Fish plates were coming soon. My thoughts were that they were outside guardrails. Note, too, that there's a switch point on the high rail of the curve. This the Cayuga Breaker within the city limits o

That bit of dual gauge is a mystery. Scaling from the known standard gauge, the center two rails are in gauge while any combination of other two rails don't work. Too, to accomodate rails at a gauge t

Looking for 500-sellers in the resin biz I would first check with Al Westerfield. That his kits were distributed by Walthers and were a stock item in the hobby shop heyday before the names like Sunshi

Thanks for posting the photos -- master caster indeed. I was hoping that Frank would produce this car. As for the cast on grabs -- will make that decision when I build the kit. Based on the photos I w

I would strongly suggest that it is a DL&W trailer -- the style and letteing scheme fits (angled Route of Phoebe Snow lettering, similar to the boxcars), as does the silver roof. That flat car is not

The 4-12-2s used a Gresley motion to move the valves in the middle cylinder, and a Walschearts motion on the outside cylinders, which were quartered. Gresley connected the piston valves on the outside

Generally, there were big markets for livestock on both coasts. In steam-era northern New Jersey the Erie had the lion's share of stock cars rolling over it, but the PRR delivered quite a bit as well.

That's a lot of tedium even with a press. Hats off, Clark. Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone

The reality of all groups is that their direction is dictated by the varied personalities within, and those opinions are as varied as those on this list. The club with which I'm most involved has a do

The diesels were black with Dulux (imitation gold) trim and lettering (road and passenger units wore the maroon and gray of Stevens Institute in Hoboken). To add some required content, the boxcars wer

Sad day. The offficial company statement came out yesterday: "Carstens Publications has announced that negotiations are taking place with several companies regarding the future publishing of Railfan &

Hi Andy, One of the undec alt. Std. Hoppers, please via PayPal, please? Many thanks. Mike Del Vecchio 6 Victory Court Dover, NJ 07801 Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone

The majority of them are 8x10 glass plate negs, more than 20,000 in all. They are not scanned super hi-res, but 300 dpi 8x10s in the effort to get them all scanned. Higher res. is available on request

Those have shown up in some of the Lackawanna pictures of armstrong interlockings ahead of switch points. It was a form of blocking device and prevented the operation of a switch of wheels were sittin

I know we're all risking the gallows for talking about this, but since RMC is a magazine of choice for most of the RPM community because of its steady flow of quality STMFC content, I'd like to add a

There's another consideration in the case of decal sets in that a decal seller such as Champ is offering the copyright-protected work of others, namely the intellectual property of the railroad compan

There's more to the story, but he's changing host companies and hopes to present a more refined site that can be financially supported by those using the site. ....Mike Del Vecchio

I've been watching these listings as well and find them remarkable. The silver lining might be that folks with kits on the shelf might list them for reasonable money and find buyers. I imagine others

Wow, shocking indeed. Words fail. His gifts to the freight car community are immeasurable. So very sad, for Sandra, and for all of us ....Mike Del Vecchio

Yes, you hit the scene pretty much on the head. This is West 1st Street in Oswego and the date range in this series of negs is 1918. That SL&N sign appears in photos taken a few years before as well.