Picked up a snap shot photo of a girl hanging on the side of a wood double sheathed boxcar. The reason I bought it was of the unusual handbrake. On the car side is a shield with the slogan "The Line

Denny et al: I will look in my ladder box for 21" ladders for you. Reminder: You'll need four ladders: do you already have 2 of them? What is the matching rung pitch you need? Lots of cars have

Thanks Ben. I wasn't meaning re-paint stencils in the sense of dating a re-paint of the car. I was noticing the two separate colours suggested as between the two re-pack blocks (upper block is

Bill, You wouldn't want to give it a break-in run on No.20 or 21, (local freights) would you? :-) Dennis

Denny, you can 'rool your own' by using styrene strips and rod. Clark Propst Who never measures anything : )

Ok...FWIW on the remote workbench at the cabin I am carving on a couple of Sunshine IC hoppers.  I don't really need more IC hoppers but these are parts, enough to do 2 cars, that Martin gave me when

According to the A.R.A. Standards on Safety Appliances as published in the 1931 Car Builders Cyclopedia (and repeated verbatim in the A.A.R. Standards in the 1940 edition of the same publication) the

I have a "Pirate Models" kit of an even earlier Mack bus and similarly am frustrated by the lack of Greyhound decals. Maybe this is something Microscale could be influenced to offer. The Life

Friends, do any of you know a source for 21" wide ladders, a width required on a current freight car project (six rungs)? Thanks! Denny Denny S. Anspach, MD Okoboji, Iowa

And did anyone notice how clean that scene is? Crumpled up paper bag near the foot of one boarding passenger, one or two pieces of trash on the tracks, but no clutter whatsoever. Totally unrealistic.

Folks, I LOVE that bus, and the uniformed driver in his boots and jodhpurs! The bus is (or was) available in resin in HO, but sadly, I'm not aware of any decals. I have one that I want to paint

Did anyone notice, that when some clumsy guy reached over this layout, he knocked the roof of the water tank

Rob Kirkham asked: "Curious to know what those stencils with the triangles on the ends were for. The top one seems a different shade than the lower, yet it doesn't look like a patched re-painted

This is another photo from South Carolina/Life magazine group with many Southern low side gons. All 3 versions of this car are available in resin kit

inspired by recent e-mails, I've been scouting through Life photos and this one intrigued me. Curious to know what those stencils with the triangles on the ends were for. The top one seems a

Regarding the photo from the second link Buddy has posted, we would note the car on the extreme right has an U/F very much like if not identical to the Bettendorf U/F seen on many PFE cars. FGE also

Check out: http://www.ppw-aline.com/rpm-naperville.htm Jack Burgess www.yosemitevalleyrr.com <This may be slightly out of scope, but has anybody received a pre- <registration notice/program

After finishing a Westerfield resin Milw stock car ( I have another left to build that will wait until winter ), I wanted an easier project so I am working on the first of three styrene Bowser PRR

This may be slightly out of scope, but has anybody received a pre-registration notice/program rundown/clinic summary from Joe D'Elia? I sent my $100 today, but I'm kind of wondering what the specifics

A few links to additional photos of FGEX/BREX/WFEX reefers from the May 1942 LIFE article on Yemassee SC. A definite bookmark (and time machine) for any ACL fans out there. Color photo of FGEX R7