Jack, reweighing is not the same thing as lubrication of the bearings. Mandatory reweigh intervals were measured in years but the bearings required much more frequent maintenance. I

I love the stencil on this one in 1972 - It's an X26F rebuild of course, but it's age hasn't changed. :-) -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Correct... I have the attached list of dates, etc. taped just about my workbench. Note that I model 1939 so some of them might not be correct for much later modeling dates. Jack Burgess

Based on ORER data 3 Pennsy X26 made 1963 in revenue series. However, I’d take that with a grain of salt. They probably weren’t actually in service, just stored not yet white-lined. Face it,

And in general the work was done wherever the car happened to be at the time :-) Case in point - this New Haven box car lubed by the Great Northern. Tim

I don't know of any USRA double sheathed cars that survived un-rebuilt in the 1960's. There were still a few all-steel rebuilds but that's a whole other subject.

Charlie years ago I used the 36' MDC reefer and I think Clover House dry transfers https://cloverhouse.com/Cart/product_info.php?products_id=10176 Not a hi detailed model, but an op session good

I believe Clover House offers twisted wire or cable. Cloverhouse.com There have been several other companies as well, look at ads in the Narrow Gauge Gazette Check Hobby Lobby for bead stringing

From what I recall in discussions here, this was an annual interval unless it was needed beforehand. The repack stencil for date and location would be reapplied after the work was completed. Eric

Thanks for all the replies and images. Lester Brewer upgraded a pre painted Accurail reefer that was done for a NMRA convention as one of his blogs. Am thinking that’s a logical choice for a decal

Eric, I find that the RPCycs cut off at 1960. By publisher and author expressed intent. Like a certain freight car group. There is no information about freight car lives beyond 1960 in images or

Let me try again copying and pasting as jpgs. These are from the Tom Underwood collection at the Barriger library, showing the rebuilt M-15n and M-15p that all the M-15k wagtontops disappeared into

I wonder if this Delano photo reveals a key clue about his process: is this an indicator of a filter? https://www.loc.gov/item/2017878012/ (or perhaps just careless scanning of an image still in its

Is there a source for the twist ties in HO, I seem.to remember a supplier who had this item in their line along with a treasure trove of similar detail items. Regretfully the name escapes me. Bill

Yes, right; the talk about the layout was just a bit of fun Rob

Considering it is a photo taken from a high vantage point, and looking more closely, it is more likely that the leather bag is sitting on a concrete barrier of some sort. (The edge of a multistory

Was there a regulated interval for repacking plain journals in the early 1950s? If not, what was a typical interval, please? I am hoping to be able to use repack dates to get realistic estimates of

Hi guys, I have a RCW 10k AC&F SHPX/Paluxy Asphalt insulated tank car that I'd be willing to trade for either an 8k RCW insulated tank car (any kit) or the Speedwitch 105.1 MKT boxcar kit. I can be

Since Tichy’s decals are so thick I’d like to see if I can pull enough images together to make a nice thin decal set to do the 40’ bunkerless wood reefer. What prompted this is a shot of one on

Interesting story about Model Air Rust 71.080. I first encountered it when I ordered Acrylic Box Car Red which was brand new back about 2013 from Micro Mark. I received 4 bottles of Vallejo Model Air