Walthers has received some infrequent shipments the past year (I got some from them). They are still listed. I have them on backorder and some have arrival dates in the next month. So they

I am in the process of building an Accurail freight car kit that required grab iron fasteners/rivets to be applied to newly installed wire grab irons after molded ladders and grab irons and fasteners

And Army MP (Military Police) and two Navy SPs (Shore Police) by the look of it. Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of Garth Groff and Sally Sanford

Larry, Plano does make latches but they are not the correct style for the SFRD. Tom

Here is the last installment of "Daily Interchange Report of Cars" from the NJI&I to the Wabash at Pine in 1953. The following list is dated 07May53. All cars originated at South Bend. I am showing

Friends, While scanning my prints I came upon this interesting photo of a GN boxcar. I found the faded original in a file when I was assigned to the Coast Guard District 11 headquarters in Long Beach.

Nelson: I have had good luck getting MV lenses from Fred at The Original Whistle Stop in Pasadena CA. Paul C. Koehler

Is MV Products still in business? The web site doesn’t look active. I searched the web for red and green marker lights and found one pack of red and no green in 0.052 in. diameter. Walthers and

And that is why this is called a "team" track. Much more commonly done in the 19th century especially before mechanical car pullers. Richard

 Hi Glen, It was me, not Bob, that posted the link. Wishing you the best of luck on completion of your steam era freight car! Claus Schlund

Glen, They had 1/3/4 Dartnaught Ends Rich Christie

Tim, That "combo" roof is available from Speedwitch Rich Christie

Randy Hees commented: I was at Ardenwood with the SPCRR, 2 years as president, and later professionally as museum director at the Patterson House museum. We got occasional complaints about using

Hello Bob, Thank you for posting the photograph of the GM&O 50' DD box car. I have a number of freight cars waiting to be finished as I do not have a suitable photograph to enable completion. I model

The load looks like sugar beets to me. It is quite possible the car got offline and was “borrowed” during the beet season. Ohio raised a lot of sugar beets, so the car did not have to travel too

The stuff in that gondola doesn't look like any coke I have ever seen. I lived a long time near two big coking plants and went inside both, at home we burnt coke for about 10 years on a fire that

Probably the chalk markings are big because it was so hard to get scale size decals back in 1925. Virus-free. www.avast.com

Corey makes the original version too LarryKing

Plano makes them in etched metal... Larry King

Westerfield makes some detail part sets for AC&F Reefers. I don't know if they will work for you, but you can view them toward the bottom of this