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Re: Scaletrains HO PS-1 40' boxcar

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

By Tim O'Connor · #196752 ·

Re: MDT 6000-7999 reefers

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

By Todd Sullivan · #196751 ·

C&O boxcar 4235

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

By Richard Scott · #196750 ·

Re: MDT 6000-7999 reefers

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

By Paul Doggett · #196749 ·

Re: MDT 6000-7999 reefers

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

By Paul Doggett · #196748 ·

Re: MDT 6000-7999 reefers

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

By ROGER HINMAN · #196747 ·

new website

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

By Gary Ray · #196746 ·

Re: Canning - was Re: Baggage cars in freight trains

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

By Doug Paasch · #196745 ·

Re: MDT 6000-7999 reefers

Tony Thank you very much. Paul Doggett

By Paul Doggett · #196744 ·

WESTERFIELD MODELS Newsletter, Vol 11, No 4, November, 2022

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

By dahminator68 · #196743 ·

Re: MDT 6000-7999 reefers

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

By anthony wagner · #196742 ·

Dousing The Hogs

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

By Bob Chaparro · #196741 ·

Re: Canning - was Re: Baggage cars in freight trains

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

By Jay Styron · #196740 ·

Re: Tichy Train Group #3070 Boxcar Door Hardware

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

By Dave Parker · #196739 ·

Re: MDT 6000-7999 reefers

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

By O Fenton Wells · #196738 ·

Re: Alaska RR cars in the lower 48

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

By Ken Vandevoort · #196737 ·

MDT 6000-7999 reefers

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

By Paul Doggett · #196736 ·

Re: Alaska RR cars in the lower 48

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

By Mark Vinski · #196735 ·

Re: Photo: Pig Car (Circa 1917)

I know what the caption says, but I would say the car was used to promote pig farming and how to do it better. The banners read “Soo Line Hog Special” and “Pigs and Prosperity”. The baggage

By Douglas Harding · #196734 ·

Re: Alaska RR cars in the lower 48

Here is a brief history of Alaska Railroad http://backcountrysafaris.com/alaska-railroad/railroad-history.php The Alaska railroad was funded by Congress in 1914 and completed in 1923. It was/is

By Douglas Harding · #196733 ·

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