Brian thanks for posting that digital scan C&A 1200. The distinctive 14 panel aluminum box cars were built for five railroads C&A, NKP, RI, C&O, M&StL. The

There were also experiments in aluminum boxcars in Canada in the years following the Second World War. Canadian National had 3 aluminum boxcars delivered in January 1946 (they also had five aluminum

My bad; it was Alton, not GM&O. Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of "BRIAN PAUL EHNI via groups.io" <bpehni@...> Reply-To: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> Date:

In addition to the ones you mention, Rock Island and GM&O (?) had one. All experimental. SP overnight cars were steel painted silver. Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io>

There was an Illinois Central aluminum box car on E-bay last week. Not so interested in the car, but it did get me to thinking... Great Northern had one (only) aluminum box car. Ebay had a NP

This grab iron thread has been going on for quite a while. But I have never seen a mention of a super grab iron tool at Micro Mark that has made the many grab irons I have had to make for my scratch

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Was helping a friend build some 2’x8’ frames for his train layout. He went to great lengths to get “straight” 1”x4”s. All four had something wrong with them, though they all looked

That’s very true. We are talking wood construction here. Wood is NOT stable. It expands, contracts, bends, warps, twists, and does all manner of distortions … and every board is different. One

Thanks Clark. I have some of those Testor enamels. Appreciate the help. Les Sittler From: Clark Propst via groups.io Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2022 11:19 PM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re:

Charlie All very nice. Paul Doggett

Here’s some recent steam era builds. That you may have missed if not on the resin builders .io The Cotton Belt car still needs a little weathering -- Charlie Duckworth Omaha, Ne.

I'm modeling WP's Quincy Junction and the Quincy RR. One car that was visible on many Quincy RR pictures was this CB&Q XA-7/8, which was done by Sunshine a long time ago: #22.6 CB&Q XA-7/8 40' os

I made the 3d-printed SP Hart gondolas. I don't have any of the "as-built" models left, but still have a few "modernized" cars with the side dump doors removed. I'm not planning on making additional

3:30 PM on Saturday. See you there! Steve

Clark- What paint brand are you using to tint the Dullcote- Floquil or Scalecoat? Les Sittler Tough to find model paint in these parts anymore. I used Testors little rectangular bottles, enamel I

Steve, I forgot to mention that the kit is no. 3811 and has gray resin parts. Ken Montero

Another consideration is slight warping of the boards which would create slight offset of the horizontal joints. -- Ted Larson Trainweb.org/MHRR --- GN in 1965 --- NASG.org

The Rapido model has an IH of 3’-6” and zee-bar side posts. CN had 500 of these in service from 1949-2000. CP had 1,900 of these in service from 1943-2002. Toronto Hamilton & Buffalo had 250 of

Lester, Look closer at those kits. There are more differences than just the brakes. The K body has no toe holes in the end, and the AB body has 2 toe holes. These kits can be used to model the