Hi Gene, Well I guess I have been misinformed. My notes state no AB brakes on the boxcars and only placed on the caboose rebuilds. I stand corrected. Thanks for the photo and the

The decals are gone. Thanks. Bill McCoy

Twenty years of working on locomotives was one of the dirtiest jobs I ever had.  Had to keep clothes specially for work, and a separate washing machine to clean them.  Some lubricant and carbon

Jim – My first job was in a dye factory. We worked in mechanic’s uniforms with no place to clean up at the end of the day. I would come home with blue face and hands. So you can prototypically

Jim Betz says: "Go back and look at that pic of the train in Colorado in 1958" I beg your pardon. Colorado? Hmmmpf. Wyoming. Bill Schneider says: "Man. there really IS nothing at Bruceford..

Fully agree with you Jim as long as it is subtle <VBG>The picture of those On3 figures in RMC are superior.Too bad they are not available in HO.Armand Premo

SORRY - mea culpa ... I was posting online and forgot to add my full name to the signature. Old habits die hard! - Jim Betz

Hi, The thread about weathering our freight cars - and my looking at a photo of a model caboose with a crew member on the platform - got me to thinking (always a dangerous thing!) ... I had jobs

While cleaning up preparatory to moving I found a set of Wabash freight car decals I suspect from a Tichy panel side hopper I sold sometime back. I'll mail them to anyone who wants them. First come

Hi, I use acrylic washes as my "primary technique" for weathering. And I mix the washes for each weathering sessions - and vary the mix of black, white, red oxide, brown oxide each time. In

Here's a example from Jack Delano of the differences in the weathering on eastern RR cars vs western RRs in the 1940's. http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/magic/westover/images/provisolg.jpg Charlie

Bud, I assume you're referring to the 40' ARA-desing cars, They were built with Hutchins Dry Lading roofs, but those were replaced in the 1940s with Murphy rectangular panel roofs. I have photos of

On Jun 13, 2013, at 9:47 PM, STMFC@... wrote:___________ Indeed - I picked that up from your clinics at Cocoa :) though I'm still using Tony's acrylic washes for weathering. I'm modeling

Gary, I'm sending you off-list an excellent photo of one of these cars from the Arnold Menke collection. Richard Hendrickson

Craig, that's a very instructive photo provided you remember that, by 9/58, steam locomotives were largely gone from the North American railroads. A decade earlier, those cars would have been equally

Gents, Asking for a friend who is not on line, what type of roof was used on the DL&W double sheathed boxcars? Was there more than one type? Any good photos? Thanks, Bud Rindfleisch

Hi Gary, In the October 1940 ORER MKT lists 297 cars in the 74105-75597 36' steel under frame boxcars. There were two groups of DS cars of similar appearance. One group built in 1913

Bruce Smith wrote: Nah. That's one of Armand's "grievous errors," isn't it? <g> Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

Man. there really IS nothing at Bruceford.. errr.. Buford! Obviously Mike just took that NS car out of the box. He kind of overdid the NKP car I think... Great shot. Bill Schneider

BRUCEFORD! My favorite is the NKP right behind the ACL car <VBG> Talk about a range of weathering in just 3 cars... Regards Bruce Bruce F. Smith Auburn,