Rapido announced a third run of their meat reefers, and they're taking orders for four packs with new paint schemes. The red Swift scheme is in this run. Nelson Moyer

Hello Brian, Good to see that you are back with us! My best, Don Valentine

Hello, All this meat train talk had me check stock and can offer two Rapido 37' meet reefers. There is one Dugdale and one Wimp packing. Also from Rapido is the NP 40' double sheathed boxcar, with

I believe it was 1947-- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

That car really turned out nice. George Toman

NIce touch with the replaced plamnk, Fenton. I've done that for years with box car and reefer sheathing. No reason not to apply the same technique here. Your comment about white lettering raises a

Here's a 1917-built car reweighed at "BFO": http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-12-09-19/X4529.jpg David Thompson

I'll go a bit further than Ron's suggestion that there is a "Do ot Hump" placard, or will be before it leaves town, on this load. Given the width of the tank, as evidenced by the inward taper of the

Dear group. I am currently finishing a Westerfield Erie Dominion Fowler box car. What would be some Erie track scale abbreviations ca.1930? Thanks for any help you can give Stay Safe!!! LR King

Tony Thompson wrote: "There certainly is a prototype for a lot of odd things, but hardly 'anything.' And I will repeat my own personal mantra, that it's wise to model the typical and the commonplace,

Hudson Leighton wrote: Actually, I think you need to rephrase that. There certainly is a prototype for a lot of odd things, but hardly "anything." And I will repeat my own personal mantra,

Excellent build Fenton. Thanks for sharing. Lester Breuer

Somewhere in my files I have AFEs from the C&S for converting or repairing (and keeping) wrecked cars from the PRR and Erie. Railroads were pretty skilled at squeezing out whatever value they were

Hey, they paid the Valley for it so might as well get some use out of it. Brian J. Carlson

Tim, Great photo, even if it is beyond our era. You can even see Hooker's 25T GE in the big photo (the on one of the tracks near the tank farm to the right of the photo). This locomotive shows in one

A 1920 Northern Pacific Railway AFE 5005-20 which calls for using LV (Lehigh Valley?) car as parts source for NP water car. There is a prototype for anything. -Hudson

My WAG is those loads are so heavy, they stay on cars by shear weight alone. Only reason for the bands is to who knows what. ~}

Ooooh, what a nice looking car! I'll have to do one myself, methinks. Thanks for sharing! Todd Sullivan

I’ve posted an overview on three model projects that have kept me busy for a few weeks. I also included photos and notes on building Yarmouth Model Works etched metal ladders. Grab a beverage and

Tacoma's Hooker facility was actually built in the 1920s, before the Bonneville Power Administration era, because Tacoma had a very aggressive public utility dept. that built several dams for power