Todd, you go guy. Bash that car and share your efforts I’d make one as well Fenton

Oops, I'm sorry folks. Meant to go directly to Dave. On 11/18/2022 5:32 PM, Tim O'Connor wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Dave I surprised myself - I have only one C&O Kadee model - a 50 foot box car ! My other C&O models are all kits - or hopper cars. I have a bunch of C&O hopper

Hmmm, if the Sunshine kit is off in terms of roof, ends and height, is the prototype closer to a Red caboose PFE R-30-x reefer? I haven't done a dimensional analysis using ORER dimensions, but the

Charlie Duckworth's recent photos of his C&O boxcar 5461 motivated me to upgrade a similar O-scale car that I built from an Intermountain kit in 1994. The car now has new roof walks, uncoupling

Roger Thank you I have just looked at your article in April 2004 Mainline modeler Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Roger Thank you for the information Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Be advised that the Sunshine kit is based on the 8000 series of cars of which a smaller quantity were built. Rood and Ends and car height do not match the earlier 6000 and 7000 cars. Roger Hinman

I'm just starting to rebuild my layout after moving from CA to TX.  I have a website now with a blog.  The most recent entry shares how I've decided to light my layout with LED's.  You can take a

Yes, American Can and Continental Can BOTH had large can plants in Seattle, as I mentioned earlier. American Can was on the Seattle downtown waterfront. Continental Can was near the Duwamish River

Tony Thank you very much. Paul Doggett

Hello Steam Era Modeler: We are pleased to announce that Westerfield Models is having a Multi-day NATIONAL MODEL RAILROAD MONTH SALE . The Multi-Day National Model Railroad Month Sale will be in

Paul, attached are color photos taken by Jack Delano in Chicago circa 1942-43. The cars are immediate predecessors of the 6000 series. The major difference was the application of steel ends on the

Dousing The Hogs Phot from Classic Trains. Caption: Keeping hogs wet in summer heat was vital in keeping them healthy during transit in stock cars. This manual twin-handle pump soaks both decks of

My Dad worked for Continental Can, and I spent a summer working in their bottle cap factory in Wilmington, Delaware. They would get raw cork off of ships, grind it in the cork mill and form it into

Chuck: What you have labeled as #4 are door stops. The larger, adjacent bits are bottom door guides. All the bits in your #5 area (and the row below it) are standoffs for the above, in a couple of

Paul, how about these 2?-- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

Attached is a photo of an Alaska caboose on a Rock Island freight in Pella, Iowa going through the Central College campus. The date is February, 1980 and I have 19 different shots of it. Ken

Hi has anyone got photos of MDT 6000-7999 reefers in the orange scheme of the early 1950s please I am building a Sunshine kit. Many thanks Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

I have a slide of a Alaska RR gondola that I did some air brake work on at the Union RR car shop near Pittsburgh, Pa. around 1970-71. I also have a slide of one of the converted troop cars delivering