Frank Hodina is now blogging. He plans to share tips, techniques, and other goodies. Contributions will be posted from other modelers in the upcoming months. Bookmark it! Resin Car Works Blog | HO

Again thanks for all the input. I have been trying to be more selective on what to put on my layout and the research end is something I am trying to learn. This group has been very beneficial. I

Al Westerfield wrote: I'm not disputing anything about the kit for the B-50-20. We were discussing the UP A-50-6 originally, a much older car. For the era of the B-50-20, I would be pretty

Tim The color chips I've seen are a yellow orche - certainly not the bright yellow the Floquil called reefer yellow. I think TruColor got it right. Ed Hawkins should chime into this discussion as he

Good point Ben. I spoke without evidence to back up my statement. Rich Christie On Tuesday, March 10, 2015 6:54 PM, "Benjamin Hom b.hom@... [STMFC]" Rich Christie

Tom and Tony – It’s been a long time since I did the kit but I can assureyou that if the B-50-20 had AB brakes I said so. Read theacknowledgments. If Richard Hendrickson is there I undoubtedly

Tom Kucala wrote: Tom, far be it from me to offer even the mildest criticism of those who put a huge amount of work to both research and produce the marvelous resin kits we all enjoy. But be

http://donstrack.smugmug.com/UtahRails/Roger-Kingsford-Photos/i-zngNrV8/0/X3/sp-ogden-yard-2_kingsford-X3.jpg I think the year is either 1958 (GN 12000-12249), 1959 (GN12499-12999), or 1960 (GN

Thanks for the quick responses. After looking at the history sheet that came with the kit I noticed they stated that no auto cars were given AB brakes. They were probably scrapped than converted. I

Rich Christie wrote: "I am sure with the UP, these cars all had AB brakes in 1949." Sure because you have proof that these cars had AB brakes or sure because you're assuming that UP converted them?

Great photos of this car in one of the Focus On Freight Cars books. Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone

According to the RPI group the shrink table of the A-50-6 from 1949 - 1956 1949 84 cars left 1953 12 1956 2 1961 0 K brakes were outlawed in the 1954 for interchange service. I

Otto K (not signing his full name) wrote: One guess was 1958. It is certainly later than 1956 and I think certainly not as late as 1960, so I would view the 1958 guess as a good one. Tony

Con-cor had a model: http://www.con-cor.com/Airslides2.html Richard Townsend Lincoln City, Oregon

That is an early series of Brach's Candy Airslides operating under lease from GACX. If that train is comprised of eastbound cars, then the Airslide was likely loaded at the Utah and Idaho Sugar

Hello Group: I purchased a Westerfield 5851 A-50-6 boxcar kit and was wondering where I could find information if they were ever converted to AB brakes and would have been in revenue service around

A good number of PFE Icing Platform photos here. Regards...Jerry Albin PFE Salt Lake City - Don Strack PFE Salt Lake City - Don Strack Pacific Fruit Express' Salt

Todd, The first use of Vermillion Red on GN freight cars was in 1956 ... ________________________________________________________________________

No problem Walt, and thanks for the photo reference. One question,where are the ART cars? Or am I now missing something? JerryMichels

This is to remind you that the deadline for bids on this batch of Hendrickson kits is tomorrow at noon, Pacific Time. If you don't have or can't find the listing, write to me OFF LIST and I will send