Garth the photo Clark posted is on the MSTL, along the Story City branch out of Marshalltown. Location is northern Story County. I live about 15 miles from McCallsburg. Doug

Good eye! I think removing the placard without a ladder(or being at a loading dock)would be tough! Placard boards in photos often seem to have kept their paint more than I saw in real life. Bill S

The announcement newsletter from Friday said tooling is almost complete and had pictures of some of the tooling. Expected order deadline is late summer or early

Ken, Help me to understand your last line. Do you mean to order a double door X31A because they are rarer? Isn't that backwards? Within the X31A class, the ration of single to DD is about 12:1. In the

Hark hark, a car load of Larks, in particular. That wasn't so very long after steam disappeared from the SP... -- Memories of Malleys eastward from Roseville!

Bob Chaparro wrote: A former railroad clerk I talked to about route cards and placards, when asked if the old ones were removed before adding new ones, replied "Why? Just tack 'em on top." Photos

Mmm, great photo but the guy is offloading tires stacked in a box car... Lee

Clark, Nice photo. What road? I love the attempt at streamlining. Yours Aye, Garth Groff 🦆

According to Rapido the X31a boxcar is still in design status. I would expect them in 2nd quarter 2021 at earliest. -- Ken Adams Still in splendid Shelter In Place solitude, about half way up Walnut

And here I thought KD's were model couplers..... -- Ken Adams In splendid Shelter In Place solitude, about half way up Walnut Creek

Hindsight presentation was enough for die hard early 1950's SP modeler like me to order one for interchange traffic. DD as those are harder to come by. -- Ken Adams In splendid Shelter In Place

It looks like they are getting ready to unload those cars, using the truck as a portable ramp. gary roe quincy, illinois

Mark Thank you, I had not seen this PDF announcement, only the web site preorder page itself. -- Jeff Helm Bremerton WA

Greg Martin passed before he could forward me the list of this year's Shake-N-Take participants. I have purchased the missing underframes and am preparing to send them to those that received kits

Photo: NP Boxcar 6030 With Banner A 1923 photo from the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture: https://ferrisarchives.northwestmuseum.org/Item/Index/4761 This was part of several boxcars carrying

Photo: Unloading Plumbing Fixtures A 1932 photo from the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture: https://ferrisarchives.northwestmuseum.org/Item/Index/26672 OK. I know some of you are thinking these

Photo: Trailer Train Autorack With Studebakers A 1960 photo from the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture: https://ferrisarchives.northwestmuseum.org/Item/Index/27275 Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Photo: Barrels Secured In A Boxcar A 1926 photo from the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture: https://ferrisarchives.northwestmuseum.org/Item/Index/6274 Evidently, items for a hardware company. Bob

Photo: NP Boxcar 35744 A 1901 photo from the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture: https://ferrisarchives.northwestmuseum.org/Item/Index/22626 It says "Air Brake" on the car but maybe the hand brake

Clark Propst wrote: "I've attached a Bill Armstrong photo take on a lowly branchline in central Iowa. Shows they crawled out on some of the skinniest limbs ; ))" Note the Seley hopper behind the