Hi Bob and List Members, Not mentioned in the article is that Red Ball also made N scale items. See links below for their N scale 65ft mill gon kit. I don't know how much other N scale stuff

If you are modeling the 1930s or so like I am (August 1939) you might appreciate a new YouTube video that just came out on weathering…not how to but more what is appropriate. It is at

Ah good old waterfront. The amount of old stock still in service on CPR well into the 60s is great modeling potential, as Fowler's stayed on as well as the Victory Cars and USRA Clones. It's a shame

Movie: Hazards Of Helen - “Leap From the Water Tower” (1915) Courtesy of Omar Rasidagic on the Facebook Railroad Images of Bygone Days Group: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FqrG7FSFJU The

The Erie car is very close to the prototype; the diagonal ‘Z’ braces in the sides have the channels facing up. The only issue is the ends have an extra vertical ‘Z’ brace which I decided to

Thanks, Charlie, now I know what mine needs done! Schuyler

Looking over the research by Ray Breyer done on the various Fowler boxcars and the clones I decided the Erie boxcar was closest to the Accurail kit. I ordered an Erie decorated one but I wasn’t

CP 224367, the third boxcar from the left is a plywood-sheathed “Victory” car built during the war to reduce steel consumption. The Yarmouth resin kit models these cars. John Riddell

On Sat, Apr 24, 2021 at 03:30 PM, Bill Parks wrote: Does anyone have any information on the piggy back trailers in the pictures? I've never seen any with a waffle side like those.Not really a waffle

I think they were built by Dorsey. We had some blue B&M ones rotting away at Iron Horse Park in N Billerica, MA until fairly recently. Mont Switzer wrote an article on how to build one like that from

The History Of Red Ball - Pioneer HO Kit Manufacturer Courtesy of Ron Rendfeld On the Early Rail Group, an illustrated article on Red Ball by Alan

Photo: Cudahy Reefer CRLX 6100 A photo from the Penney Vanderbilt And KC Jones website: https://penneyandkc.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/maybrook_yard_003.jpg The 1955 Equipment Register lists this

Photo: DMIR Hopper Cars A photo from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee Libraries: https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agsnorth/id/9224/rec/13 Click on the arrows and scroll

Photo: Milwaukee Road Boxcars A photo from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee Libraries: https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agsnorth/id/9252/rec/48 Click on the arrows and

Photo: Canadian Pacific Boxcars A photo from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee Libraries: https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agsnorth/id/6508/rec/38 Click on the arrows and

Photo: Partial View Of SHPX/Hooker Tank Car 3342 A photo from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee Libraries: https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agsnorth/id/7195/rec/12 Click

Rod Clifford found additional related photos of this

Based upon a recommendation from this group awhile back, I started using this adhesion promoter on all my trucks after a quick clean with IPA, including the HGC Kadees. Eliminated my paint chipping

For orientation purposes in case anyone is curious about exactly where these STFMCs are in Jersey City... to the left is the Erie's passenger terminal, and to the center right at the Union Terminal

 Hi Bob and List Members, This appears to be car SWJX 5 Claus Schlund