Unless that one man is superman, he couldn't lift those side frames or wheels by himself let alone line everything up. I will grant you there is no crane, but those wheels are close to 2000 lbs. so

Cool photo. I need to model a boxcar with the door open. Scott McDonald

The top photo the truck is either already back together or it's being taken apart. The bottom photo is a disability waiting to happen with both wheel setout out of the truck and the side frames barely

Does anyone have a picture of the other end of the winch equipment? Virus-free. www.avast.com

Simply outstanding, Gene! I follow your blog quite regularly. Rich Christie

Gene wrote: “My scratch building project to create a replica of the Northern Pacific 9480 boxcar series is done. I was fortunate enough to have Lee Turner paint and weather the car. He used a

That is a beautiful looking model. Thanks for sharing George Toman

I'll be by there next week, those vertical cylinder structures (grain?) look very familiar. I did just realize that you can see the Tarrant County courthouse in this photo, which you can't do now

There was one called Japanese black. Normally it came off with mineral spirits, but it was eventually reformulated with something that was almost impervious to solvents and almost needed to be taken

Hi Lloyd, The common rust inhibitor used for decades was Cosmoline. Not sure if it is still in use today. Regards, Tom Palmer

In the future, historians and modelers will be exchanging speculation about the exact location of this marvelous photograph of these two prototype cars. They will be eternally frustrated by

Yes, possibly kiln shell sections Clark Propst

Marvelous modeling -- shows what can be done in O scale. Good one, Gene! Tony Thompson tony@...

Beautiful work Gene! Jim Brewer

 Hi List members, I believe there is a PRR class R50b express reefer immediately to the right of locomotive 1955, under the vertical cylinder structures. These cars got around! Claus Schlund

Gene, Your model building, with Rick's decals and Lee's paint and weathering, captures the prototype with amazing fidelity. The black and white image - like most of those we have for reference -

My scratch building project to create a replica of the Northern Pacific 9480 boxcar series is done. I built the car from Evergreen styrene except for the ends salvaged off an Intermountain AAR

One more thing: There is a Frisco RPO-coach on the second track in from the track where the switcher is working in the coachyard. Ron Merrick

Gary Roe is correct. To be more specific, this photo looks more or less due north, and downtown Fort Worth is in the distance on the left. The 1899 Santa Fe station still exists, and it's now the

... plus 3 steamers, a caboose, a diesel and no less than 18 guys ... nice photo! Anyone know where in Texas this ATSF location is?