I fell into this Micro Mark trap several years ago and bought several Vallejo Rust bottles mislabeled as Box Car Red. It was before Vallejo Model Color line became widespread. I dilute them and use

Schuyler; The LV well flat was definitely similar to the F49, but not exactly the same. An extremely attractive car. Also a GSI product. It was not surprising to me that LV bought one, given

If I am not mistaken, the LV had a similar car. I have a brass model that I’ve painted, though it’s in a box and I’ve not seen it for quite a while. Schuyler

Claus, Two flags - Each flag was placed by someone working on the cars. This indicates multiple people working on/with these cars. You can only remove the flag you placed. This prevents someone

 Hi Jim and List Members, Thanks Jim for the links. Jim wrote: "Many Jack Delano photos, again discussed here prior. https://chicagopast.com/tagged/Illinois-Central-Railroad " Within the

Thanks, Claus! Note that these cars were designed at a time that engineers (the design kind) were trying to figure out how to make cars resistant to excessive bending (or failure), and had not yet

 Hi Elden and List Members, Thanks for the great explanation of this situation and the multiple images. Elden did not have a PRR class FN image to share with us, but there is one at the link

IIRC, MicroMark added another label to Vallejo Model Air colors that corresponded with Polly-Scale color formulations. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

I’ve been buying a lot of Vallejo paint lately as I get more used to it and I wanted to pick up a variety of browns and reds for rolling stock. MicroMark has boxcar red 29015X2. This is exactly the

Folks; It may be semantic, but take a look at these oddball flat cars (which I love), as examples of well and well hole flats. The PRR FN was a 37-car class of well hole flats (I guess as

What impresses me, coming from a place that has no vertical dimension to speak of, is how Lake Shore Drive was elevated over all that railroad scenery and now, when you approach that area from the

Fantastic shots, Jim Rich Christie

I've lived in the Chicago area all my life, grew up in the city. IIRC the area with the IC yard and freight house was known as South Water Street Market, while the area north of the river that the

Thanks for the information and photo, Rich! I think it’s already been demonstrated conclusively that NISX cars are too far in the future for me. Stay healthy, Peter Ness

Here is a link to the Chicago Past website, I know I have posted this prior however it has some go railroad photos buried within and here some good color of the Pabst sign and railroad cars. Many

According to the CBC the two terms are synonymous. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

Michael, I agree great shots. A shame they scrapped the PBR sign. Apparently was used for the war effort. The funny part is they dismantled it after the war! I was in Chicago last year for a Free-mo

I too think it's a well flat (one which has a portion of the floor very close to the rail, compared to the rest of the floor) as opposed to a well hole flat (which seems to me one that has no floor at

Perhaps I misread that somebody was making a distinction between a flat with a well with a permanent floor and one with a well hole without a floor which inferred special sides that could support a

On the NYC, "S" denoted two things: It meant a "System" car that was "at home" on any NYC line, and it also (usually) meant a car having the highest allowable amount for repairs; thus usually the