Good find, Tim. Definitely a DSI build. Stan Rydarowicz parts and Microscale 87-890 decals and there you go. I managed to find some of Stan's parts recently, already have the decals and an

This just arrived today and I thought I'd re-share since photos of DL&W refrigerator cars seem to be fairly scarce. :-) Tim O' -- Tim O'Connor Sterling,

Dave There was a large smelter in upstate New York on Lake Ontario for about a CENTURY. There is a LOT of hydropower in the area, and a great deal of it is now

IIRRC, Richard Hendrickson used styrene 'peanuts' for animals. Light weight, squishable, and painted to whatever colors of the livestock your RR hauled. Todd Sullivan

Tony I can't believe how I butchered that car and the Laconia Ralston Purina reefer. I was in High School, summer vacation in Columbus OH visiting my Aunt and Uncle and we were in a model railroad

I miss Floquil. Their Polly Scale Fantasy line had a nice Magenta; I used it to paint a DT&I 86' hycube. I forget what it was called. Something "Ogre" IIRC. Thanks! -- Brian Ehni On 4/3/22,

As l understand it the gases of a sewage lagoon tend to replace the air rather than pollute it the smell from a train would merely stink🙄

Is anyone familiar with "Green Marked Coal"? This coal came out of Southern Illinois was hauled primarily by the CB&Q. The book "The Q in the Coal Fields" said that it was sprayed with cheap green

I agree regarding the fine detail. The designer printer is looking at nearly 100 cars of all types printed so this approach is fine with him. A little time with the nipper and a drill and I will be

I've been designing and printing (Shapeways) my own details parts for awhile now, and even tried someone else's printed flatcar, but I still think the near future is going to be a hybrid, a

As the recipient of a research grant from EPA to study the distribution of human pathogens in hog waste at hog confinement facilities and their sewage lagoons, I can assure you that you do not want to

I once bought hundreds of pigs to put in my double deck stockcars, and realised that hard plastic pigs don't squeeze together like real flesh and blood creatures. They also added significantly to the

Bud Rindfleisch wrote: Bud, I used Vallejo 70.945, called “magenta.” It’s a fine match to the old Laconia kits, produced when the prototypes were running. For more on my use of it, you might

Dave Nelson wrote: Not really. The town and plant of Alcoa, Tennessee was built to use relatively cheap TVA power, and they produced a LOT of a aluminum. And Alcoa had a plant at Massena, New York,

For the moment I’m interested in offset three bays Brian J. Carlson -- Brian J. Carlson, P.E. Cheektowaga NY

I run mine empty. Richard Hendrickson used to put something inside as a view block. I forget exactly what, something like painted packing peanuts, to give an irregular shape if you happened to get

Sorry, I missed this thread in Feb. In the late steam era almost all Aluminum smelting occurred in Washington State. This is because such smelting requires large amounts of electricity and due to

Years ago, before I developed sensitivity to resin dust, I worked at a batch of 6-8 Westerfield stockcars at a single go – prep this part X 5-7more times, prep that part, etc. etc., I found the

Thankfully branchline retooled them. I do not have any idea what that cost them though. Brian J. Carlson -- Brian J. Carlson, P.E. Cheektowaga NY

MM had its own kind of flaws… none of the drawings were dimensioned. Anybody working in gauges not HO were just SOL. Bob assumed people would lay styrene right on the page. He never allowed