Have you looked at plain ol' drinking straws? These should be quite a bit bigger than stirrers and with more realistic thinwall. You can even get the larger ones (for milkshakes) from

I've got two pending resin orders, but I've noticed that I've got a lot of empty gons. The W&LE served the South Lorain pipe works, so I've decided to model a bunch of pipe loads. I can't afford to

The steel cars were the primary waycars during my era, and rumor has it Intermountain has plans to do the back-dated version of this car that was originally produced by Centiala. They had drawings but

The car number on the F&C website is 32329, I'm not sure what the series was. However, the lot number is 275B. I'm looking for what trucks it would have had in 1937 (I realize that there might have

Hi group, Tipos happen! 159 should read as 150 in my previous e-mail regarding the ATSF 1300- series caboose. Cheers, -- Bill Keene Irvine, CA

Chuck, Any further info on this model? I'd probably order one; I checked the MER, NMRA web site but didn't see it listed there. Thanks. Jim Brewer Glenwood MD

Paul, Oh how I love research in the early morning. <G> 1300 series caboose cars was 159 cars. 1300-1449, ACF, 1923. This per CABOOSE CARS OF THE SANTA FE RAILWAY, by Frank Ellington. The book

I am trying to determine the origin of the entire series GM&O 21000-22419. Ed Kaminski has the group GM&O 22000-22419 blt by AC&F (lot #3141) in 12/1947. However, the ORER's all list them

Thanks Andy & all, for the links & info. I guess I had found a photo on the SF-HS site of the 1300 series, under Links-Waycars-Caboose Photos by Don Ross, of #1430 in Chicago, ILL July 1969. I didn't

Curiosity is getting the best of me this fine Thanksgiving morning. I have always assumed that these cars would have serviced glass making industries but I am curious as to what other industries

Dean: For larger diameter pipe (24 - 36") I have used 1/4" or 3/8" copper tubing. Cut it to length then use a vertical boring machine or a drill press to thin the walls to a depth of 1/4 inch

Hi Paul, Here is a link to some pics of 1426 taken in 1955. http://users.snowcrest.net/photobob/sfr42.html cheers Dave types, lettering

PQX 805-858 and 512-518 were essentially identical; both series were 8K gal. Type 21s. (Type 21s continued to be produced, at least as late as 1929, after the Type 27 was introduced). Both

This past weekend I picked up a P2K Type 21 decorated for Philadelphia Quartz in a black tank with yellow lettering. The car number was 506. Knowing that P2k was very good about only putting accurate

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?q=freight+car+source:life&imgurl=4617f3a9036aa1cd popped up among the Life photos. A great photo from a weathering standpoint, too! How about those toe scuffs

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?q=freight+car+source:life&imgurl=4617f3a9036aa1cd  popped up among the Life photos.  This is a terrific resource.

And there are examples of libraries that separated the two and had them bound independently. I've had a couple of instances where I've request a certain year's volume and all I got was six

Lou, I'm forwarding this to the NMRA Division near Raleigh, N.C. They just had a run made of an original NS boxcar. Chuck Hladik

I've completed a rather large update to my web site. The freight car page is completely revised including a new format to be friendlier to both New Haven modelers and modelers of other railroads

Actually the term for the siding was V-Joint T&G or Butt-Joint T&G. Often was the case where the boards were either single boards as seen on PFE (early)?cars or V&CV-T&G? which was was V-Joint with a