Photo: Frisco Automobile Boxcar 152805 Photo from the Frisco Archive: https://frisco.org/mainline/2015/06/18/boxcar-152805/ Click on the photo twice for maximum enlargement. Photo taken 7-1939 or

Photo: Single Sheathed Boxcar 163235 Photo from the Frisco Archive: https://frisco.org/mainline/2014/09/17/outside-braced-boxcar-163235/ Click on the photo twice for maximum enlargement. Built

My experience is that plain aluminum, or plain anodized aluminum, is a "whiter” color than plain galvanized steel. Aluminum "grays” and dulls with age. NEW galvanized steel is brighter and more

So, just to be clear Rapido are not currently doing a U28Bph1, and they have also on the first run of U25B units skipped several railroads that had many more units than the Rock Island. Spamming

Hi Eric, Believe it or not, cucumbers were the most popular "vegetable" in the 19th Century, and were grown everywhere, especially in hothouses and greenhouses for winter consumption (Cleveland had

Vallejo also offers flat aluminum in its metal colours line.

John Golden asked: "Any thoughts on why the C&NW cars are not reported in RP Cyc?" That's for Ed and Pat to answer. Ben Hom

Wow. That was quick. Wheels are sold pending payment. Brian J. Carlson

Thanks Ben. Any thoughts on why the C&NW cars are not reported in RP Cyc? John Golden

Here's one of the look alikes. A clone perhaps? Tim -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

John Golden asked: I see that Rapido is offering a C&NW version of their USRA single-sheathed box car. C&NW had some look-alikes with 7-8 ends. But did they also have straight USRA SS? There is no

Hi Gentlemen, I see that Rapido is offering a C&NW version of their USRA single-sheathed box car. C&NW had some look-alikes with 7-8 ends. But did they also have straight USRA SS? There is no

No shows to sell at so I have close to 1 lb of code 110 33” wheelsets. These include, Tangent, Intermountain, BLI, Kato, Rapido and others. They are generally new since I use code 88 semi-scale

Returning to galvanized again: IDK if this happened on box car roofs, but I've studied quite a few old barns here in Vermont, which often have galvanized roofing - sometimes a mixture of types..

Hello, I have reproduced a Milwaukee freight car diagram book from 1958, just at the end of the classic era. The original book in my collection, measured 4 1/2" by 11 1/2". The reproduced size is 8

Yes and no. Mostly I agree with you, but “sand” can mean any of a variety of granular minerals. Common “beach" sand is mostly silicon oxide. On the other hand most sand used as an abrasive

Um, no. Sand is commonly mostly made up of silicon oxide or silica, not aluminum oxide, though there are numerous minerals that contain aluminum, and thus can be present in sand. Tony

Anodized aluminum can be many colors, think bronze colored aluminum window frames. But you may be thinking of clear anodized which is a bit like clear coat if my feeble memory is accurate.

There’s a thread on the Reinfreightcarbuilders io group about kitbashing an Accurail single-sheathed ( I don’t know what outside braced means) boxcar for he IC that could give you some ideas.

Plainly anodized aluminum is a whitish-silver color. It’s actually a (usually thick) layer of aluminum-oxide (colorless sand). It is applied by an electro-chemical process that etches into the