Hi Doug, Steve, List Members, It has also been my experience that burnishing 'squishes' the lettering somewhat, leading to distortion of the lettering on the final surface. Thus I try to walk a

Bob, I worked for PFE in the Auditors office 1970-73 and one of of my jobs was tracking car movements for missing per diem and mileage payments from railroads so I am not sure that statement is

Hi List Members, Apparently, Boston & Maine boxcars made it to Florida, even at this early date! https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/1167 Enjoy! Claus Schlund

Hi List Members, ACL ventilated boxcar in the yellow paint scheme https://www.floridamemory.com/find?query=railroad&page=150&layout=2 Enjoy! Claus Schlund

Dennis I agree, but it's the very first example of this type of Andrews truck I've ever seen - or at least, recall ever seeing. (Can't trust my memory these

Bruce, maybe you’ll find this useful for your idea. http://www.columbusrailroads.com/new/pdf/accident%20reports/crash%20steamroad%2019410915.pdf Matt

Question - Fees For Refrigerator Cars I was told that railroads did not pay per diem for having a private company's refrigerator car (PFE, SFRD, FGEX) on their tracks. Instead, the railroad paid the

Hi, I'm building a TH&B 36' boxcar and these cars have a particular kind of brake gear I haven't seen before. K brakes were being used on the underframe and this strange brakewheel brace on the B

As this is a photo from a newspaper archives that doctoring is typical for newspapers of that period. This gave a stronger contrast to the photos when printed. You will see the edges of the truck side

Make sure you have an edge square to the lettering, so you can line up the carrier (ie paper) properly. Use a piece of Scotch tape to tape the carrier to the model, this will keep it from shifting as

I have transferred Clover House dry transfers to decal paper many times. I just lay the dry transfer carrier sheet on the decal paper on a flat firm surface ( I have a plate glass surface on my

I have always struggled with using dry transfer products. What kind of tips can anyone offer as to making successful transfers of the Clover House lettering to decal paper? Proper burnishing

I can’t help but notice the RI car on the end of the line, to the right. In the mid 1920’s the RI rebuilt a number of older wood framed cars with new steel center sills and bolsters, with

Folks, With respect to "extreme tank car modeling", I am looking for photos of steam era oil or gasoline tank cars that have wrecked, burnt, and possibly ruptured, for a modeling

Huh, I like my version the best. Rare that happens! (to me that is). The proto connector rod had a bigger hook like mine does, and the chain was a more pronounced that Jason's molded chain. I

The photo looks "doctored", either by airbrush, or dodging, or both. I'm not sure exactly why, other than to perhaps fake the background? The war is over (date is dec 5, 1945) but now we're keeping

Bob, I suspect that the tank cars were carrying LPG or a similar flammable gas, not oil. Oil burns, gas explodes, and the piece of shrapnel on this UTLX ICC 105 pressure tank car was likely the

 Hi Bob, Thanks for the great set of images. On this specific one, I think can make out Chicago Rock Island & Pacific on the flat car side Claus Schlund

That was me 2 years ago who was looking. Time flies. Terry Salmans at the Perris museum came though with a bunch of pictures and posted them on the Pacific Electric Facebook page. I then built my

Interesting that the fellow on the far right has a pistol in his belt. I'm wondering what this picture is really showing? -- Jon MillerFor me time stopped in 1941Digitrax