Matching Colors 1942 photo from the Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017877998/ Caption "Laboratory worker at the research laboratory at the C & NW RR's [i.e. Chicago and

I have this photo a friend gave me a long time ago. An early version of the LV's "wrongway door" boxcar. Bud Rindfleisch

Regarding the second photo of Richmond-Chase Company plant: I would speculate the SP stockcar was hauling fruit for unloading. Note it is not coupled to the boxcars that contain cans, indicating it

I need a reminder please regarding the Branchline Blueprint 50-foot boxcars in terms of the variations. I know they produced an 8-foot door car and an insulated car w/a sliding flush door. Note, I am

New resin kit models and new model kit companies are noted in the latest Resin Car Works blog post. http://blog.resincarworks.com/hobby-news/ Eric

Some great models on display. Looks like it was a good show. Thanks for posting the photos George Toman

Hello Clark, really nice looking model, no doubt, but please allow a question: -are you sure the brake rod orientation is correct? What I can see is an "ordinary" AB system, and the brake rods

Steve Thank you for sharing. Paul Doggett. England

I have placed some photos from Cocoa Beach 2020 in an album on Flickr at https://www.flickr.com/photos/116454307@N06/albums/72157712745510706 Hopefully they are representative of the terrific variety

In case no one replied. He’s on the MFCL list and a few others. Curt Fortenberry

Looking at the photo closer, it appears to be a heavy paper liner.

Thanks for the photos, Garth. Very interesting. Yes, David is correct. The RF&P’s small fleet of sand hoppers were used for transporting locomotive sand between the Kyanite source mine in Dillwyn,

Nice photos Bob. Thanks for a great tidbit of info regarding an alternate use of stock cars. Regarding shipping empty cans in stock cars, its seems unlikely but I’d never say never. As you can

I believe Trout Creek took over the brass parts from the old Tomalco line. they had some. Curt Fortenberry

I just dug out my “Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac in Color” and there’s an almost square on shot of RF&P 14 on page 124.

Photo: LV Boxcar 72286 Circa 1905 photo: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2016804745/ Click on one of the "View Larger" tabs to see this car in detail. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Photo: Unloading Fruit From A Livestock Car Circa 1920 photo of another use for a livestock car: https://calisphere.org/item/6b72bf20ae08e9ac37dc6518e2fdb783/ Caption: "Workers from Richmond-Chase

Didn't someone on Shapeways make those? A suggestion - if you solder .012 wire into .015 cored tees, the solder will tend to center the wires. Then you could proceed to bend, trim, etc? Steve

Hi Bill, I don't know of any reference to mineral red running boards on vermilion cars. The mineral red trucks and underbody go with vermilion schemes with billboard Empire Builder and slant serif

Anybody have the E Mail address for Jim Eager, Toronto, Jim is a great inter modal expert from ins inception. Bill McCoy, Jax