Group, As a “budding” prototype modeler that is accumulating knowledge on freight car appliances and components to improve fidelity in my model builds, I always appreciate the discussions around

Bill (and others), I am very excited about Ryan’s mini-kit. I wrote a two-part article on these boxcars that was published in the December 2021 and March 2022 GNRHS Modelers’ Pages. These

Bill et all, Thanks for the kudos on National Scale Car service. A quick note though, the MK102 series Door replacement mini kits also include the etched Union Duplex door track etchings, the styrene

Don't know what groups.io did with it, but the original pic looks very different on my screen. Anyway it was just an attempt to show the reefer's gold lettering was nothing near Daylight orange. I'm

Weird. The #671 doors were introduced ages ago. I think they are correct for some of the postwar SP 10-0 box cars. On 10/20/2022 4:00 PM, brianleppert@... wrote:

Larry, could you scan the following page too? The article about hot boxes is interesting. Thanks Alex Schneider Alex Schneider

Here's another repair steel underframe-this one from the D&H which was known for their equipment engineering expertise Larry King

I'm posting the diagram here. This is the one from the MPHS 1951 diagram book. There's a later one, from when MP redrew all the diagrams, after the renumbering, also. No MP steel 50' boxcar had end

Hi Brian: Didn't expect to contact you so soon. Great information on the GN mini kit, however having purchased several of their mini kits all you really get are doors, decals and plastic strips for

Notice how many tank cars in Dave's photo have one safety valve on either end of the dome. This is a spotting feature of tank cars built by Standard Tank Car and Pennsylvania Tank Car, which were very

Last Saturday National Scale Car announced their newest mini-kits, Great Northern and SP&S 12 panel 40' boxcars. As mini-kits, the buyer must provide an InterMountain plastic box car kit and maybe

On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 07:35 AM, Alex Schneider wrote: Dan, thanks for the link to that video. By the 1970s when it was made, vertical shaft brakes were uncommon except on flat cars, and the move

Photo: TP&W Livestock Car 1518 (1955) From the Industrial Scenery blog: http://industrialscenery.blogspot.com/2015/12/freight-car-stock-car.html Click on the photo to enlarge it. A Monty Powell

Hi Ron, could you send those diagrams? I'd like to see them. Did any of the cars have end doors? Thanks, John Golden

On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 05:23 PM, Scott H. Haycock wrote: Scott HaycockThe Tangent 1917 cars already have been issued as undecorated kits. I have one in my tank cars to be built bin... -- Ken

Dan, thanks for the link to that video. By the 1970s when it was made, vertical shaft brakes were uncommon except on flat cars, and the move was on to bring brake wheels down on house cars and remove

An interesting film. https://youtu.be/Dtm7SQfNppM Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Alex and all, It is standard safety practice to use the side ladder when climbing a car so that is why scuff marks do not appear on the end ladders. Here is a safety film on proper practice that may

The scuffing is much more evident on the car sides than on the ends, at least in the case of the B&O and NYC cars. Presumably a brakeman would climb up the side of the first car in a cut, apply its

Several colors in the image look a little off. Anyone try correcting? Tony Thompson