Excellent build and finish. I really like the CNW NWX cars. On 7/17/2022 7:14 PM, Bob Chapman wrote: -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Early in the war solid trainloads of CRUDE oil plus large blocks had to be moved to east coast refineries (spread from Chesapeake Bay up to North Jersey) by rail until a huge

I thought oil trains ran primarily during WWII due to the danger to tankers from U-boats. Blocks of like cars, yes, but unit trains after the war? Nelson Moyer

It's really beside the point Dave. The argument was made that tank cars should resemble the "stair step" of box cars while MOST tank cars for DECADES were plain old single dome

Ron, I would like the Floquil J. Stephen Sandifer

Rich Ah so! But things get more interesting -- The Red Caboose model CORRECTED the door opening. The Front Range door opening is actually 7-9 rather

That is a brave color scheme to tackle, and then to have it come out so well. Hats off! -- ------------------- RJ Dial Mendocino, CA

That is one interesting looking car. From the A end tiny lumber door to the B end Miner hand brake and everything in between. NP lived in its own world. -- ------------------- RJ Dial Mendocino, CA

I have approximately 100 used and new bottles of Floquil and Polly-S paints that I would like to pass along. I'm located in Houston, Texas. I know several people on this and other lists who could

Bob You made a great job of that car. Paul Doggett

On Sun, Jul 17, 2022 at 03:28 PM, Tim O'Connor wrote: Large numbers of 8,000 gallon and lesser numbers of 10,000 gallon tank cars ARA III/ICC103 were predominant for petroleum transport (the

At least the first car in this sequence is a UTLX X-3 10000 gallon tank, like the coming Rapido model. Steve Hile

I believe this one is a windup shaft-style lever handbrake, using horizontal action rather than a up-down action. There is no evidence of any chain or pull link running up to the lever. David

Bruce, Thank you. Since it was mounted on around post, I did not know if it had a mechanism that rotated the post, as would be the case if a brake wheel was attached.

Ken, That a lever handbrake, and it works just like every other lever handbrake. Lift up the lever, push or pull to tighten the attached brake chain. A ratchet mechanism allows the tension to be

Interesting car and interesting what the photos reveal about it. I was struck by the heavy demarcation between boards the side sheathing of this car. The three quarter angle view is particularly

Can anyone describe the "brake wheel" mechanism on GPCX 259? How did it work? Ken Montero

Tim, Red Caboose must have made more significant changes to the tooling. The Front Range 8’ door car had somewhat narrower panel sizes than the Red Caboose version of the car, so the Front

Wowzer Bob, you and Charlie set the bar awfully high Good looking build Fenton

Bob Great looking model! Glad I helped to breakup that sea of red. -- Charlie Duckworth Omaha, Ne.