About 3/4 of the way through one of Chad's modifications - however, I can find anywhere that roofwalks got mentioned. Does any one have readily available the type of roofwalk used on these cars?

Interesting comparison I wondered what the cylinder should look like if the brakes were off, so I modified a cylinder. As far as I know no one manufactures a cylinder with the push rod in. Ron

Thanks, Garth! The interior of the N&W gon coupled to the flatcar has debris and scrap. Gary Laakso Northwest of Mike Brock

Friends, This morning while I was scanning up some Southern locomotives, I remembered this flat car which I shot in Charlottesville, Virginia sometime in the late 1980s. Probably because it was

There was a recently concluded eBay listing that had a number of images that might be of interest to the group including one of those not often photographed poultry cars: Eight (8) b&w negatives of

"Memories of Eastern Pennsylvania Railroading" by Gerald Bernet, page 9. Two red Swift reefers, distant view, roofs are a dirty dark freight car red with a couple of lighter red individual boards.

Perhaps an obscure commodity shipped in gondola - containers was coal........Howe Scale at Rutland, Vermont had a cupola furnace for melting iron pigs and regularly received containers of anthracite

Hi Dennis, Live and learn, I guess. Admittedly, what know of the process was learned a few decades ago, so I stand corrected. It would be interesting, to me anyway, to know what types of plastic

Thanks to Richard Townsend and George Toman, this request has been satisfied. Thanks again. Stay safe, Steve Hile

While Cal-Scale (Bowser) may well use their plastic parts to investment cast their brass AB brake parts, they still have the wrong dimensions. Shrinkage during the casting process is 1.8%. If you

Todd Sullivan wrote Dreferring to Tony Koester)e\: Reminds me of my days in Pittsburgh, when my good friend C.J. Riley always had an excellent entry in the model contests at NMRA regionals. At

With the permission of his family, a report: Some of you may be aware, but the current COVID-19 infection has Greg in the hospital for, now, a bit over two weeks. He was feeling ill at home, and

Thank you, Tim, I stand corrected. My fingers are dyslexic. I know the difference: SRLX = meat, SLRX = beer. Todd Sullivan

Whoa thar, Todd ! Be careful with reporting marks :-D SLRX = St Louis Refrigerator SRLX = Swift On 4/4/2020 2:42 PM, Todd

IIRC, when Tony bought these Atlas cars, they were the only RTR Swift meat reefer models available. He was acquiring a fleet of meat reefers for the traffic out of Kansas City. All other available

I remember that one! Veterinary creamatoria aroma in a bottle! Dave was a dry one, as well as a master modeler. -- Ex Sacramento Model Railroad Club downtown behind Beers Books early member

But Tim, Didn't C&BT shops do at least one of the SFRD Mechanicals, or were they just plug door rebuilds of earlier classes? I bought a couple of their swing-door cars before Long's had Intermountain

The late Dave Braun once investment cast a road kill rabbit... It apparently was almost cartoon flat, but very much recognizable as a rabbit... He sold it as a piece of art... Apparently the odor

Thanks Bob & Tim, Never having seen a top down view of one of these critters before I had no idea that the exhaust stacks were actually located off center. With the dating you have provided the

I am trying to further document the selection of Dan Hall's SSP doors. I would like to have a picture of the number 610, the 5-5-5 wide-seam "Overland" door. Just the unfinished door, if possible.