Hello everyone- I recently restored some patterns I made for the Great Northern's rebuilt-from-boxcars 40' stock cars. The 55200-55450 series, totaling 250 cars, were rebuilt from 31000 series of

Hello everyone- I recently restored some patterns I made for the Great Northern's rebuilt-from-boxcars 40' stock cars. The 55200-55450 series, totaling 250 cars, were rebuilt from 31000 series of

Hi, I use the "razor blade" etch bender ie one with the fingers. The one I have purchased comes from England and is made by Avonside Works. It comes with a single edged razor blade as well as longer

I'll have to dig, but I know PGE had an offical foundry/blacksmith car post WW2.

The use of "blacksmith car" is my own. I don't remember where I heard the term, but it seemed descriptive- my apologies for the confusion. Here's the story. I'm thinking about

Nelson, Trucks and underframe (car cement) were black. Jim Brewer

When I inquired about freight car red paints for N&W B-5 boxcars, I forgot to ask about the trucks and underbody. I have one color photo of a B-5 with what appears to be freight car red paint on the

On Sun, Jun 13, 2021 at 03:31 AM, Scott H. Haycock wrote: Would this car be the same as a blacksmith car?Scott, Where is this reference to a "blacksmith car" coming from? Dennis Storzek

Randy, A small addition to your otherwise excellent information. The model blacksmith car goes back at least as far as Truescale, probably to around 1958 or 1959. The Truescale line of plastic MW cars

I have one of the hinged benders (its packed away right now so I can’t confirm the model). It works fine for Yarmouth ladders etc. But the hinged piece is both a liability and a help. When

Please reply off list at mark at euphoriatt dot com The following BLI engines are from my personal collection and have been box kept. Nothing has more than an hour or two of run time and is

It appears that the "Blacksmith Car" is a myth created by the movie Union Pacific, which included such a car in their railroad equipment, that car having been built by the studio from a former

Ken… I have a Photo Etch Bending tool and it works very well with photo-etched Running Board Braces from Yarmouth Model Works. I fabricated my first photo-etched ladder recently and used a MN004

Looking at the benders for photo etched parts here: http://umm-usa.com/onlinestore/index.php?cPath=21_225 I was wondering if anyone had thoughts/preferences/comments on the"hinged" types (MN004/014,

I would see a blacksmith and his car as attached to a Bridge Gang, sometimes called B&B. Little need for forge work and making parts on the spot for minor on the road repair. On the road repair, as

Folks, I recently read a narrative by a professional railroader about a car used to repair bad order cars in place. This car, and its crew? one guy?, would be hauled by a freight train to repair a

Am sorry. Meant to be private. Staffan Ehnbom

Andy, You wrote: "along with cross-ties and cross member which the originals did not have any of either. I have started adding these structural additions to my stretched frame." It sounds as if you

Thanks to everyone who has offered information on CGW reefers. Greatly appreciated. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

The only three CGW reefer photos I have. Thanks! -- Brian Ehni