that these cars with

I was hoping somebody would say Milwaukee or Rock Island or MoPac or CNW. Mark

GN had identical blades as far as I can determine. Maybe the GN faithful will confirm that assertion? Nelson Moyer

DeGolyer library at SMU, has the freight car drawings for all of the predecessor rr's of BN. They also have the Q locomotive steam drawings collection. Last I knew, none of this is cataloged, and

Huh? Gotta love it. What's a poor modeler to do. Step 23 of the Owl Mountain SP F-50 flatcar instructions says "Paint Specs called for SP Flatcars to have decks painted flatcar red". The

The CB&Q used gondola wedge push plows in the early years, but in 1948, they scrapped the gondolas, salvaged the wedge blades, and mounted them on FM-11 and FM-11A flat cars. I’d like to model one

I've spent too much time trying to research NP wood reefers and really wish someone else would do the job. The rooster changed over time. An example is the 92000 series. An earlier series had

Here is a 93000. The photo is a tif. I don't see the deep cross bearers. Aaron

Ignoring the 999xx series cars, which all seem to be later rebuilds, It appears the NP worked backward from 94999, so the high numbered cars are the oldest. This seems to be supported by the fact that

Photo: DL&W Boxcar 12448 Good roof and end views of this

99900 diagram.