I think these were giraffe cars. If you look closely, you can see the word "Lionel" in the corner of the car end. davo in Orlando

I believe the other cars are loaded with parts for penstocks. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

Looks to be C&NW Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

I do my on-line shopping at Burbank House of Hobbies. Vallejo is the the same price as Sprue Bros and their shipping cost are reasonable, at least to me. I usually buy 3-4 bottles when I order. Their

Thanks, good to know. Here are two others: MicroMark Depot Buff 29027X2 = Vallejo 71.107 US Interior yellow MicroMark Steam power black 29012X2 = Vallejo 71.251 NATO Black Kai Solvei Norway

Photo: URTX 12117 (1935) A photo from the Wisconsin Historical Society: https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Image/IM9479 Awaiting a load of beer. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Photo: Dam Equipment Load On Flat Cars (Pre-1909) A photo from the Wisconsin Historical Society: https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Image/IM7990 The equipment was for the Kilbourn Dam in

Photo: Tractors On Flat Cars (1911) A photo from the Wisconsin Historical Society: https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Image/IM64667 Perhaps someone with a better monitor than mine can

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 On Tuesday, July 28, 2020, 05:25:34 PM CDT, np328 <jcdworkingonthenp@...> wrote: