I was gifted this HO Train-Miniature NP Hopper lettered correctly for the Np and being 35ft inside inside ( Rather than 34ft 9 inches as the prototype) it could be reworked into a NP Hopper in the 700

Small piano or phosphor bronze wire as I used on this load is one way. Lester Breuer

I have finished upgrade of Northern Pacific hopper 70168. A Train-Miniature hopper with offset side side gussets corrected to seven from nine and Archer rivets applied to get correct rivet patterns. O

Bill I am looking at Scalecoat, Vallejo and Model Master color charts only and photos on the Internet. I have not painted an MEC car ; however, based on charts a very dark green so I would start with

Thank You Eric for your time and effort to take and create the 120 photo gallery. Well done. Lester Breuer

I have finished an upgrade of a Minneapolis & Northland Railroad Company boxcar. An Accurail boxcar built for the Central Of Minnesota to complete our exchange of freight cars. Photos of other exchang

Jim Gates wrote, “3M had several.........” Richard Hendrickson provided additional photos when I built this Train Miniature boxcar. We exchanged data we had on the cars. The primary purpose of the car

I would appreciate those of you who have Ted Culotta’s Steam Era Freight Cars Reference Manual to turn to page 74. In the top photo of IC boxcar 16704 I see an air reservoir on the underbody under the

Bill a good tip. Another solution to having a good supply of dirt collectors would be for Tichy to take the dirt collector in Set 3013 and make them available in a multiple group of that part only. I

Garth regarding MINX 1040 wood boxcar with hatches, straight steel center sills, here is what I have. Based on reporting marks requesting empty return to Corona, California, car 1040 was used to deliv

Regarding MINX 1040, I forgot the ORER, January 1953, 25 cars in service in the series 1001 to 1040 and 1040 not listed among vacant numbers so still in service. Lester Breuer

I have finished this year’s RPM Chicagoland Mini-kit, an ILlinois Central single sheathed boxcar I numbered 16172. It is an Accurail boxcar to which the Mini-Kit resin cast kit replacement parts inclu

Another fine build George. Deck well done. Lester Breuer

Randy, “Thank You” for providing the link to read on line. Lester Breuer

I have finished another resin kit I enjoyed building, a CB&Q class FM-11 steel fish belly side flat car I numbered 91248. It is an excellent resin kit purchased from Jerry Hamsmith at Chicagoland RPM.

After posting the build of Illinois Central boxcar 16172 on my blog, the hooks on the sill of a CB&Q boxcar were discussed here on STMFC. The IC cars in the series I built in photos show these same ho

Eric fine work. Especially like the C&O and the ACL stands out. Thanks for sharing. Lester Breuer

CB&T Shops produced the Limited Edition Car I purchased in the photo in 2013. Ends and roof match the prototype photo in the 1946 Car Builder’s Cyc; however, side panels on model are six vs five on th

The CB&T Shops Model has on the other side has the slogan in the attached photo. Lester Breuer

It attached this time. Lester Breuer