They grow ‘em big in Kansas! Interesting about the car side boards. Perhaps non-seasoned lumber still with a high moisture content was used. Cheers, Bill Keene Irvine, CA

When I have purchased a couple of Clark’s offerings I have told him that he can keep the Kadee couplers as I use Sergents and would just be tossing the Kadees. Better that they go to another use than

I remember noticing back in the middle of the 20th Century that freight cars from eastern railroads that may have tended to be spending most of their time in the northeast tended to be somewhat dirtie

OK. A dirty silver. Also a good deal of grime. Enjoy. Cheers, Bill Keene Irvine, CA

You are correct it is SRLX. I had sent a second message that corrected the typo. Blamed it on my mouse. As for the paint color… That has been bothering me since I pulled the slide out of the file box.

OOPs!!! That should be SRLX 25034. I will blame this typo on my mouse. I did not know that it could even type! Can’t blame it on the cat … which I do know can type on a keyboard … anymore as she recei

Hello All, Recently there has been some discussion regarding SLRX reefers. So I went into my slide files to see what there might be. Alas, not much. Attached is the only SLRX photo that I have. This o

Question… When you apply the Future let’s say to a tender for a centrally located locomotive number decal on a semi-gloss painted finish … do you apply the Future to just the area of the decal or to t

Thank you for adding to my knowledge base. Will keep looking. Besides the OMI import which is somewhat difficult to find these days, the only two other models are those from Atlas and BLI. Cheers, Bil

PSPX 15006 is one of a group of 40 11,000 gallon pressure cars (15001-15041) built in January 1928 by ACF. Phillips also had some follow-on orders of the same or similar design. https://www.lakestates

Thank you for the link to this collection of photos. What a wealth of information. Cheers, Bill Keene Irvine, CA

A very interesting photo. A small slice of a past time. There are a good number of photos in this collection. The following is one of my favorites… http://digitalcollections.uwyo.edu/luna/servlet/deta

Are any of the Star Brand DRGW-specific colors “close enough” to the box car brown/red of other railroads? “Close enough” considering that the rolling stock will be weathered. Cheers, Bill Keene Irvin

There is Tightwad, Missouri … home of Tightwad Bank ... a one-square mile village ten miles+/- east of Clinton, Missouri. While Tightwad was railless, Clinton was served by the Frisco and Katy … Not s

Attached … if the magic works … is a bit from the December 1937 issue of the Katy’s employee magazine at the time the 47001-series stock cars were being built by the railroad. Cheers, Bill Keene Irvin

Both the Cooks Paint and the DX tank cars were originally part of the Kansas City Railroad Museum (Smokey Hill Railway Historical Society) and were relocated to IRM when the KCRM closed. The two cars

Proof that railroad modeling is FUN! Cheers, — Bill

A while back I purchased a Deep Rock Tangent tank car by mistake. Yes. I make my share of them because it keeps life interesting. I thought about putting this critter up for sale. But then I got to th

With a shipping weight of only 213 pounds I doubt that a flat car was required. I did notice that dimensions were not given in the handbook data … so … the Turboencabulator might be a large item of ra

I have a hardbound copy of Passenger Terminals and Trains. Am very glad to learn that there is a download available for Freight Terminals and Trains. Thanks. Cheers, Bill Keene Irvine, CA