Technically the TC steel car is a 1937 AAR design albeit with a Pullman end and flat riveted roof a'la Pennsy style. Bill Welch

Allen, I think I have that one but I have to find it. Probably tomorrow Fenton -- Fenton Wells 250 Frye Rd Pinehurst NC 28374 910-420-8106 srrfan1401@...

Could someone send a scan of the instructions for this Wright Trak kit? Tennessee Central PS-O Circa 1958 Box Car Wright Trak HO TC-02 Thanks, Allen Cain

As I think about this kit-bash, I think the Radial roof from an Atlas C&O 1932 car kit might be appropriate. Bill Welch

On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 11:47 AM, Brian Carlson wrote: "I was responding to the OP’s comment that he “only room for 2 additional gondolas in the fleet due to a limited amount and length of the

This is a photocopy and I am not sure who gave it to me one year at Lisle. Great kit-bash candidate using the little styrene half door kit from Dan Valentine and Accurail carbody. It will need a

If anybody has an Intermountain FGEX reefer that they would sell at a reasonable price I'd like to purchase one. Undec but any road name is great Please contact me off line at srrfan1401@... Thanks

I have selves behind my staging yard. After a run a train is completely replaced with cars from the shelves. I stage three trains with one or two gons and/or hoppers. There are a half dozen or so

 If you are interested in these early HCCX hoppers, Keith Retterer has a builder's photo of HCCX 1001 in his collection, negative 971. It was built by Std Steel Car in 1928 at Butler works. IRM

Does anyone know if the IMRC model has Viking roof and 3 panel doors? Maybe someone could post a few photos. Francis A. Pehowic

Jerry and friends, The unusual Pullman-built Hercules cars are shown in the CAR BUILDERS CYCLOPEDIA during the late 1930s in Pullman's ads. I have a photocopy and it is marked as page 329. Since the

The fellow on the right appears to me to have goggles up on his forehead. Posing for his picture, perhaps? N95 being in the future, I guess a wet cloth on his face might be some protection. Chuck

Group, There are a few more car card/waybill systems out there that give operators a lot more options than the most common 4 position card in envelope that most folks use. I use a computerized

That's how cement was delivered to the dam projects on the Hetch Hetchy RR (connection with the Sierra RR). Bill Jolitz

What a great photo! And not just because it has an ERIE box car in it, “wrong way door” and all. 😊 It also has a couple of obligatory NP cars. The older I get the older my freight car

Bulk cement...lots of labor at the receiving end. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Photo: Freight Cars At Armourdale, Kansas City, Kansas A 1915 photo from the Kansas City Public

I realize all that. I was responding to the OP’s comment that he “only room for 2 additional gondolas in the fleet due to a limited amount and length of the staging tracks.” Those 2 gons are

A few thoughts to add to Mal's. Cement packaging long relied on barrels and cloth bags. I credit Hercules Cement with the first rail shipments in covered hoppers, in 1929. Tony Thompson has a photo

Brian, Although what you say is correct - there are some things you can do to 'mix it up' that lessen how many off layout cars you need/need to swap in and out ... Don't let your crews always take