Could that be a Lehigh Valley "wrong-way" boxcar first in the line of cars on the track near the center of the photo? --George Irwin

Bruce Griffin courteously provided the link to the MRH color matching guide: The link to the MRH Guide is https://www.testors.com/~/media/DigitalEncyclopedia/Documents/Testors/ebook/MRH-Acrylic-painti

True, K4 has both their own website and an eBay store. I purchased two sets directly through their website since I'd rather support them that way-- fewer "deductions" if you know what I mean. There is

As I said, the [2010-2019] discs are copy protected. You cannot copy them to any memory device. Nelson Moyer Well, that just saved me a few dollars. I guess I'll stick to the Paper-Based Archives. --G

Most Dollar Tree outlets (somehow still considered "essential" here in Western New York) sell four small tubes for -- yes, a dollar. I consider them to be "single use" containers. Use caution with the

I don't know if this will work with the 2010-2019 archive, however I installed the 1934-1999 archive from the four (!) DVDs onto a USB 64MB "stick." I then access the entire archive from there. It is

Unloading 'coal' (looks like cinders or gravel to me) - MP USRA gondola https://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/fsa.8a03846/ I dare say (and it IS "dare" in this group!) that the 1960's tooled Bachmann/

In case anyone missed the Special Notice posted here, the Toronto RPM has in fact been postponed. George Irwin

A "recommend" from me for the Toronto RPM. It's relatively small but has been growing. Several historical societies are attending this year. This is the geographically closest one to me (international

Hi Gang, The Gibson Wine Company of California leased a number of tank cars, at least single and four-compartment versions, from General American. Given its colorful paint scheme featuring a depiction

I'm particularly intrigued by the location of this photo since I can trace my heritage to Hoboken. If I'm not mistaken, this is the southernmost end of the Hoboken Manufacturers Railroad, later known

Seymour also had at least one leased refrigerator car from the Northern Refrigerator Car Company. It's pictured on Page 105 of the book "Billboard Refrigerator Cars." Not surprisingly, the paint schem

Going back to the original question for a moment, if the Classic Trains digital version is anything like the Model Railroader digital archive on DVD, I would probably advise against purchasing it. The

Thanks for sharing. I just did a compare to the N Scale Roco aka Atlas First Generation / Roco / Walthers tooling... The 1:160 car is not bad for a model first offered more than fifty years ago, but n

This is not far from my late dad's old neighborhood. There is a little more on the Hoboken Shore Line at hbs.railfan.net (caution: some material beyond the time period of this list). The photo looks l

I don't think this has been brought up on this group before, if redundant my apologies. There is a new addition to the Greater Toronto Train Show this year: a concurrent Railway Prototype Modelers Mee

The 36 foot boxcars Don Valentine mentioned are shown in the January 1945 ORER as well. Although after the 1948 time period end about which you asked, the next ORER in my accumulation is from July 195

The Monon Historical Society uses "The Caboose" train store for its sales now... https://mycaboose.com/lists?society_id=1 While they have a nice selection of HO Scale items and publications, the "Merc

I can offer the data point that the "brother" company, Micro-Trains Line, Inc. (MTL) has had a standing order policy for most of its regular runs for, I think, as long as they became independent from

My late father had at least the ART refrigerator car. It was cool-- literally-- to pick up that car versus the plastic ones. Once I find it, I'm keeping it! George Irwin