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2023 Shake-n-Take program at Prototype Rails in Cocoa Beach

For those attending, or planning to attend, the January 2023 Prototype Rails at Cocoa Beach please be aware that there will again be one of our annual Shake-n-Take projects presented. There will be

By Brent Greer · #196497 ·

Re: Speaking of scrap (was Something old, reborn - plastic Freight Car Builders list)

Good Blog Tony, I had not seen this, thanks for sharing Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

By O Fenton Wells · #196496 ·

Re: Speaking of scrap (was Something old, reborn - plastic Freight Car Builders list)

Eric Hansmann wrote: http://designbuildop.hansmanns.org/2017/01/20/scrap-steel-loads/ Thanks for the link, Eric. Good post, and sound information about scrap grades, as I learned when I lived in

By Tony Thompson · #196495 ·

Re: Produce terminal

Pittsburgh. Tony Thompson

By Tony Thompson · #196494 ·

Re: APPLIANCE IDENTIFICATION

http://www.planomodelproducts.com/190-2.htm

By Fred Swanson · #196493 ·

Re: Produce terminal

That’s the Strip District in Pittsburgh. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

By Eric Hansmann · #196492 ·

Re: Produce terminal

Where was this terminal? Fred Swanson

By Fred Swanson · #196491 ·

Re: Flatcar load

I believe that the single front wheels are for narrow rows Found this Farmall H with single front wheel - Yesterday's Tractors Farmall's with single front wheels are common here in south TX cotton

By Ted Larson · #196490 ·

Re: APPLIANCE IDENTIFICATION

Yes Bob. It is still available. Actually Plano has many neet items including my favorite the etched hatch supports for refers. Bill Pardie Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

By WILLIAM PARDIE · #196489 ·

Re: APPLIANCE IDENTIFICATION

The rectangular grid pattern is Apex, the one with round holes is Morton and the third is Gypsum. I just bought a Yarmouth Gypsum running board for the National Scale Car GN boxcar mini kit. Pretty

By brianleppert@att.net · #196488 ·

Re: APPLIANCE IDENTIFICATION

Plano part 11322. Still available. Bob Allan omaha

By Robert Allan · #196487 ·

Re: Speaking of scrap (was Something old, reborn - plastic Freight Car Builders list)

Here’s a guest blog post on scrap loads from a few years ago. It’s a nice combination of prototype and modeling info. Scrap Steel Loads designbuildop.hansmanns.org Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

By Eric Hansmann · #196486 ·

Re: Speaking of scrap (was Something old, reborn - plastic Freight Car Builders list)

Thought i’d send another image - these are from the City of Vancouver Archives dated 1934, CVA 99-4605 and 99-4606. Without more to inform what to be looking out for, I think the concept of

By Robert kirkham · #196485 ·

Re: Speaking of scrap (was Something old, reborn - plastic Freight Car Builders list)

Here’s a small snippet from the photo I mentioned earlier; my memory of it was incorrect, hence the note later yesterday. The location is Active Training, a dealer in scrap near the port in

By Robert kirkham · #196484 ·

Re: Photo: Shell Tank Cars

Ken Adams said "Does anyone want to take a guess at the manufacturer and size of these tank cars? The first one looks like it might have an insulating jacket." Regarding SCCX 1114, Jack Mullen said

By Tangent Scale Models · #196483 ·

APPLIANCE IDENTIFICATION

I picked up these etched brake steps from Plano. There are three different steps. Can anyone identify the manufacturers of these steps? Thanks for any help. Bill Pardie Sent from my Verizon, Samsung

By WILLIAM PARDIE · #196482 ·

Re: Flatcar load

Were these specialized tractors designed to work in the orange groves? -- Bill Parks Cumming, GA Modelling the Seaboard Airline in Central Florida

By Bill Parks · #196481 ·

Re: Lackawanna 11500 Double Door Auto cars

Eric wrote: “The White Stripe on the Right-hand Door indicated that the car was equipped with Auto Loader's. The devices that hoisted Automobiles overhead so that four vehicles could be carried

By Guy Wilber · #196480 ·

Re: Lackawanna 11500 Double Door Auto cars

Eric Thur wrote: "The question is "after WW II, were they still used to haul Automobiles or converted to another service as Auto Parts carriers of General use cars?" Did you check the applicable ORER

By Benjamin Hom · #196479 ·

Flatcar load

https://calisphere.org/item/ark:/13030/kt2r29p4xx/ -- Ted Larson trainweb.org/mhrr/ -------- NASG.org -------- https://www.nasg.org/Clubs/RegionsMinnesota.php GN in 1965

By Ted Larson · #196478 ·

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