Is there a book which has attempted to contain all of the various freight car component descriptions, such as Murphy roofs, Duryea underframes, Youngstown doors, etc., etc., all the myriad types

Central Vermont's 41000-series boxcars were regularly used to ship firetrucks. Dwight Smith has a great photo of one being loaded in Claremont, New Hampshire. Marty McGuirk

We will be launching the Santa Fe Sk.N/P Caswell stock/dump car as built at the convention as our 25th anniversary car. Although most of the cars were rebuilt numerous times (and we will offer more

40' end door cars were used for many loads that would not fit in a non-end-door car, whether 40' or 50', and for which a car 40' long was adequate in length. There is a photo in my book on Santa Fe

I am told that a new system will be presented at Detroit, m-RPS for model Railroad Position System, with JMRI support. There was a presentation at a Regional meet in CA. It is supposed to be like

I used to use Scalecoat which worked just fine. It has some kind of particles in it besides the lacquer. I think it was recommended on Q'Craft instruction sheets. I've also seen shellac recommended

There are two types of wood or paper sealing, whether sealing for moisture protection, or in addition, also sealing to improve the surface for painting. 1) Simple application and re-application of

Hi folks, My apologies for the commercial interruption…My website has been updated to accept orders for the pre-release of "Weathering Freight Cars, Volume 2". A complete description of

For those looking for Canadian National Railways 40' box cars in pre- 1961 paint schemes... Mint condition collection: 8 Trueline Trains, 4 Intermountain, 4 Innovative Model Works and 2 Branchline

Good deal Ted. Will be ordering a few of the Wabash cars. Victor Baird Fort Wayne, Indiana

Many years ago I kitbashed a model of a NKP 40' end door box car from a photo in the Car Builders Cyc. As we now start to assign end door cars to some service at the North Shore Club, I wondered,

Heading into the NMRA, I wanted to give an update on where things are, what's new, etc. I have finally caught up on shipments of the M- K-T and Soo cars. If you have ordered these you will have

Roger, Thanks for clearing that up. I have not observed that NYC Classification Books include any clue to that fact. Jeff English Troy, New York you subsidiary of pocket:

MDI is Merchants Despatch Incorporated which existed from 1923-1936. Build lots prior to 1923 were referred to as MDT lots; those from 1923-1936 as MDI, and those after as DSI So the reference to

I don't know what "MDI" is. The cars were built by MDT. Perhaps you were thinking of DSI (Despatch Shops, Inc.) which was a subsidiary of MDT or NYC (I don't know which) set up ca.1935 to operate

Exactly what I try to do in O scale with the ancient junkers I can't seem to keep from buying at shows: my philosophy is to keep as much as possible of the original kit, although the cars usually get

Just returned recently from the 2007 NASG convention in Baltimore. Not too many "scale" dealers/vendors there compared to the past but enough to deplete the resources. Was talking to one model

I just did! Brian Carlson. On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:28:51 +0000, timboconnor wrote -- Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org)

Anyone contemplating a kitbash from the Red Caboose PFE body should keep in mind there are two physically DIFFERENT bodies done by Red Caboose -- the original R-30-12 and the taller rebuilds, called

That seems unusual, although I think last year they added more rooms. Better make those reservations!