I’ve had sputtering rattle cans of Dullcoat ruin freight car finishes. I swore those off many years ago. I had used rattle cans of Model Master Clear Flat with good success before I set up a spray

Am I all wet or are those of us who have stuck with the tried and true flat and/or gloss finishes by suppliers such as Scalecoat and Testors really missing something? From all the complaints

David, The info is from the SP&S equipment cards but that isn't to say some clerk got it wrong. Rich Wilkens Archivist, SP&S Railway Historical Society

SP&S had two Lidgerwood's, L-1 and L-2 that were put in service in 1910. The machinery for L-1 was purchased from Northern Pacific in 1908 and the car was assembled by the SP&S from parts from wrecked

The original USRA gons used a windup shaft mechanism for the doors. Wine door locks were used on a number of copies built in the 1920s, and sometimes retrofitted to the originals. David Thompson

 Dennis wrote: “Seems I recall the NKP had some auto cars that were built based on an earlier design, where it was found the new diagonal pressing interfered with the loaders, and so the cars

I haven’t used Tamiya dull coat, so I can’t comment directly. I have seen a little white powder accumulation on SS car Z-channel when I got overzealous with Model Master Clear Flat and put down a

That’s the French chalk it’s the flatting agent in the varnish. I have not used Tamiya but I had it happen with Humbrol matt varnish you really have to shake the can especially if it’s been

Has anyone sprayed Tamiya Flat Clear TS-80 from the can ? On several occasions it has left a WHITE POWDER RESIDUE on the model. Has anyone experienced this ? John Riddell

Is the truck being used to move the car with a connection to the coupler? Mark Vinski

I am aware that the Northern Pacific had a Lidgerwood at their Auburn, WA engine facility, but I am not sure I could find a picture of it in our current lockdown situation. Chuck Soule

I sent the link to the photo to Multiscale Digital who produces some really nice freight car loads. He will produce it in the near future and based on other items that I have bought from him, it will

I guess I should step in here and mention the issue #7 of my newsletter WORK EXTRA is all about the Lidgerwood Rapid Unloader, including all the photos I have of them and plans. Those interested in

Thanks Doug, I have a full set of the RPCs and have only begun to scratch the surface. John John Barry ATSF North Bay Lines Golden Gates & Fast Freights Lovettsville, VA 707-490-9696 PO Box

There is an excellent full page article on the C&NW Lidgerwood car pulling a ten wheeler backwards at the 40th Street shops in Chicago. The brake shoes are replaced with cutters to reshape the tire

It's a poor copy but you will get the idea.

Looking closer at the broadside photo of the MP gon, the door latches are plainly visible. The MP diagram says these are Wine. But I've also noticed that on the Intermountain model, there are no

Thats not really a wrecker, looks more like a locomotive crane for handling material, note the long, non solid boom. This may have been all that was available at the time, but still.......... I

A little OT, Lidgerwood is still in business, they make car pullers and ship winches. -Hudson

Don Valentine wrote: Of course, but you no doubt realize that pulling the drivers off a steam locomotive to take them to the lathe might be more trouble that the Lidgerwood method, which is carried