After your work day, lawn work, grillin', and chillin' by the pool, check out the summary of upcoming RPM meets on the latest RCW blog post. Or, check it out during lunch and make your plans to attend

I have one that was found about 20 years ago as a shingle. We had a large PFE yard in Nampa. There was a guy who must have worked for the railroad or bought them as scrap. There was an entire barn

True, it probably was 1/16 or something. But sometimes things need a little exaggeration to "look right", especially under a coat of paint and weathering. A little. I've tried using thin brass, thin

This was an accident on King's Highway (?) in St Louis, October 15, 1954 -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Lester, The FR body with the "banana-taper ends" is more or less correct for Soo 46700-47698 (even numbers only) built by Soo in 1956, and 47700-48298 (again, even only) built

Of course, I didn't say they were NON-EXISTENT in your year. They were, of course, not placards but what PFE called medallions. Tony

I drilled completely into the photo and the caption at the top reads Southern Pacific Transportation Company 1942. Pat Wade Santa Barbara, CA

Bob Chaparro wrote: I don't know the location, but the ice and produce together might well mean that this particular packer will also fill the car's ice bunker (unusual) or, as Bruce Smith noted,

There was a post last week that featured an attachment of Mid Century Boxcars And Models. Included in this attachment is a photo of an altered Delaware And Hudson car. This is a car that is in my

Bob, What’s to explain? This is a typical packing house operation with what appear to be crates of produce on a conveyor system for loading (given the SP location) into the refrigerator cars. You

Can anyone explain what we see here? https://www.facebook.com/Radio.WW2/photos/a.2031299693782683/2031308417115144/?type=3&theater I see ice blocks and crates on a conveyor and possibly one or both

In addition, there was a need for scrap steel during WW2. Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of Tony Thompson <tony@...> Reply-To:

I base my one car on Thompson et al 😉 page 114, R-40-2 70067 at Roseville in March 1944 with the full realization that the car might be at Roseville, getting the placards removed. Regards, Bruce

Bob Witt wrote: The PFE Car Dept. person I interviewed said it was done pretty rapidly because it was perceived as a safety issue. Remember, almost every empty PFE westward car moved through a

Could some event like WWII have delayed the pace of their removal? Bob Witt

I like Bill's approach. When I needed to back-date a Red Caboose R30-12 to the UP "SYSTEM" medallion, part of my prep was to fill in the V-grooves of the siding with UV-cure resin. Then the

Again great info, thanks. One more question does anyone the car numbers which had black ends and roof? Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

Maybe this is not relevant for the purpose of upgrading and painting a car, but Branchline did a set of four Soo cars each with a slightly different lettering arrangement based on cars built over a

Either Branchline Trains or Intermountain would have the more correct Improved ends; select the one with the closest width for the F.R. car body. -Andy Carlson Ojai CA

Thanks Dennis great info. I’ve always liked that scheme but felt it was too new for my October 1953 era. I have Ted’s decals so I’ll give it a go. I saved Lester’s blog as well 👍 Fenton