George/all, First - I, for myself, would not put too much of a requirement on "non-toxic". Second - I would use white glue (or Krystal Klear) as the adhesive to hold it in place.

Here is an interior view of the “Brookport”. I’ll contact the person who sent me the photos and see if I can learn reason for the “Brookport” name. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Recently I saw a photo that shows a SP B-50-20. The end ladder is clearly narrower than the side ladder. The question is, did all the SP '37 AAR boxcars get built that way, or was it just that

In Bills presentation of ARA boxcars he had some photos of some Monon cars. One of the photos of a car had a large billboard "Hoosier Line" going across the top of the car. It looks it has a

George, It is much cheaper to buy S-280 steel shot media, which is what I think that this stuff is. I got 10 lbs for about $30. For another $1 I got a plastic dispenser bottle… just make sure to

Lester, Very nice little reefer/combo Ambroid build! I wish the Ambroid kits had been a little closer to prototype. They are fun to build and actually a pretty good starting point.

Kristin I wish I did; however, I do not have the last car or pictures. I build it for a friend who has it freight car collection. The only car I currently have on the railroad is a wood Ambroid kit

I found a product called Liquid Gravity from Deluxe Materials from the UK the other day in a catalog a friend gave me. Although it is apparently not new has anyone every used it to weight flat cars or

Lester, I have been working on an interior myself but I really like the concept you suggest here. Do you have pictures of how you completed the interior? I would love to see them!

Doug, I believe you are correct. The FC Brown car was a very early design that allowed crates of birds to be stacked inside for transport. Note there is no caretaker stateroom. The

I have one of those N scale cars somewhere - or I did. I believe it was one Gordy Odegard put together - he gave it to Art Curren or Jim Hediger, who in turn gave it to me. Marty

Thank you for sharing the N scale version. I did not know this existed. The screen mesh is difficult enough in HO scale, N terrifies me. Ha ha! I appreciate knowing there

Excellent picture from inside the car! I wish I had actually been able to get to the car, but the best I could do was get a museum volunteer to get in to the building and take

The second of Doug's images shows, without at doubt, the top screen panel on the side is significantly narrower than the standard "6 diamond" tall panel or the bottom "7 diamond" panel. Seems to be

Bob, The “Turtle-Back roof" term was used by Pullman-Standard in bills of materials for Seaboard’s cars with rounded roofs starting with AF-1 auto cars 11000-11699 built in 1940. The term

Dan may I suggest you can make the mesh cover all the coups on one side of the attendants quarters. I have built the coups using styrene for the floors placed in sides ( a bookcase look with top or

Attached are two photos of the car at the National Transportation Museum in St Louis, which I have listed as the Brookport. I don’t know if that name is correct, that is how the photos were named

In the last picture, what is the gauge of the narrow gauge track, two foot? Gary Laakso Northwest of Mike Brock

That is quite the piece of iron. Looks to be about 12' in diameter, really thick. Kent Hurley, KC, MO

The number on the ERIE car seems pretty obviously either 10020 or 10030. This was a Dunmore Shops (ERIE RR) car of October 1940 to March of 1941. The paint scheme is the same as the LifeLike first