Update…I’d ordered a set of long HO queen posts off Shapeways and they arrived a few days ago. I removed them from their base and sanded the bottoms at a slight angle for gluing on the channels.

The C&A was a B&O subsidiary and later was absorbed into the GM&O but in 1950 there were still a small number of 40 foot War Emergency (51000 series) and all steel 40 foot (52000

Well, just in time! Thanks for the new arrival announcement. Thanks Pete

It appears that there will be a release of an HO scale sugar beet load this month... https://micro-trains.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=4400&search=ho+load+2022&description=true

Eric Hansmann wrote: "It seems the newer rotating handle uncoupling designs came into use almost at the same time as AB brake systems on new freight cars." Yes, "AB" brakes were

The article on the Southgate Terminal was in Model Railroad Planning 2002. It has a cover shot of an U.P Turbine on it. Scott McDonald

Bernie Kempinski write the article you’re thinking of - it was in MRP not MR. He also wrote a follow up of sorts on his

Several or many years ago, MR (?) featured an article about this little yard with an accompanying track plan. This photo was in the article. Can't remember the year or issue; only the molasses

Having started with the Mopac and having to see interchange made between the MP/TP/C&EI/M-I, I’m drawn (for some odd reasoning), to the various subsidiaries the Class Ones had. So the layout has a

On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 06:23 AM, Jim Betz wrote: Since bottom activated cut levers 'replaced' the top activated ... what was the advantage of them over top activated? Was the pin more likely to drop

great looking model - really like the seldom seen IHB logo. Rob

The decals showed a light weight ‘new’ year of 1944. -- Charlie Duckworth Omaha, Ne.

Those Tichy kits are very underrated. Sure wish the Tooling & Die guy had got around to making some additional prototypes. Your build is beautiful. On the IHB decals, any information on when that

Jim, While couplers changed over time (for example type D to type E around WWII), iirc, both could be either top or bottom operated. Carmer devices were not the only top operated device as many

Any ideas who built this one? On 5/18/2022 12:57 AM, Ed Hawkins wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Jim, Let me suggest that you have it backwards. The cars are OUTSIDE the fence, not enclosed by it. The fence is designed to control access to the rail yard and warehouse area. And of course,

Hi, Additional/followup question ... speaking of those autos. First, I'm kind of surprised that they are behind a fence ... I'm guessing theft risks. And, more importantly, how did those cars and

Bob, Thanks for this photo and all of the others you post - they are valued. In this pic the detail that I love is that rubber-tired truck backed in between two box cars! I also love seeing all

"Sind" should have been "Since".

Guy/anyone who knows, Did the coupler itself change? I'm asking if the Carmer cut levers would not work on 'later' couplers. And were those couplers 'mandated' or the top activated 'outlawed' thus