In case some are not aware, the FGEX and WFEX had a very strong working relationship. Since their heavy seasons were not the same, they would exchange cars to provide extra capacity for whichever

I added two photos my my car to Brian's folder in the photo section. Clark Propst MC IA

Would not Oddballs set 469 PS-1 40' boxcar (1-43) work? They appear to have the same hearld (and are clearly NOT for a PS-1 if the the 1943 data is correct). Pieter Roos custom the same

Dave, You can spray a clear lacquer over them or use MicroScale's Super Film to coat the decals. I have used it to protect old decals that have started to crack and separate. You can either spray

The Northern Pacific Railway Historical Association offers an NP standard laser cut scalehouse in HO on their website. You can go to www.nprha.org and go to the Company store or this is a direct link

Hey Yuze Gize... Just a reminder regarding the '07 "Shake and Take Clinic," the Kahns Meat Reefer, you need to pre-register with Jeff Alley or Mike Brock as the clinic is limited to just so many

Group, a fellow M&StL modeler, Mike Heslop of Bluff Creek Trains, is currently working with Kadee to do a run of cars for the M&StL 2700-2706 series of PS-1 40' boxcars. He wants to know what

Clark, You scratch-build one, and as soon as you are finished somebody will be sure to offer a kit (or a Chinese-assembled model these days). That is, except for a 50' PS-1 boxcar with 8' doors.

I started reading RP Cyc 12 last week. As you can see, I'm quite behind on my reading. I enjoyed the article on track scales because I have a track scale on my layout. Within the last few weeks I came

Thanks for the help - Charlie

Dear Mr. Golden: If no one has had the wit to buy the Sunshine G&F car before now, I will. Please advise whether I'm a lucky man. If not, then it's my fault for not moving faster. Regards, Williaim

I purchased a few Sunshine SFRD USRA Rebuilds at Naperville and have had a problem with the decals on the first car that I constructed. When soaking in water they fell to pieces, not able to use

Fred, In the 1950's, 71% of ART's stock was owned by the Missouri Pacific, and the other 29% by the Wabash - not necessarily RR's operating in Virginia. Meanwhile, the ownership of stock of Fruit

Are you talking about numbers of cars passing through or loaded and unloaded? If you're talking about bringing in loads, it might be as much a case of where the fruit and produce originated from.

Fred, This is just hypothesis, but I would have to believe that Fruit growers Express would dominate the VA reefer fleet. FGE was owned by several east coast RR's (PRR, NH, N&W, L&N...)primarily to

Hi Ted, Just a short note to remind you not to forget the decals for the two kits (listed below) that I picked up at Naperville. The two are: Kit K106.1 - CB&Q XM-25/26 single sheathed box car -

Guys, I'm raising money for Cocoa Beach and have three cars I can part with. First up is a P2K NYC Greenville gon, kit #21044, with as-delivered paint. Great kit, but I have three and can let one

72000-72049, built 3-52. Richard Hendrickson

GM&O had a series, photo in the 53 cyc, I don't remember the #s but Rich Remiarz has the car on his layout. Joe Binishj

Came across my six Farmall tractors with Odd Ball decals this afternoon; also have the AAR loading diagram. So I'm ready to start hunting for a car to load them on. My cutoff date on the layout