Until l saw the Eiffel tower in reality l had always assumed it was black, but it is actually a sort of freight car red. My brother who vhas visited Paris many times in the last 30 years says it's

Hello all, It turns out that the SP "main" -DID- shift to the K Falls route and was very much in use ... and carrying more traffic than the Siskiyou line. I've been told by someone who knows the SP

While it is unknown, I’m going with black on WM hoppers for my late 1926 focus. Here’s a Bowser model in factory paint that I updated.

Bruce Cool looking car; it’s nice to built ‘out of box’ and not get boggle down with a difficult kit. -- Charlie Duckworth Omaha, Ne.

That's a long-standing debate, and to my knowledge never settled. I heard it hashed out many times, by knowledgeable people, when I lived in Pittsburgh. Some WW II WM photos sure look like fresh black

I was curious about that myself at one time. The answer is no, it is just coal dust and weathering that makes them look black. Jim Hunter

Were Western Maryland hoppers ever painted black? There's a steam era photo in one of the all color books (Don Ball?) which shows a train full of these hoppers, some painted freight car red, some

Don’t know if they’ve changed their policy, but I’ve had the Barriger UMSL do copies of specific ORER pages for me a couple of times before. They charge for research time but it was very

I'm working on researching all B&M (and predecessor RR) ORER entries https://bostonmaine.squarespace.com/freight-car-data (NOTE: above is temporary URL until everything gets moved to the new web

Prototype photo from the Protocraft website: https://www.protocraft.com/category.cfm?Itemid=417&Categoryid=20 Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Nice job, Bruce! That model has been an RPM classic for 20 years now. I think you added the right aftermarket details to make it stand out. I also think you nailed the “dusty” effect perfectly.

Dave, The car with vents could be a Rutland Milk Car. The link https://www.brasstrains.com/Classic/Product/Detail/031394/HO-Railworks-Rutland-340-349-Wood-Milk-Car shows an HO brass import of

Bob, Thanks for posting this picture of Klamath yard. I don't think anyone would consider the caption "the main line up and down the West coast" as being particularly descriptive. I'm sure that is

A February 7, 1935 derailment on the Rutland Railroad at Irona New York was captured in images that have been posted on the Clinton County Historical Association Facebook Page:

Speaking of WWII I'm just finishing up Nimitz at War, an excellent book if you haven't read it. Also the Pacific War Trilogy by Toll is also excellent. Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst

at least until September 1949 if not later my guess is that the steady rotation of cars due to the AB brake mandate by 1953 would result in none of them getting past

Tony, Thanks! One of the delights in modeling 1944 is that I get to have the "slogan" cars (or at least many of them!) Regards, Bruce

Nicely Done, Thanks for sharing George Toman

Doubtful. There were directives to paint out war bonds slogans at the end of WW 2. Let me see if I can find the PRR notice I’ve seen before. Brian J. Carlson -- Brian J. Carlson,

According to the protocraft site those cars where repainted in 1953 so maybe?? Scott McDonald