I’d like to make a quite general comment here … Iron ore is NOT all one color. Nowadays, with taconite making up most all the shipments, the color is rather uniform. The individual taconite

Johannes has it right- The Oriental Limited and Funaro & Camerlengo models are not PM cars- they have radial roofs, where the PM cars did not. For the casual observer, this is somewhat complicated by

Jim, The cars and layout are Bob Hanmer’s work, not mine. I can’t comment on the rail color. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

Hello Tim, I think the Oriental brass imports are different: https://www.brasstrains.com/BrassGuide/PDG/Detail/33748 many greetings Johannes Modeling the early post-war years up to about 1954

Copper Range had 3 cars painted for Scheuermann and 1 for Bosch. Dennis Leopold published a 122 page Copper Range roster book with more information last year if you are interested in the line.

Hello Bill and all, rhe answer depends on the problem: 1. the truck bolster is too wide for the branke hanger part: try Kadee #441 or #442 2. the truck bolster is too high for the brake hanger part:

Interesting postcard - would love to find the original image and blow it up. Shows several Canadian tank cars, including BA, at Moose Jaw Saskatchewan.

Was this car original to PGE, or was it secondhand? If so does anyone know where it came from? Larry King

Eric, Very nice build! Shouldn't the rails be essentially the same color as the ore cars? I've read that all the houses along the right-of-way had rust-colored whites - didn't matter what color is

Photos: CP “Stone Car” 338148 (1959) Photos from the Royal BC

Photo: Pacific Great Eastern Reefer 819 (Circa 1950s) Photo from the Royal BC

Photo: SHPX/Hooker Tank Car 3344 Photo from the Royal BC

George: Attached is the Hutchins end used on some the rebuilt D&H 36' cars. Not at all the same as the one used on the 40 ft cars. Hope this helps. -- Dave Parker Swall Meadows, CA

https://elgincarshops.blogspot.com/2021/05/2-new-kits-from-yarmouth-model-works.html -- Pierre Oliver www.elgincarshops.com www.yarmouthmodelworks.com

Excellent observation. Thank you. George Courtney

I think that’s an inverse Hutchins end. It’s just difficult to see the indentations. It’s most visible at the end tack board as you can see the tack board spans a gap. Eric

Thanks Scott, but this doesn't appear to be the end in the Sunshine kit I'm using as a basis for my model. To help I put a new post with a photo of the Sunshine D&H end. George Courtney

This is a followup to my earlier question on this car. I'm thinking of building it in S scale. The end doesn't match anything I'm aware of, chiefly the riveted metal appears thinner than on other

Nice! Is this similar to the old Yankee Clipper resin kit (or was it Funaro & Camerlengo?) for the C&O? Also, I think Oriental imported a brass model or two for the C&O cars?

Thanks, these have all been sold. -Andy Carlson Ojai CA Hello- Found on the cover, a photo on Ted Cullota's book "Focus on