Tim, The only PFE 40-ft steel reefers that I know Sunshine did were the R-40-10 and the R-40-26. The R-40-14 and R-40-20 are very similar, with the -20 being 1-1/2 inches taller. I would make an

Dick It just occurred to me that Sunshine never did an R-40-20 either, did they? I always thought it was just the ends that needed to be replaced (which Details West offered)... :-( -- *Tim

It has been months since I hosted an op session on my Alma branch layout. I hope to resume monthly op sessions in January. For those of you not familiar with my layout it is 22 1/2'x30' in HO scale

Intermountain is the "King Of Foobies". Francis A. Pehowic, Jr. On Saturday, November 30, 2019, 7:29:05 PM UTC, Dick

For those that care about prototype accuracy, it should be pointed out that these kits are pretty bogus. The car body is the InterMountain PFE R-40-23, so the ends, doors and underframe are not

To my eye the CN single sheath box cars seem to be a lighter (dustier?) shade of boxcar re with the ones spending more time in the east showing a light blackish tint,( probably due to dirtier

CN had a tightly-controlled standard pallette of colours, and in this case the standard colour was Red #11, which was a reddish version of brown. As the colour aged, the reddish tone faded and the car

Doug Harding wrote: "The CN historical society once sold correct color paint." http://www.cnrha.ca/node/966 These are available in Scalecoat and Scalecoat II. Scroll to page

True but I believe Clark does not like acrylic paint. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Yup They sure did I have a large supply Pierre Oliver www.elgincarshops.com www.yarmouthmodelworks.com

On Fri, Nov 29, 2019 at 08:57 PM, Douglas Harding wrote: The CN historical society once sold correct color paint. http://www.cnrha.ca/node/966 Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org Modelflex

The CN historical society once sold correct color paint. http://www.cnrha.ca/node/966 Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Thanks everyone! The reefer kits are sold. -Andy Carlson Ojai CA

Hello- I have 2 Intermountain Pacific Fruit Express R-40-20 steel ice bunker reefer decorated kits for sale. Intermountain # 40509-23(24), PFE #46691 and PFE # 46700. Both in as delivered 1945 scheme

I don’t have an answer to the question but I think Clark has come up with the best way of defining colors. People seem to me to be too exacting on color since they weather, fade, grunge up in an

I’m assembling an F&C CN SS 40’ box car kit. I’ve ordered Black Cat decals and would like to know what shade of bcr the car should be? Reder, oranger, or browner? Thanks in advance! CW Propst

https://www.ebay.com/itm/113993753409?ul_noapp=true https://www.ebay.com/itm/113993748666?ul_noapp=true CW Propst

I discovered that by turning off my McAfee firewall it works fine. For some reason McAfee does not like them. J. Stephen Sandifer

Shortly after my post about harvesting the Dirt Collector from the Tichy "KC" brake cylinder, my friend Bill Pardie sent me a message that Precision Scale had a Dirt Collector, something I had missed

First, thanks to all those who responded to the air reservoir question. The next issue I’ve run into is the type of grab iron on the bottom of the end grab ladder. Both the end drawing and photo of