As Northern Pacific is a favorite road and I have two Sunshine kits for the 10000-13999 boxcars, I wanted to add a similar truck to the Tahoe Model Works line. The closest I could find was under an

Don, There wasn't much a Cooperstown the last time we were up there about four years ago (a steam locomotive near city hall and a postal car at another site). Most of the unrestored collection is

Very pretty, except for the fat wheels. Sadly no indication of semi scale wheels being available. Regards, Bruce Bruce Smith Auburn, Al

Sorry, was that was supposed to be C&I, not C&EI -Bruce

More correctly called an "offset side hopper" and in the case of the of the C&I hopper, this is an "Alternate Standard AAR offset hopper". I'm more familiar with the "chisel end" being applied to a

Often called a "mopped roof" because the hot tar (or asphalt) is applied with a mop. That's what the near end closest to the camera looks like. However, further away, each 3' x 33' strip is a slightly

John, I have not yet had any calls on the model. Not unusual for the higher end models given the current situation. Stay safe. Jack Jack McGarry Allegheny Scale Models 470 Schooley's Mountain

The originally passenger equipped cars were 10000 to 10199. The 100 that were converted were 10200 to 10299. These were renumber 4100 to 4399. Most of these kept there passenger equipment until the

I agree the shape of the Rapido truck is nice. The issue is the spring plank is prominent in photos and absent or subtle on the model. Brian J. Carlson

The photo is entitled: GalewoodIL MilwaukeeRd 1943. I think it is from the US Government collection. J. Stephen Sandifer

According to Richard Hendrickson: “The first 200 FE-24s were delivered with steam and signal lines, marker lamp brackets, and special paint jobs for passenger express service.…The Santa Fe’s

I'm not an NP expert but I believe these cars kept the Rapido trucks their whole life. I bought some Tahoe trucks thinking the detail would be better but I found the Rapido trucks much closer to the

Notice: InterMountain Parts Requests Courtesy of a "heads-up" from John Hodson, the InterMountain website says they "...are no longer accepting non-warranty parts requests. This includes, but is not

Decided to work on an “easy” model today and I’ve run into a quandary. The trucks tool by rapido look like the ones that are under the Northern Pacific cars in the instructions but the spring

<Most flat roofs of that era and later in the Midwest are "tar paper". More accurately; roofing felts tarred over in several layers. I have crawled over many and on hot days, had the gooey tar on as

GTW did roster 50-foot cars with end doors. Some lasted long enough to be sold off to other railroads (I remember one that ended up on the Michigan Northern Ry post-1976 and I am certain that the end

The photo of AT 10338 clearly shows a shop date of 11-46 (Topeka). Conjecturing, this one could have been moved to freight service, repainted and had the steam and signal lines removed. The other

Most flat roofs of that era and later in the Midwest are "tar paper". More accurately; roofing felts tarred over in several layers. I have crawled over many and on hot days, had the gooey tar on as

CIM Container Gondola 15001 A fair quality undated photo from Richard Leonard’s Rail Archive: https://www.railarchive.net/cimbook/page-m37.htm Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Eric,I could use a few if they are still available.Please advise. Armand Premo