At some point, it got one. I think the camera angle didn’t see it. Thanks! -- Brian Ehni From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of Tony Thompson <tony@...> Reply-To:

good grief - wrong photo -- *Tim O'Connor* *Sterling, Massachusetts*

It appears to be one of Warren Weiss's outdoor railroad models - he scratchbuilds in a large scale and has a beautiful outdoor layout in California. He often posts on Facebook.

I'm not sure this will be of interest to those on thislist. This is a PDF of a American Steel Foundries Catalog from 1911. Itis a catalog of knuckles, pins and locks only (and is missing pages 5& 6 -

The one thing that gives it away is the rail joiner on the first track, amazing modelling. Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Armand, KCS 21001-21300 (AC&F, 4-56) with 8' doors and 4/3/1 late Dreadnaught ends can be done with the Front Range or later Atlas(?) models. A builder's photo was in Ed

The photos look like a large scale (2.5” gauge) model built by Warren Weiss fromSoCal. It is a B-50-13. I have attached another picture shown on his backyard railroad. Gene Deimling

I thinks it’s a pacific limited o scale model.. perhaps done by Lee Turner an exquisite custom painter from MI. Brad Andonian Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad

I'm not a Reading expert, but HTn quad hoppers would fit the 1924 blt date. A photo of 70455 with a 3-48 reweigh date shows a vertical wheel geared handbrake. It's a broadside photo, so I can't ID

Odd if it’s prototype, no coupler. Tony Thompson

I think it's a great modeling job. That photo required great examination, but a couple of things give it away. First is the track. Under a 40-foot boxcar on 39-foot rails would be at least a couple of

Jim, I am not a READING hopper expert but I have a few photos. I believe that you would be mistaken to assume that these cars started life as composite cars. The options are HTL or HTN class

P&R 71000, class HTL, was built as an all-steel car with a horizontal (vertical staff) brakewheel. Some reading:

Look at the bare branches towering over the two story building on the left and curved over and towering over the boxcar. The tie plates are uniformly off of the ties, the wood pile beyond the

If it's a model, I don't think it can be in HO. There isn't a T-section Bettendorf truck in HO that looks quite like that. Also, the ties and trackwork don't look like HO either PROTOTYPE gets my

Are there not latching features missing from the left hand side of the door? And, something about the rails looks too uniform and without the first sign of any joint. MODEL Mike Schleigh Grove

The trucks on the real cars had Barber Lateral Motion Devices, seen as a horizontal rectangular shape between the top of the springs and bottom of the bolster. This detail is missing in the photo. I

Steve, here are two that I have to share. Eric Lombard Homewood, IL

Damn fine model, IMO. Thanks! Brian Ehni (Sent from my iPhone)

I recently came across this image. I felt that it was a prototype photo until I noticed the chalk marks above the right truck. This seems to be one that is in the Clover House chalk mark set.