It comes up because certain paints and adhesives are banned or hard to get in some places. To enforce the bans or restrictions a system of labels is required. It's about public health, a very hot

Sorry but I gotta ask.... What does this have to do with Steam Era Freight Car Modeling? Matthew Hurst

I am an industrial toxicologist by profession and was board certified until I retired. Until mid 2005, I was employed by an multinational corporation. My position involved making certain the company's

For years I've wondered where BN idler flats to their barge ramp in West Seattle came from, think these are them. Excellent work, thank you for explaining in detail how to improve the deck because it

Hi folks, I gather that someone must have presented an article in one of the modeling mags on converting some suppliers single door boxcar into a 1 1/2 door car judging from the number of

Lester That’s another fine build thanks for sharing it. Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Steve, Ron Sebastian had those tooled after he bought my resin kit line to replace the white metal steps I mastered for my NYC double sheathed boxcars. That attachment was meant to mount to the steel

Thanks for all the fine suggestions. Here is what the Des Plaines Hobbies part ends up looking like. Close, but not an exact match. Probably needs to be longer with the attachment points vertical

Great job, Lester. For those with a copy of November-December, 1978 Northwestern Prototype Modeler, pages 12 and 12 feature an article by our own Steffan Ehnbom on kit bashing this class flatcar by

bare in mind gentlemen, this warning was created to protect the consumer, the rampant useage, is a result of shyster lawyers, who thought they had found a loophole, after losing the case, most

I have completed the build of Great Northern Flat Car 69958, class FM. If you are interested in the build of this flat car including addition of details not in the kit, photos and writeup of the

Group, I have an operating layout and need steps that will stand up to handling. I have attached photos of how I fabricate this type of “two rung sill steps” using A-Line type A steps and

You rock Bill! Good idea.

If I ever go into the model train business, my labels are going to say: "It is Illegal to possess, purchase, sell or transfer this product in the State of California." -Hudson

All- As a lifelong Model Railroader who now has spent a longer time than my first in my second career (25 years and counting) in the Model Railroad Industry, I’ve heard the comment about labeling

Updating with a pdf of presenters from Ken and subject to change. Date March 13, 14th of 2020, Friday late afternoon into the evening, Saturday morning and afternoon. Location: 11810 52nd Ave

Easy to make w/A-Line, .005 styrene, and Harvested Rivets. Bill Welch

Excerpt from CFR-2011 Title 49 Vol. 4 Part 231 FRA Rules that go back to 1911. (d) Sill steps—(1) Number. Four. (2) Dimensions. Minimum cross-sectional area 1⁄2 by 11⁄2 inches, or equivalent,

See my response on Resin Freight Car builders. Also thanks for identifying Accurail as source of the unidentified two rung steps I found in my parts box. And I will add my FRA spec for sill steps

John answered most of your questions, but regarding build dates: I have posted info here, and there are pages on our site for each prototype group, as well as on the IndieGoGo site. But there’s a