Steve One of the 1942 Delano photos is an end view of WEOX 264 that is definitely painted red with the large Mobilgas script. It has 7,900 gallon capacity in two compartments (2482+5418). It appears

Steve: WEOX 300-304 are in my 1935 ORER (July), and are 2-compartment, 10,000 gallon cars. I am away from my reference library, otherwise I would check the 1936 tariff book for more details. Maybe

I am looking forhelp, as usual. I would like to ID a tank car in a photo of a train. The car is relatively large (probably approx 10000 gallons total capacity) withtwo compartments. It has a center

Gentlemen, Yesterday I asked for photos of WP single-sheathed box cars...but meant to write Double Sheathed cars. Apologies for the confusion. Tim O' sent me a great looking model of a rebuilt

Ah... I was thinking of the wood cars. Dennis Storzek ---In STMFC@..., <riddellj@...> wrote : Interestingly, the Grand Trunk Western followed the US practicewith yellow-orange sides on their reefers.

Interestingly, the Grand Trunk Western followed the US practicewith yellow-orange sides on their reefers. When in Rome... I guess. Dennis Storzek Dennis, actually GTW painted its steel8-hatch

The latest issue of the Nickel Plate Modeler’s Notebook isnow online and available for downloading. Your one stop for all things NKP,W&LE, LE&W and TStL&W modeling, Volume 25 features a tour of

My first post had spelling issues because I used voice to text. I have a problem and hoping someone here on the list can help. We have a digitrax system at the club where neither booster works as

I have a problem and hoping someone here on the list can help. We have a did you track system at the club where neither booster works as the master/command station. Both boosters work in the booster

---In STMFC@..., <lamontc@...> wrote : Certainly CN used their standard Red No. 11 (their version of boxcar red) on the woodside cars of the 1920s and 1930s for pretty much their entire career, and

Gentlemen, Does anyone have a photo of a Sunshine models WP single-sheathed box car you can share? I'd appreciate using it for a blog post I'm working on. If yo have something handy, and if I may

and Dennis Storzek replied: Certainly CN used their standard Red No. 11 (their version of boxcar red) on the woodside cars of the 1920s and 1930s for pretty much their entire career, and subsequently

I'm in need of a Broadway Limited single 6000 gal tank, preferable undec and with out the platform for a kit bash to narrow gauge project. Can anyone direct me to a source as they say they are

Dennis Storzek wrote: When I interviewed Earl Hopkins, retired CMO of PFE, he described a test done in the late 1940s by PFE, painting some ice car roofs aluminum and then instrumenting the car to

---In STMFC@..., <jekuban@...> wrote : Also, bright colors tend to reflect the sun's rays, thus taking some stress off the insulation. Dark colors tend to absorb heat, causing the insulation to be

Also, bright colors tend to reflect the sun's rays, thus taking some stress off the insulation. Dark colors tend to absorb heat, causing the insulation to be less effective. Jim Kubanick Morgantown

Recently in another discussion I learned about another product from 3M, called Scotchcals. The reason I wonder if the SP&S letters were "cals" rather than "lite" is because they never appear

or the later DESPATCH steel reefers :-(

Nelson Moyer returns to the Resin Car Works blog with the third part of his home CB&Q layout adventure. Roadbed and track are the focus of this latest

Too bad there is not an accurate model of MDT's most numerous wood-sheathed reefer. Bill Welch