Rich Remiarz wrote: I have occasionally used decals for this, but prefer thin paper, white or yellow or manila. Grab a dot of the canopy glue and you're done <g>. Tony Thompson tony@...

Tony, You are correct. I realized that after taking the photos. Route cards will be added today. I had been adding them with small pieces of white decals at the same time as adding chalk marks, but

Nice upgrade to the appearance, Rich, fine model. Needs a route card, though <g>. Tony Thompson tony@...

Looks really great Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Claus Schlundwrote: Only on the RIP track. It would never be allowed out on the road (unless it had JUST happened en route). Tony Thompson tony@...

Really nice model, Rich! Elden Gatwood

Thomas; I think (think, mind you) this is part of the “stand” part of a mill stand, and the “clock” is the gauge by which the mill stand operator determined the thickness of the slab

All- That door reminds me of the problem the CB&Q had between Cicero / Clyde Yard and Western Avenue Yard in Chicago for its trains and foreign road transfer runs. If a plug door or swing reefer

I have continued with my efforts building and detailing plastic freight car kits. NYC 165138 is a Branchline AAR Postwar boxcar kit. I remember when these kits first came out. The detailing was so

Doug; I agree with Eric. The only things they would NOT usually haul were hot slabs and coils! Elden Gatwood

And another boxcar with a door problem in this photo. Steve Wolcott

Attached are some photos of boxcars cars in tire service. Based on the way they are stacked in the car, I would say any boxcar was suitable. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Photo: Cities Service Oil Tank Car 1002 (Undated) A photo from the National Archives of Canada: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/CollectionSearch/Pages/record.aspx?app=FonAndCol&IdNumber=3603414 This

Thanks for those details, Bill! Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

Thanks, Doug! To answer your question, gondolas could haul anything that fits. A few images of these NKP gondolas show them with aggregate loads, possibly gravel or sand. But they could haul

Let me know the dimensions and it might be do-able. BTW, a typo crept in below: the Accurail kit the ends currently match is the 4300 series single sheathed cars. The 7200 car series is the Ann

This is actually quite simple … Do you want an accurate model, or one that LOOKS like an accurate model? You cannot have BOTH! Dan Mitchell ==========

Is that a clock on the upper right of the object being carried?

 Hi Jim and List members, Thanks again Jim for the great image. Here are some enlargements of areas I found interesting... We have discussed in the past that large paper or cloth billboards or

Garth; I agree that there would have been pools of cars doing this, but I have not found dedicated cars by the PRR that did this. The dedicated cars mostly had racks, so had to be in dedicated