Just finished the Rocket Express stock car kit. Beautiful castings, very complete kit. Everything needed except couplers for obvious reasons. Even had a length of chain for the brake rigging and

One thing about these Rapido cars that could be corrected is the incorrect ride height. They ride high on the trucks. This was the same problem with the NP cars. I had to make a jig and sand down

I have gone back to always using a light colored primer (gray or white) on brass simply because I have found -convincingly so- that the utterly flat finish offers an opportunity to see clearly,

Craig, several roads replaced the original (e.g. rectangular panel) roofs with diagonal panel roofs on their older boxcars. The NKP is one example. Maybe this is the answer to this mystery,

A question from "the bunker" as I dig into the pile of long put-off projects: I'm starting to work on a model of a specific Ann Arbor RR boxcar. Fifty cars that were originally built by the Wabash RR

Randy, Rapido does indeed release some road specific details for their locomotives. Unfortunately, many of the details are incorrect. The current SP&S FA-2 has at least 9 points of failure on that

Thanks for the great listing of cars salvaged by the SP&S. The records may need to be updated in the case of the source car for the refer X-356 shown below that was salvaged from the derailment in

Red Caboose SP F-70-7 flatcar

I put them on my Red Caboose SP F-70-7 flatcars. If you so much as look at the stock brake wheels wrong, they'll break, lol! Don DeLay

Great photo! My guess is the 2nd to the left is the earliest scheme (1928-- out of receivership), the one on the left is next. I think this scheme was used in 1934, at least with car 714305-- the

Well, that was pretty much our intent with our proposed Bx-11/12/13, etc. project. And Rapido pretty consistently releases many road specific details for their locomotives, so I don’t think it’s

Kingan used KRLX reporting marks in 1920 on cars built by ACF. In later years they leased reefers from National Car Company NX and General American GARX, with those reporting marks. Photos of the P/L

I am not very knowledgeable about the variations on these cars. I do think that for the price, Rapido should do the "easy-peasy" mods. The fascia strip appears to be such a thing. Ed Edward Sutorik

Just about all meat packers used leased reefers from the 30s on. Those reefers could have the meat packers reporting marks or could have the reporting marks of the owner. Union Refrigeration, General

don't forget the NWP? mel perry

C'mon Dave, I don't think that many B&M modelers, especially of your caliber, will have that much difficulty adding the fascis strip. Others will simply ignore its lack of presence. But let's all

Most likely for paper and pulp as you mention. The "Aroma of Tacoma" mainly is no longer evident due to the major cessation of the mills. Port Townsend on the Olympic Peninsula has one too and

This list is dominated by 1950’s era cars. Tables turned for we modelers of earlier eras usually removing AB brakes, finding appreciation roofs etc. Sent from Dave Bott' iPhone --

Dave, You could always do one in GN. Their fleet was one of the longest lived in more or less original condition -- some cars were still in revenue service into the 1960s, with AB brakes, of course.

They were ALL "as-built" until some railroads started kit-bashing them. Our turn now. Chuck Peck