I have the January 1959 issue of MR magazine, containing a construction article about a Canadian Pacific caboose by Jack Work, drawings by J. Harold Geissel, pgs. 74 thru 82. I, awhile back, construct

Is there a book which has attempted to contain all of the various freight car component descriptions, such as Murphy roofs, Duryea underframes, Youngstown doors, etc., etc., all the myriad types of en

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A few years ago Merle Haggard released a great railroad album, "My Love Affair with Trains", all original songs and from the steam era. Included are songs; "I won't Give Up My Train", about an enginee

Awhile back the color of the C&IM cars was discussed as to when/whether they were yellow or orange. In the car-side photo, it looks like there is orange paint under the chipping-off yellow paint. Are

I'm wanting to build a model of the NYC&HR double-deck Stockcar as described in the February 1959 Model Railroader article by Don Reschenberg. A very beautiful stock car. But,..I'm finding it interest

I still haven't seen any other photos, etc., of any other cars with these type handrails, but in the Feb.1959 MR NYC&HR Stockcar article by Don Reschenberg, these railings are on both sides of the roo

I forgot to add that the car's shown built with a K brake cylinder system, and no roof end-platforms. If similar NYC&HR cars were built after 1900, I'd assume there'd be roof end-platforms, a B-end br

I'm curious as to how they were unloaded, or even loaded in the first place. Was each one "hand-lowered" into the car, then the opposite at the destination? Paul Hillman

I have John White's, "The American Railroad Freight Car", book, covering wooden freight cars, "until the coming of steel", but found no description of how the upper deck of double-deck stock cars was

Thanks to everyone for their inputs. The car I was specifically wanting to model is the NYC&HR double-deck stock car in the MR, Feb. 1959 issue. The upper deck boards run across the car, not length-wi

Don't know about all of the railroad details, but I bought and owned one, built in 1913, two story, until 1997. Heard it was shipped in by rail to Ganado, Texas, and assembled by a carpenter & helper.

For those in the Houston, Texas area, The Houston Roundhouse Hobby Shop is going out of business. They are, to me, the best stocked railroad shop in the Houston area, if not the whole state. They are

Mike, Yes, it used to be the Bellaire Roundhouse, but he moved, I don't know, maybe 10 years ago, to South Main in Houston, and called it the, "Houston Roundhouse". The store is much bigger now than w

I've e-mailed Intermountain over the last 3 weeks and receive no response, about some of their upcoming products. Their e-mail that I used is: intermountain@... This is the one l

So,....it would seem that InterMountain is a small (personel) company, with a large inventory? When they go off to "trade shows" there's no-one at home minding the store? I guess I'm just used to, IE.

Who currently makes an, HO ATSF 5000 Class 2-10-4 ? I got an, "Historic Rail", catalog in the mail today and on the back cover there is one shown, but no manufacturer, as they often don't list. I coul

Oops!! Apology to Mike Brock & group. I thought I'd posted this to the Steam Loco Group, but thanks for all of the inputs. The HistoricRail photo is of a #5026 ATSF 2-10-4. Says, "Newly Tooled", die-c

A final note by me: Found the engine in question on the Bachmann site and it's due in 2009. No info about it's construction materials sources. Always wanted a 5000 Class, but brass was too expensive a

Walthers is selling their ATSF 1300-series wood cabooses in 2 types, either as the 1938 to 1943 version, or 1943 to Retirement version. Their pictures for the 1938 to 1943 version, show the "right-sid