Hi Tim, Yes, it is an ACF car and is represented by the Kadee model. All the Kadee ICC 105A-300W tank cars are listed as Discontinued, and there are no large images of the models on their website, so

Steve, So, with that correction made (thanks), how close are the UTLX cars to the ACF design(s) in appearance? Todd Sullivan

Bill Welch said, "I think little bit of decals would do the trick ... However not sure how to make them removable." Well, Bill, I couldn't resist replying to that one. Canopy cement (or Hob-e-Tak whic

The Canadian NYC gon kit made of ABS was from National Car Cast (NCC). I still have a few parts. Todd Sullivan

Hi Ron, I don't know what size trains you are running, or how much force is applied to your freight cars' draft gears, but I have used CA to bond coupler boxes on cars, and that has worked better than

Hi Ben, I think you mean "shortened into a twin", not a quad. Todd Sullivan

Bill, I may be able to help you, but I will have to dig some, and I probably won't get to that until Monday. Todd Sullivan

And the two men 'standing underneath the car' are definitely further back than under the car. Even in pre-OSHA days, no railroad employee would be negligent enough to stand under a car suspended from

Dave, Having lived in New York State for many years, and having modeled the New York Central for a while, my recollection is that the NYC freight car color was toward the brown side of the spectrum. I

Hi Garth, I checked my January 1952 ORER, and none of the 55xxx series of double door boxcars show up as having end doors. Ditto for the 90350-92349 series, just all DD cars. The DD cars with end door

Hi Bob, I think it's called steel strapping and furring strips. The clue is the device held by the worker - it is used to tension and then crimp the steel strapping. Not hi-tech, but cheap and probabl

Denny, Tamiya also has a semi-gloss black in bottles and rattle cans. It turns out to be a good match for some factory-painted models in terms of luster (e.g., P2K steam locos). Todd Sullivan

Jack - MTH is Mike's Train House, a head-to-head competitor to Lionel in the tinplate realm which got into HO scale maybe a decade ago with interesting offerings such as SP AC-5 Cab Forwards, a slew o

Or try here ... https://www.p-b-l.com/pdfs/Painting_&_Weathering_with_Star_Brand_Paints_150dpi.pdf They also import Sn3 locos and equipment, and have a line of detail parts. Todd Sullivan

Hi Schuyler, I'm not Bill Welch, but all of the photos I've seen of Our Companies' reefers with silver roofs show everything on the roof to be silver including the running board and laterals. Hope thi

That's a pretty loooong gondola. Try Carnegie Steel Company (C.S.CO.). Todd Sullivan.

HFM, yes, in Beacon, NY. Mr. Meile, who owned the operation, had been a butcher at the local A&P supermarket, and started the hobby shop when A&P started going downhill. They were one of the first war

Could be Grandt Line, more likely Detail Associates, I think. Hang on to them, as they are the best AB sets you can find. Todd Sullivan

Hugh, They don't check email a lot; best to call - they're very good about answerring he phone. Todd Sullivan

Here's a link to a partial photo of SCCX 682 - a tank car at NW St. Helens and Doane Aves in Portland, OR in 1937. The photo can be expanded. https://vintageportland.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/public