Back in my Navy days I stopped by a local hobby shop looking for a project to to fill what promised to be some long, boring days during an upcoming deployment on an LST. Owner showed me a "new line of

Yes, Pierre has the story of these cars right. These were the "most distinctively-PM" freight cars on the PM in Canada (88000-88349) and the US (88350-89349). I addition to the Speedwitch kit for the

John, I'm 99% sure that those are ex PM cars. The 2 prefix was added by C&O at the time of merger/acquisition. Speedwitch offered a kit of those. Pierre Oliver

I have acquired a couple of negatives of C&O 'Canadian Division' box cars #288306 and 288325 and I'm curious about their origins and the Canadian Division notation.  The cars appear to have been

Thanks Daniel. The CPR single sheathed automobile boxcar in the 2975xx series has me frustrated. I did an initial draft and had it printed. Some minor tweaks were required, but in particular two

I have a Key brass triplex on eBay right now. - Al Westerfield

Rob, While it is good to be critical of ones work it is also good to celebrate one's successes. I must tell you that your 7/8 ends worked wonderfully for me. They fit the S scale boxcars I added them

Guys, I have an extra copy of the B&O Freight car book from Morning Sun. I am wondering if anyone would like it for their shelf in exchange for a Morning Sun book from another railroad you would

David, I have a 1952 UTLX roster which shows all the numbers. I'll send you the relevant information off-list. Richard Hendrickson

On Feb 7, 2013, at 6:50 PM, "David" <jaydeet2001@...> wrote: > In the interest of modeling these cars, does anyone know of a good source of car numbers for 6k Vs and Xs in, say, the late

Tom's experience with Shapeways is very much like my own. I've been using ADC instead for a while and get much more consistent results. My biggest challenge is finding the time to generate good

I found my copy of Train Shed #12 and the drawing inside of the Type 27 insulated car. In short, the Sunshine kit series 36 tank is a couple of inches undersize on the diameter for the 8k gallon car

In the interest of modeling these cars, does anyone know of a good source of car numbers for 6k Vs and Xs in, say, the late '40s? David Thompson

Good evening!       Does anyone have a good color photo of the WARREN tank cars in the 1940's.  Have Jerry's decals in S and lan to build five of them.         My ancestors produced oil

Actually, more than a couple of the folks on the Early Rail list have already bought the parts and are in the process of working through the conversions. The underframe was announced there and

When we switched from polyester to urethane we attempted to contact every hobby shop in North America to offer a FREE switch if they would return the polyester kits – charging shipping only. And

Craig Zeni wrote: One of my first Westerfields was the UP steel-sheathed auto car. It too fell off the layout and broke into pieces. Upon examination, they were indeed glass-like brittle

I built several of Al's early kits in that dark grey polyester material. Tough on drill bits, and like you said, brittle. One took a dive off the layout and exploded, shattered like glass... Craig

Bill, I was at RPI and did not see any connection other than they seemed to have refineries etc. in the same states.   Rich Christie

Thanks Rich, I found it. I note the Columbian scheme also has a green dome over a gray upper tank, like the Warren, which of course then begs the question, was there a connection between Warren and