HI Tim, I just found my C&NW MOD-1 decal set and it has only the ACF and PS cars builders photos. The ACF car 73348 was built 5/42 with the Route of the 400 and the PS built 71342 was built 11/41 with

The CNW and CMO cars were offered in O scale brass by Protocraft and Norm has a few pictures online: https://www.protocraft.com/category.cfm?Categoryid=40 I have the decals also but they are buried or

Staying in O scale so I'm selling off HO cars and decals and structures. For our era I have: C&BT 40' 1944 AAR 4/4 ends - One undec, one WP and one CB&Q. McKean PS1 - 40' 8' door undec, 40' 6' door un

Jim, Thank You for posting the Prototype Data Sheet. For those of us who model in scales other than HO things of this nature can be invaluable resources. Rob Mondichak

HI Bruce, That was where I was going with this. It isn't the "orientation" of the brake gear but whether it is a power brake with some type of force multiplier which makes roll-outs much more unlikely

I guess the question is, was there an ARA/AAR rule change that mandated power hand brakes and when was it made effective for cars built new or cars that were rebuilt of shopped for repairs? I would th

At least four Canadian road shots in the 1948 CNJ The BIG little Railroad 26 minute promo film from1948: A single CN single sheathed car in a nondescript movingtrain consist . A single CN single sheat

Since newspaper was the Internet of the steam era it is worth study. Lots of daily papers to be printed and most if not all of the newsprint shipped by rail. Is it possible to determine what the perce

For those of us too distant to attend, I think it would be a great discussion! Rob Mondichak

Pierre, Any chance of ever doing your masters/cars in O scale? Big shortage of wood sheathed cars in "The King of Scales" (insert humor emoticon after that old fifties tag line). Rob Mondichak

In the CASO freight consist spreadsheets posted last year were two boxcars with products that appear to be destined for Wilbur Chocolates in Lititz PA: Interesting cars, the NKP was an uncommon ACF li

Ne’er a better story teller than a railroader. There are a few good ones, including the ones in TonyThompson’s PFE book. Historicalsocieties often have good ones too. Eric Neubauer L&NE freight cars m

You guys need to come to o O scale. We're blessed to have the San Juan Car Company AB brake set. You can read WABCo Wilmerding PA on the brake cylinder. The reservoir and pipe bracket are equally as w

The TIME photo series, at least the WWII railroad photos, used to be part of Google images. They were all watermarked but they were high(er) resolution images that could be magnified to look at the im

After about 30 years in O scale I think I'm gonna stay so I would like to sell off some of my HO kits. All are NIB as noted. I can't see any STMFC policy preventing me from asking for "best offer" but

Protocraft offers the cars in O scale in brass by Boo Rim. Decal sets are also offered. Norm's web site includes pictures of both cars: http://www.protocraft.com/category.cfm?ItemID=981&Categoryid=45

Much great information there Terry. Thank you! A quick perusal shows more than a few interesting things. A Northampton and Bath NYC USRA clone box car loaded with (bagged) cement at least 500 miles fr

Jut a little info Garth, Rich released these models in January of this year. Rich has the photographic evidence for the paint but the two straight boxcars that I have that are not marked for local ser

Notice how they are staggered - they allow freight to be loaded from the traveling crane to the warehouses on each level. A sobering story of Building B at the Brooklyn Army Terminal appeared in PRRT&

Afternoon, Looking for a builders photo or good broadside of the original white/yellow paint scheme for the UP B-50-32 cars. Hoping to use for some accurate decals for the Protocraft B-50-32's in thei