Andy and friends, Attached is a shot of D&RGW AX68032, probably at Glenwood Springs circa 2000 (yes it's fuzzy, but it was shot from the moving California Zephyr). This car was originally in the same

Why do they feel they have to put those very annoying time stamps on these things! - Tom

With Improved Dreadnaught ends this is not the same car although it does demonstrate the the D&RGW like the straight sills. Bill Welch

This is a wonderful, fast paced vid on Midwest steam and streamliners in the 1930s with a couple of Runbys of freight trains from the cab of the Zephyr:

Andy attached builder photo. Barry

I found some pictures today which added to my understandings of the D&RGW fleet of 12 panel riveted steel box cars. A class in the 68xxx series were built pre-war and had inside height of 10'4" and

Bob, SN 2319 was one of the ex-WP steel-end cars from series that came to the SN in 1947/48. Most, if not all, appear to have come from WP series 316001-318500, and were 16001-18500 boxcars that were

Hi all. I’m modeling Circleville Ohio, which contained one of the John W Eshelman & Sons feed mills - a substantial facility. I recently came across multi-paged booklet (printed 1947-ish) that

Possibly Oakland...... Not sure if these were theseries mentioned... Bob Webber

Stayed overnight in West Sacramento this Sunday. Was wondering if it was all SN or SN/WP and how the heck did they keep the Friendly out since the Cal-P main ran through Yolo County? Surprising to

I have 6 of Martin's kits in the stash and are targeted for a 2020 start, so close up detail pics like this are greatly appreciated Garth. RJ Dial Burlingame, CA

Good Friends, Happy holidays to you all! Today I have a gift for you all, a pair steam-era survivor photos from which we hopefully can all learn something, or at least have some fun. Both photos are

Thanks for sharing. I just did a compare to the N Scale Roco aka Atlas First Generation / Roco / Walthers tooling... The 1:160 car is not bad for a model first offered more than fifty years ago, but

I don't do 3D printer work, but I do know something about designing plastic parts. I'm also familiar with "jobbing" work out to other shops. It doesn't make any difference what tolerances the Polyjet

re: Formlabs 3L Looks impressive to me: https://formlabs.com/3d-printers/form-3l/ Probably has an impressive price, too. Jack Wyatt

I worked for a 3D printing company from 1995 through 2016 and will back up Ryan's comments 100%. I'll also stress the point that parts that have to match or fit together have to be printed together,

Ok here goes. 1. Yes, Parts can come out different sizes if printed along its length or across its length. 2. Out of the printer I can say it will hold +\- 0.002” over an inch, but it can shrink or

Hi Ryan, It's great to hear from a subject matter expert that actually works in this industry . Thank you for your excellent explanation. For reference, here is a quote from both Projet 3600 and

The Santa Fe Folio sheet for the Bx-48 does not list the type of running board used except it says it is steel. However on large orders for cars, 750 in the Bx-48 class, it is not unusual for Santa Fe

Thank you Gary -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts