Interesting the spacing between cars, I would have thought that they would have remained coupled. Great photo BTW, thanks for sharing it. Take Care, Brian R. Termunde Midvale, Utah Re: boxcars can

Fred They're very pretty - have you ROLL TESTED them? Some brass trucks roll well. And many don't roll worth a damn. So which are these? ;-) Tim O'Connor -- *Tim O'Connor* *Sterling,

I faked the underframe - but the decals more than made up for it in difficulty :-D -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Thank you Garth for all of that background information ! :-) -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

Jim I think he meant the tiny "air pockets" visible in your photo. I think we recently discussed this - it can be fixed prior to an overcoat with pin-pricks

With Todd having raised questions about the Santa Fe's 50 ft. Auto/Furniture cars I'd like to raise some further questions. When I was in high school I used to keep a record of the reporting marks and

Friends, Circa 1984 the business I worked for was hard by the C&O's mountain division. Eastbound trains waiting to enter the small yard in Charlottesville would often stop behind our building, either

Specifically, the 200 Fe-24 delivered for passenger service came with the Allied Full Cushion. The other 300 came with Barber S2 trucks. When 100 of these were modified for passenger service some

Thank you, Tony, Ben & Ron. The photos are very helpful. Todd Sullivan

Here's what some of them looked like near the end: Many of them got sidesill reinforcement that looked basically as if they'd been built that way. And I think these are still A-3 trucks. Ron

Thanks. Just that it looks like it. I didn't know about the material you've mentioned. Richard

Hello, I have one coppy of the Uniform Freight Classification #2; Ratings, Rules and Regulations issued Oct 12, 1953. 514 pages, 8x11", with soft covers. The book appears to give definations to

Recently there was talk about anthracite hoppers in Iowa, I believe. Not Iowa, but far from home. https://www.railpictures.net/photo/426984/ George Courtney

Todd Sullivan asked: "I have been looking on the web for several days trying to find clear photos of Santa Fe's class Fe-24 and Fe-28 50' double door boxcars. I have a kit for each (P2K for Fe-24,

Todd Sullivan wrote: The FE-24 cars got ASF A-3 trucks later (many were delivered with Allied Full Cushion). The -28s were delivered with A-3. This from the Hendrickson book on ATSF auto

I have been looking on the web for several days trying to find clear photos of Santa Fe's class Fe-24 and Fe-28 50' double door boxcars. I have a kit for each (P2K for Fe-24, Branchline for Fe-28),

Great looking car, Jim. The weathering is superb and very realistic looking. I look forward to your article in Issue 52 of the B&O Modeler. Fran Giacoma

Thanks, Eric. I used Micro Scale’s TF-2 (black) which is shown as out of stock on their web site. Any blank decal paper can be used, just paint it the color you want. For my application, I

ERic Werner's RR Innovations (& Intermountain) did the three 1954 orange cars: 1963, 1965 and 1970. These are rare birds now. Fred Jansz

American Scale Models. Fred Jansz https://americanscalemodels.com/HO/HO_Detail_Parts/Trucks?product_id=1855