RPCyc 35 which is the tell all about ’37 boxcars motivated me to sort though my stash of IMWX and RC kits. I found two of the offerings by Des Plaines Hobbies purchased years ago which are mostly

Is this the car you guys are referring to? I purchased this from the Rensselaer Club some thirty years and I am sure F&C was doing the casting for them. It does not match up with any of the Sunshine

On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 02:32 PM, Brian Carlson wrote: Has anyone ever done a deep dive on history the Wilson fleet during the steam era?No, but I took a very shallow dive. Wilson had what I would

Good question and I have not seen one

The recent discussion on Wilson Reefers, and my questions a few weeks ago got me thinking, Has anyone ever done a deep dive on history the Wilson fleet during the steam era? Brian J. Carlson

Thanks for the info Tim. I suspect that the F&C kit is of a different prototype as it is pretty different from my WCLX Sunshine kit in a variety of ways. I really don't want to say it's a total foobie

Hi Rich, SAL had at least 2,000 single-sheathed box cars equipped with Dalman-Andrews trucks. They would be perfect for the older Sunshine model, and I understand there is a new SAL B-5 slowly in the

RJ Dial, I don't know the answer to your question, but attached is an index of RMJ 1950s freight car articles in case you have not seen it. It includes a number of articles by Hendrickson. Chris

To add just a bit to the information Jim shared below, the N&W class BL/BLa boxcars that the SK class stock cars derived from were door-and-a-half versions of the USRA single sheathed boxcar. This

This is a N&W Class SK stock car. These cars were built from N&W Class BL and BLa boxcars (which were sort of a USRA single sheathed clone); when built, the stock cars were numbered in the 29000

Photo: N&W Livestock Car 29274 A photo from the Virginia Tech Universities Library: https://imagebase.lib.vt.edu/image_viewer.php?q=ns2779 Click on the photo to enlarge it. Part of series

I’ll buy a couple. How many on a spruce?

I bought some Klasing hand brakes from Shapeways. I got ten life times supply! If anyone would like a few for a modest price, please contact me off list. cepropst@q.com

ahem... Beetle :-D On 2/10/2021 11:00 AM, Douglas Harding wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

I’d forgotten this advice Andy, thanks! I’ve been touching a 000 brush of Tamiya solvent to the edge of the lamination - and having the marks develop. So - no.1 - back to the Testors solvent.

No. Photo is to early. The first Beatle sold in the US was in 1949 in New York City. Blow up the photo and you can see that car has a defined trunk lid, very similar to the last car on the right.

Phil Thanks. I have no photos of the 37 foot 7xxx series Wilson cars. They were gone before 1955. On 2/9/2021 9:53 PM, nyc3001 .

Thanks Phil. Unfortunately, I have no photos of that number series (7xxx), but those were the only 37 foot reefers Wilson had in 1950 and they were gone before

The second car in the left lane certainly looks like a Volkswagen. Could it be? Bill Jolitz

Friends, Yesterday while thrashing around on the web in old copies of CALIFORNIA HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC WORKS magazines, I ran across this mid-1930s photo taken at Roseville on the SP. It shows what