Garth, I’ll offer a couple of Burro crane photos from the yard in Saginaw, Michigan taken at different times.

Saw a Tichy gon for sale. It amounts to their 40’ flat with wood sides. Is their a prototype for this? Clark Propst Mason City Iowa

Tony I frequently refer to Paul Faulk's Color Guide to Seaboard Freight and Passenger equipment. He says the SAL's policy was to paint boxcars according to their equipment and intended use. The

For those enamored with the fleet of Dunbar Molasses and Syrup Company tank cars we saw recently, Tangent has just announced 8,000 gallon tank cars with that lettering.

I wrote about this a few weeks ago. You can still get the real thing - Floquil Oxide Red - if that is the match you need. <http://www.narrowgaugemodeling.com/floquil-paint/> And yes, they are

Brian the MRH color chart for Floquil Oxide Red is suggesting Vallejo Game Air 72.712 as a close match and not exact. I have not used Vallejo Game Air so can not comment. However, MRH also suggests

The 1914-16 car has the reporting marks of C.R.L and is marked Cudahy Refrigerator Line. The 1890s car has the reporting marks of C.P.R.L and is marked Cudahy Produce Refrigerator Line. Take from

Prior to 1911: Cudahy Refrigerator Line: C.R.L Cudahy Produce Refrigerator Line: C.P.R.L Cudahy Oil Tank Line: C.O.T.L. Cudahy Stock Express: C.S.E. John Cudahy Packing Company:

We know that different roads painted the car trucks in different ways, but I am wondering how we know what those colors are / should be? In some instances the information is pretty stable (Great

Friends, Since we're discussing Burro cranes, I offer five more cranes for you to contemplate. I think these are all the rest that I have, certainly all that I have in digitized format. Buckingham

Plenty of freight cars on this film Paul Doggett England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 https://youtu.be/THN9x1FNahQ

I do most of my on-line shopping at Burbank Hobby. Their Vallajo paint is also $2.99. I use only Vallejo so I can use my spray booth inside with just an open window. My spray booth does have a good

I am not too sure about some of the equivalent colors indicated in the MRH Acrylic guide. Some do not agree with what I see when I actually use the paint. Also Vallejo is introducing new colors all

While we're talking Vallejo, can anyone recommend a Valejo paint for Canadian boxcar red? Jim

Tony, I don’t know the earliest date when the silver paint began use. All I have to go by is a color photo of S.A.L. 25348 painted silver with red stencils done at JAX. 9-59. Hope this helps.

I'm sure there is someone on the list who can tell me when Seaboard starting painting some box cars silver, such as the Kadee PS-1 that is out there (could be after the time frame of this list). I

The MRH paint mapping guide suggests Vallejo Scarlet Red 72.712 for floquil oxide red. Scarlet red looks very very red. Has anyone actually used this color and can offer an opinion before I buy a

Roger Hinman commented, "Not all Cudahy’s were the same company which adds to the confusion. The largest of them was the Cudahy Packing Co in South Omaha and later many locations. They also had

Small four-wheeled cranes dated back to 1883 in the US (1859 in England) and were always a part of the Industrial Works line, but these were all steam cranes. Cullen-Friestedt introduced the Burro

I am not an expert in lead toxicology, but I used to work with people who are. If you are using lead flashing (or shot) to weight freight cars, the needed safety precautions are minimal: - keep your