Tony, the first car on the third track from the left was once a LaBelle Woodworking kit. I built one when I was about 15, and it's the first time I've seen a photo of the model. Still have it,

Thanks Dennis, but while the Royalite car drawings do offer some help, they also differ quite a bit from the CPR cars I'm modelling. The CPR cars had a single cast part that served as bolster and

I thought I'd try to do a little more research on this subject by searching Google books. There one finds this phrase in Railway Age, September 3, 1927, p.450. Unfortunately Google only shows the

I just had to cross post this from the LRMRG list. It is a great photo of an IC steam switcher with lots of neat freight cars in the background. Along with lots of ICRR cars, I see the end of a

Does anyone recognize the 1940's era foundry symbol shown in the second column

Carl J. Marsico wrote: Our attorney explained to me that this is called "constructive abandonment," meaning actively working to expunge a trademark, not merely abandoning it by ceasing to use

The recent thread on these cars mentioned the trucks used were 5' wheel base including the later cast sideframe replacements. There are a couple of photos of a tank car derailment in the book 'Rails

Hi Folks I recently found 128 Union Pacific Freight Conductors' Train Books in the attic of the Laramie Depot, and earlier summarized the contents of Conductor Ferguson's Train Book, May-June,

http://www.cnwhs.org/shopping/product_info.php?products_id=318 http://www.cnwhs.org/shopping/product_info.php?products_id=401 Above are two links to the CNWHS store. Having those hand brakes back

Hi to all I have been busily painting a decorating my reefer fleet of recent times and for information model N scale. Thanks to everyone who replied to my PFE question which gleaned some

That sounds about right for what I saw. I think it would be pretty simple to model. Just sand/file the corners of the side panels to an approximate 1" by 45 degree angle, and then glue the sides to

Apparently Andy wasn't too observant. As on the next aisle over from where he had his model was the work of several folks that included about a dozen UP Diesels. Granted that pailed with the numbers

Elden, What you get for your $5 is three sprues as shown on the CNWHS Company Store website, each with one Superior brakewheel and one handbrake mechanism consisting of the HB gear housing, chain and

Phil, in the photos I've seen, there is about a 1" difference in width and indeed the side panel looks kind of bent over to fill the small gap. I don't think the model from Sunshine tries to mimic

Group, I just passed through a town called St. John, Michigan, and sitting behind the depot was one of the Wabash steel sided rebuilt cars. There was no number on it, naving been repainted in AA MOW

Has anyone else found that the floor does not fit any of the dimensions of the body, that it just falls inside? The floor piece is shorter and much more narrow then the cavity it is suppose to fill.

Folks: Is anyone aware of any photos of Waite Phillips Oil Company tank cars (reporting marks WPHX) and dimensional data for the same? Help would be appreciated. Thanks, Eric Hiser Phoenix, AZ

Dave; Does "3 parts per package" mean 3 sprues containing a total of 3 wheels, all for $5, or one sprue for $5 that has 3 parts on it, one of which is a brake wheel? Thanks for this heads-up,

I'm not much on tank cars. We're trying to find out what types of cars these were. They were purchased by the M&StL in the early 40s for weed sprayer service. Here's what Gene Green was able to

Gentlemen, The Superior handbrake wheel and mechanism detail set is available from the Chicago & North Western Historical Society, which first had Red Caboose do them for a special run of M&StL box