Great work as usual Bill. How do you make the handle in the middle of the door? I need 4 of them for every IC caboose I own. I tried bending phosphate bronze wire but I can't make it look

Sorry I have NOT priced these yet. Just digging them out as part of a move of trains from one house to another. Would consider selling everything... you may offer but please give me a chance to work

Ryan's company is National Scale Car. I bought a set of his door stops and happy to see how one looks. Brian Leppert Carson City, NV

Amazing Bill, You continue to raise the bar. Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

The Boys at the Clearwater Car Shops broke out their Stynylrez Neutral Yellow primer yesterday and here are the results. Many harvested rivets and even more Archer Rivet decals. Ladder have .010

And, since one of our distributors wanted them in multiple road numbers, there are now three times as many individually numbered models as what the prototype had :-) Dennis Storzek

A truly unique car. The only 100,000 pound capacity box on the Rutland in Oct of 44. Dennis made it in Resin, one of the Storzek kits that I have. He also reproduced it in his Acurail line, kit #

Looked like unredeemed TYCO to me . . . I mean, I checked the flanges to see . . . Schuyler From: Bruce Smith Looks like somebody forgot to use a matte coat after applying the decals... 😉

Friends, This morning I scanned up the attached photo of AWPX 1002, a 39' FD flat car which once belonged to Appalachian Power Company. This car caused me considerable head scratching (always

Thanks. I checked their site yesterday and for some reason it didn't come up. Maybe because I checked for "Union Pacific," not "UP." Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

Richard Townsend asked: "Does anyone know of a source for HO decals for UP stock cars, late 1950s, yellow lettering on red car, gothic face?" Microscale

Does anyone know of a source for HO decals for UP stock cars, late 1950s, yellow lettering on red car, gothic face?

Further research indicates that the NRC-IC reefer on the Abingdon Branch train is from the 19000-19499 series, built in 1950. The flat, riveted end makes this an eye-catching car. See attached pic

Um, from the group's home page: "...The purpose of this list is to discuss all aspects of North American freight cars of the steam era [ 1900-1960 ]." -- Dave Parker Swall Meadows, CA

Unfortunately,Jeff, the car you present a photo of is a one-of-a-kind on the Rutland acquired through payment to the CNR for wreck damage. I suspect most can immediately recognize the CNR heritage of

Atlas has a National 70T C-1 plain bearing truck tooled for their 70T C&O open hopper. They have been available separately. Dave Pfeiffer

Looks like somebody forgot to use a matte coat after applying the decals... 😉 Bruce Smith Auburn, AL

I don't have a date but here's a in service photo of Rutland 7999 Jeff Coleman

Hi Folks, Further to what I wrote for Bill Welch too late for me last evening, the color I have used for all Rutland house cars is Accu-paint AP-59, Iron Oxide. While I cannot find my Tru-Color

Brian, The trucks tooled by InterMountain for the ACF 70-ton covered hoppers are not National C-1. They are a relatively uncommon 70-ton AAR spring-plank design that I’ve only seen on L&N and NC&StL