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Mogul Ends

Hello: I have heard the term "Mogul Ends" used in connection with box cars. I have no idea what they look like. Would anyone have a picture or point me to a source of these ends. I know according to a

By Al Campbell · #72072 ·

new RMC

Ted has an article on modeling a Standard Tank car tanker in the new (June) RMC. At the end of the article he wrote:".....it is the best HO scale tank car model I have seen....". I agree. The

By ed_mines · #72071 ·

Roger Ackert

Does anyone here have contact information for Roger Ackert? Off line replies are probably appropriate. Thanks. SGL La vita e breve, mangiate prima il dolce!

By Schuyler Larrabee · #72070 ·

Re: Did PRR ever use black roof cement on the freight cars?

Search for "asphaltum". The instructions cited are for X43 and subclasses. There is one post about X29. A link to one of the posts is:

By LOUIS WHITELEY <octoraro1@...> · #72069 ·

Did PRR ever use black roof cement on the freight cars?

I seem to recall reading (or dreaming) that PRR used black roof cement on their freight cars. In looking through some color books and Ted Cullota's article on building the X-23 I'm now questioning

By Charlie Duckworth <trduck@...> · #72068 ·

Re: ORER request; photo leads?

Frank, Just happened to be nosing through some ORERs this morning... None are listed in the Jan '43 or Jan '45, but all are listed in the July '50. In the July '50 none are noted as

By John Hile <john66h@...> · #72067 ·

ORER request; photo leads?

Two requests this time... Firstly, I'm wondering if someone could tell me when the following series of cars were first listed in an ORER: Manistee & Northeastern 4000-4011 Escanaba & Lake Superior

By destron@... · #72066 ·

URCX Tank cars

Does anyone on the list have any photos of URCX tank cars? They were lease to United Refining Company of Warren Pa. In 1957 they owned 109 tank cars from 4300 - 10000 gallons, including a 4300

By Brian J Carlson <brian@...> · #72065 ·

May Podcast Review and a New DVD

Hi folks, I have finished work on "Building Craftsman Structure KIts, Volume Four, Scratchbuilding Techniques with Brian Nolan". I'm now accepting pre-orders through my website. I expect to begin

By smason22000 <smason2@...> · #72076 ·

S scale meet on 5/31

Attention S scale modelers (no hi-rail, sorry folks): there will be a meeting of the Blue Ridge "S"calers in Oak Ridge, TN on Saturday, 5/31, from 9 AM to about 4 PM. Our group targets S scalers

By Jim King · #72064 ·

Re: Whitewash on boxcars

Freight cars could be stationary for days or weeks, and might be parked under an overhead conveyor, a leaky pipe, or even parked below a road embankment and get heavily coated with almost anything...

By Tim O'Connor · #72063 ·

Re: Whitewash on boxcars

George, I'm don't think those box cars were in any particlar service. Unless the have hatches on theri roofs. They were just at the wrong place and the wrong time. Say at a cement plant or feritilzer

By rockroll50401 <cepropst@...> · #72062 ·

Re: Whitewash on boxcars

What era? Sounds like what you'd see on kaolin service boxcars with roof hatches. I don't know when roof-hatch boxcars began to be used in this service, but they were pretty common in the

By mcindoefalls · #72061 ·

Re: Whitewash on boxcars

could have been "Kaolin" or chalk (we locals call it). It has been mined here since the 1920s and until the mid 50s was always shipped in boxcars. The dust got every where, even the area around our

By Don Worthy · #72134 ·

white stuff on boxcars

could have been "Kaolin" or chalk (we locals call it). It has been mined here since the 1920s and until the mid 50s was always shipped in boxcars. The dust got every where, even the area around our

By Don Worthy · #72077 ·

Re: Whitewash on boxcars

Lime near a cement plant? Back in the 20s they would also lime farm fields.

By water.kresse@... · #72060 ·

Whitewash on boxcars

Watching several videos I've noticed what appears to be a splash of whitewash on the roof and one side of boxcars. It's as if a modeler took a paintbrush and starting in the middle of the roof and

By George Courtney · #72059 ·

Re: PRR R7 type reefer

Yes, the Hutchins roof versions will come later. As you know I usually do the earliest cars first. The later cars won't be a challenge except for the pen-and-ink work for the NX and

By Charlie Duckworth <trduck@...> · #72057 ·

Re: tank car "vents"

Ed you are correct in the fact that most of the els on tank car expansion domes were street ells but these were not used with the heater coils. The safety vent or valve was screwed into the female

By Jeff Coleman · #72056 ·

Re: Tank Car Vents

Thanks Larry. is there anywhere you know of that the P&LE article you mention would be online? I'm not a member of their society so have no way to find it. I did find the closeup of the dome

By ltctilley · #72058 ·

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