Additionally, here is the company yellow used on the PHMX

Here's something to consider....... I was looking at 'our' 4-truck, depressed center flatcars earlier at work. 'PHMX' series. Ten years or less ago they were bright TrailerTrain like yellows. Now

I think I'll stick with George Bishop's colors ... AP- 1 Stencil White AP- 4 BAR Blue AP-14 NH Socony Red (aka SP Daylight Red, Rock Island Red, ATSF Warbonnet Red, ...) Tim O'

if you go for a model RR paint......... Scalecoat 1 or 2 ... D&H Blue, S F Blue, B&O Royal Blue, Conrail Blue, C&O Blue, .... Even, dare I say it??? .... Boston & Maine Blue Best to ya... Mike

Bud, Try to keep it simple because I am not sure you'll ever get two guys in the same space (including cyber space) to agree on color. If I were doing a New Haven or Bangor and Aroostook State

I don't know if this has come up or not but the NH cars hadasphaltum mixed in the blue paint on the ends and roof so those are a muchdarker color than the blue on the side. Jim Evans

 Hi List Members, I ordered some of these tungsten weights a few daysago - 1/4" cubes and 3/16" cubes. They arrived today. Thye look like they will be an excellent way to addweight to the

At the end of the steam era the merchandise freight service got more specific/competitive and the railroads began to consider end-of-car and under-frame cushioning systems. Is there a good study that

Bill Pardie asked: "Are these trucks available in HO?" No. Trucks for 100-ton cars are few and far between, and the similar-appearing three coil and coil-elliptic-coil trucks for 70-ton cars are a

As clarification to my last post, I was asking whether the drop-bottom bays and doors that were apparently in the G21 floor as-built lasted into the late 1940's. Another question comes to mind - did

Guys - Since there has been a discussion of G22 gons, I have a couple of questions about the ELUSIVE G21, PRR #315001. First, has anyone ever found a photo of the G21, either in service or a

Bruce Smith writes: "I'm not sure how many times we have to say it, but I guess at least once more :) ANY request for paint color should be accompanied by an ERA." And, if I may say it again, and

Ed, I'm not sure how many times we have to say it, but I guess at least once more :) ANY request for paint color should be accompanied by an ERA. PRR Freight Car Color changed over the years as

Mike, that is a VERY cool idea for a website! Too bad they have solittle actual paint data -- need Accupaint, Star, TruColor, Scalecoat, Floquil,etc But maybe over time they will add more brands,

It is called exactly Modelflex and has been since it was introduced well over a decade ago when Badger Introduced it. Bill Welch

Ben, The models in question are S scale, American Models 40' plug door and DesPlaines Hobbies 50' single sliding door. My question, though was more "what have others used in the way of off the

Ben Are these trucks available in HO? Bill Pardie Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone

Ed Mines asked: "Would 2D-F8 trucks be appropriate for these?" No. These cars were 100-ton capacity and were equipped with 2F-F2, 2F-F4, and 2F-F5 trucks. Unfortunately, I don't have a pointer to

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Ed; I'd add that Modelflex (or whatever they call it now) Light Tuscan Oxide Red is good for the forties-early fifties, and 1/3 Dark Tuscan Oxide Red 2/3

Can't speak to the trucks, but Scalecoat Oxide Red is my default colour for PRR. Pierre Oliverwww.elgincarshops.comwww.yarmouthmodelworks.com On 5/13/2015 2:45 PM, ed_mines@...