Jerry, from what I can see, one can model a believable PFE and SFRD fleet with plastic models and kits. But that's pretty much it. Resin offerings had/have much better variety, but as you said,

I would gladly buy a good resin kit. I would NOT buy more Chinese RTR. Larry King

Whenever this subject rears its head above the noise level[0] I remember reading and photocopying one or more articles in Model Railroader [pre-1979] discussing fully equalizing a locomotive (in HO

I think a highly detailed RTR ART wooden reefer in plastic would be a better seller these days than resin. I've built a number of resin kits, and love them. But it is kind of hard to get a reefer

Hello Steam Era Modelers: Our sale ends on May 31 at midnight. Have a good Memorial Day Weekend! We are pleased to announce that Westerfield Models is having a Multi-day NATIONAL TRAIN DAY SALE

I recall ca.1979 seeing two of these WRX cars at the then Farmer Jack grocery warehouse at C&O/PM Oak Yard in Detroit,along with an original USRA DS box in company service. I thought at the time, not

I have a National Scale Car B&O M55B mini-kit I'm not going to build. Price was $30 +shipping. I would like that money back plus shipping to it's new home. So, I'm asking $45 for the

Here is a photo of watermelons being loaded in a different kind of stock car on the real Indiana Railroad. Bill Darnaby Groups.io

Nice job of showing your construction steps. Wish more guys would follow suit. Nice builds Gary should be happy ; )) Clark Propst

Bill Parks, that’s very helpful. I had a hard time imagining loading dried blood through roof hatches since it normally would be bagged. Not to mention unloading a car full of loose powder.

So the one I was referring to was a rebuilt, ex-DT&I USRA double sheathed boxcar. That’s helpful.

Andy Thanks I was somewhat suspicious of the description of the cars as reefer rebuilds, since they look so much like the DT&I cars! :-) On

In addition to using stock cars for fruit, they were also pressed into service during the grain rush. Of course for that they were steam cleaned and lined with cardboard, tarps, possibly plywood or

The photo in Green's book is after the rebuild from an overhead bunker reefer, to a bunkerless reefer, and the car no longer had any ice bunkers or hatches. The caption is wrong. Instead of say "it

Tim, Give this page a look (check the line "ORER Notes" under each listing for special equipment and features): http://www.greenbayroute.com/orerdetail.htm#WRX9000RS WRX put cars in dried blood

I’d not heard this but an improved resin kit over the old Sunshine release is long overdue. -- Charlie Duckworth Omaha, Ne.

Lester Very nice, you’ve certainly helped raise the bar on my own building with your detailed notes and parts used. Charlie -- Charlie Duckworth Omaha, Ne.

Steve Can get piano wire down to 0.006” and upwards in increments of 0.001” so it should be suitable for most applications. Paul Doggett

Lester Very nicely done models . Paul Doggett

In 2019, Bill Welch told me that a wood ART reefer was planned to be released in resin at some point. Does anyone know if this is still the case? -Phil Lee