Ben Hom wrote; ",the handbrake detail on the B end was wiped out by a ham-handed moron." I like that Ben!!! a, "ham-handed moron" !!! Reminds me of an old model railroad friend Roger. I was about 15 a

Atlas is producing more and more "O" freight cars, like USRA boxes & gons, etc. What scale are these cars being built to? 1-1/4" scale bodies w/7mm scale-gauged trucks? 2-7mm bodies & 7mm scale-gauged

Schuyler, That's a pretty unusual roster. 6 Ice Cars, 11 Passenger cars, and 600 gondolas. By the description, "H&B Ballast" would be "Haskell & Barker"? Where does one get ORER's? I may still have a

wrote: and found it in their freight car roster. No picture though. Built by, Haskell & Barber, 1913, 40ft, Wood Side Dump Gondola, #1185. *************************************************************

Durn,....sounds like that could be the car. I went to the IRM page and found it in their freight car roster. No picture though. Built by, Haskell & Barber, 1913, 40ft, Wood Side Dump Gondola, #1185. N

Anyone know of any photos/info for C&WI freight cars? I grew up along the C&WI tracks in Chicago and remember seeing about a 36ft wooden gondola, with either drop-bottom floors, or hinged side-doors.

With all of the "strange" car/engine/train stories, it reminded me of one incident that I overheard a railroad engineer telling another engineer of what happened to his train. This was a few years bac

Wow!! Hello-world!! Gee,...... I guess I'm not as smart as I thought after all!!! I don't shop that much over the Net, but yeah, that makes sense. Thanks for the help. I'll try again. Paul Hillman

ALL of book billing and **************************************************************** Jon, Well, I don't know what I'm doing wrong, but when I click on "Add to cart", a page comes up saying, "You c

Richard Hendrickson wrote: The definitive reference on Santa Fe box cars is John Richard, I went to the SFRH&MS and apparently the book is sold out, OR, ALL of their books are sold out, OR, their page

Richard, I thought it might have been "Suncoast" but I wasn't sure. Wonder what ever happened to them? The reason I put BX3(?), [with the question mark], was because of wanting to know about the dimen

I have an HO wood/metal ATSF boxcar that I built about 20 years ago, from a kit. I don't remember the manufacturer, but could it have been something like "Suncoast Models". It was advertised back then

Tony, and all, At first this may seem "off-topic" for this group,...but since you mention "railroad music",...did you know that Merle Haggard, the famous country-music singer, is a big railroad-fan, b

A few months ago someone posted all of the G-scale, "scales", with respect to G-gauge track. I lost reference to that post. Could someone please re-refer the scales/gauge data. Thanks, Paul Hillman

I failed to mention that the CSX line through Salem, IN used to be the old Monon, and that the color of the old L&N "Box" was old L&N blue. Paul Hillman

Thanks Jim for your response, Good info!! I should need to get a copy of Johnson's L&N Color Guide. I first had an HO model of an L&N 40 foot,(PS-1 [?]) boxcar from, Varney (?), Athearn (?) back in 19

the cost of it's time ********************************************************************* Response; Well Mike,(Brock), All YOU have to do is quit responding to all this "off-topic" stuff!!! (Pun int

What year did the Louisville & Nashville start using the "medium" blue paint scheme on their 40 foot boxcars, (and/or other cars)? I know that scheme existed in 1961. Paul Hillman

It is actually safe to say, that ANY type of prototype which was built in the past, is still in existence today. That is to say that, if a 1936 "farm tractor", for example, was once built in that era,

Tony Thompson wrote; Manufacturers usually (certainly not always) do have photos, plans, and roster info: how else do they construct, paint and letter the models? Is it too much to ask that some of it