Chris, The Rapido model comes with brake parts for both AB and K brakes. Both my B&O and Milwaukee Road models were equipped with K brakes and the AB parts were in the box. My only roof photos of the

Although the photo is from after the end date of this group, it seems like none of the photo's content is. 700 miles from the U.S. border, we can still see a radial-course GATC tank car, a

All- Thanks for the side trip into Railroad Terminolgy. Turns out that the question was raised by a faulty memory on the part of the researcher…he remembered “magazine” when the

Thanks for the review John. I haven't ordered any as I have several Westerfield and Tichy models to build. I did order the tank cars however.-- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC

I attached some closeup photos before spraying flat finish for you can evaluate prototype fidelity. The side and end grab irons are etched as part of the niclel silver overlay, so as a result, they do

Fantastic photo. It makes me ask -- Is the lettering on those cars done in DAYLIGHT ORANGE ? I think the Champ decals HB-340 is orange, and I always wondered about that.

That is a magnificent photo, the cars look splendid, thank you for posting it Richard! This reminds me of a question I had about these cars sometime ago. Did they mostly stay on the west coast or on

Eric, so are you saying the car in this photo differs from the roof on the Rapido B&O model? I recall discussing this topic last year when this model was first announced by Rapido. -- Chris

Charlie/all, Magazine was a common term for a "large clip of ammo" such as the round ones that were used for Tommy Guns. Magazine was also used for "the place where you store ammunition". Both

Also igloo. Storage_Igloo Al

Hi Chris, I received my two cars this week--one Milwaukee and one C&NW. - First Impression: Very nice models, good paint color, good lettering, nice weight, very well built, nice detail all around.

Another Dallas Gilbertson image of PFE 901, 902 and 903 at Santa Maria, CA in May 1953. Tom Dill Collection, Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive. The PNRA is fortunate to have photo descriptions

Magazine also = a place where goods or supplies are stored: Warehouse. Obviously, they can't steal a warehouse but could steal FROM a warehouse. Doug Paasch

Photo: Delivering Poultry By Truck To Poultry Car (Undated) A photo from the National Archives: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/148742423 On the link scroll to enlarge the photo. The car is LPTC

Ehh? Sorry, I couldn't help myself. Kevin NGMC -- Kevin Macomber NGMC (717) 474-8399 www.narrowgaugemodeling.com

Don't forget the slightly different vocabulary of English speaking Canadians...let alone the regional differences within the un-United States... -- Ken Adams Covid Variants may come and go but I

What era is the original reference? Is it USA or Canada, do you know the ethnicity of the original person using the phrase. English is a constantly changing and diverse family of languages. I have

And.... where was your name in this post ?? :-D Thanks for the additional reefer information ! On 10/10/2022 2:21 AM, conductorblg@... wrote: -- Tim

Of the very few images illustrating the roof on B&O M-24 box cars, it seemed like they used another variant of replacement roof. One can be seen in this Dayton Union Station photo from the Barriger

One other possibility would be a magazine used for the storage of torpedoes and fusees. Regards, Wallace Steinbrecher