I wouldn't read anything into the WPM meet model displays -- UP is very popular with many modelers and Walthers just announced a batch of UP passenger trains. California has always been home to a bevy

Good Morning Gang: Been trying to load up a couple of images of the new 5 course radial tank cars. Last night was unsuccesful. Resized the images and tried them again, the note said they were

Maybe it was a move to redirect the resentment toward him and practices he conducted. Jerry Glow

Don't forget the origin of this meet was the Western PACIFIC in which I suspect a resentment toward the UP. As a MP modeler, I sharred that resentment with a WP modeler friend. We especially resented

I have had an email from Ted recently. He's still alive and kicking. Some of life's little issues are getting in the way these days I believe. That's all I can say. I believe he'll be at

All, Could someone tell me what type of brake wheel is on the car on the bottom of page 38 of the four ways west GN freight car pictorial, vol 1 (GN 18598)??? And is it available in HO

Clark, I believe the problem was with the rrpicturearchive server, as it is working now and I didn't change anything. I'm glad you enjoyed the site. I wish that more people would "adopt" a

Of course it would have helped if I'd included the URL www.sunshinekits.com/sunimages/sunnumericlist.pdf Jim

Jerry and others, the most recent list can be found here. It's in reverse numeric order. If it's on the list, there's a near 100% chance it is available. If it's not on the list there's a near 100%

Anyone seem or heard from him? News of the double sheathed book? How about funny man Larry Jackman?

Dennis wrote: Bruce's description is right on the money... Jack Burgess www.yosemitevalleyrr.com

It appears that most major roads post-WWII had at least one experimental aluminum-bodied or aluminum-sided boxcar. CN had only three out of a fleet of over 40,000 steel 40' boxcars. I need a lot of

Rob, Take another look at that Royalite car on pages 268 - 269 of the 1922 Car Builder's Cyclopedia that we were discussing the other week... The car was built by CC&F in 1921, and the cross

I have a 46.9 "steel" and a 14.1 wood side kit. Both are ART reefers. Sorry I don't have the numbers that you're looking for. Don Worthy

Likely built by Canadian Car & Foundry, although some earlier tank cars were constructed by CP at their Angus shops. Ian Cranstone Osgoode, Ontario,

Lee, nice site... good info! You have some coding errors on the photo links, though... Clark Cone

Hi Dennis, I have built 6 of the Precision Scale frame less tank cars. They are very good models. You should buy the version with brass details if you like to avoid fragile details. The parts

Dennis Storzek wrote: My exact strategy with Tichy tank car bodies <g>. The frames can be used for other tanks. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest

I'm working on a model of CPR 389000-389049 series tank cars. These were built in 1923 and carried 12,500 gallons. They have a lot of similarities to the Athearn single dome tank, although I'm only

The truck is/was a bowser single spring PRR caboose truck- looks like the vaunted "bettendorf" with only one spring under the bolster. I gound out the single spring, then glued in some KD#78 knuckle