Interesting! I grabbed them because they'll disappear after the auction ends. :-) Did these things actually work? -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

That industry in the background is interesting, also. Coal gasification plant? The coal looks lighter than bituminous, but anthracite doesn't have much gas content... Guess it could be a power plant

Group, There has been a good response about printing these decals. The idea is to do a limited number to offset the cost of a full sheet of decals at the printer and use up the available space. Just

That’s a cool photo, Tom! Thanks for sharing. This has a few weathering ideas. Check out the Pennsy hopper above the loco tender. Compare the paint outs and bold new weigh stencils with the rest

This really neat photo was posted to two New Haven RR Facebook groups yesterday by Charles R. Lange. Photo taken by his father, Harry R. Lange, in the late 1940s. New Haven 2-6-0 on the Naugatuck

Hi Guys I have just completed a Westerfield B&O O-27A drop end gondola Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Beautiful, Lester. Bill Bill McClure www.billmcclure.smugmug.com www.mcclureimages.com

Rich Definitely a good looking build. Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

My compliments for an innovative “rebuild” of what most would deem a very outdated model to a first class model. It is hard to believe its origins when looking at the in-service pictures.

Hopefully this helps. About 1967 as the Centennial Decal is on the side. William Sharpe Hamilton

Does anyone have a photo of a CN (or CP or TH&B) slab side covered hopper in potash service they could share? I need it for weathering. Preferably in the mid-50s, but I’ll take a later one if

That door issue happened a couple of times. They did a 50' C&EI box that had Youngstown doors, and needed Superior. Fortunately, I had some in the stash. Right now, I'm building a CMO 40' 4-4 end

Branchline did two runs of the PRR X43b. The first run had the correct Superior doors. The 2nd run included incorrect Youngstown doors, or at least my set did. Fortunately I was able to get the

This is an easy part to coble together. I got the idea from an article in Prototype Modeler a long time ago. I made a door like this for a GN double sheathed box car. You have to guestimate the

Previously on this list, modelers shared their techniques for adding the Keeley hooks to box cars. The link below will take you to an upcoming auction for one of the cans. The listing has plenty of

This time with the photos attached. Sorry. Rich Remiarz Sent from Mail for Windows

I have been working on a number of resin cars this month and all should be finished in the next few days. I weather them one at a time to keep more variation in the weathering. Completed today is

I have built and upgraded a Chicago Great Western box car, numbered 87432 referred to as a X-29 box car. My upgrade included the usual upgrade to wire grab irons and ladder rungs, “B” end

Atlas still has the Branchline 7 Panel Doors available in the correct configuration of panels but do not recall the width. -- Allen Cain Modeling the Southern in 1955 in HO Scale

BTW - those two first photos of the SAL double door car were the pilot model for this year's Shake-N-Take project, presented by Steve Hile. For those not familiar, this is an annual event at the CCB