Tony, I haven’t seen any builders photos of the DRGW 1958 covered hopper, but I have never seen any car with the dark color. We had a discussion about the color of the DRGW car on the DRGW list and th

Steve, I have repainted several of the Kato Covered Hoppers. They used a very dark gray color for the DRGW cars and I decided to strip and repaint them. I haven't had any problems with the paint. I ai

HI I just would like to add that they had dual gauge couplers on some of their standard and narrow gauge engines for switching duties in Alamosa. They usually used two dual gauge coupler cars on the t

Hi Dennis, I have built 6 of the Precision Scale frame less tank cars. They are very good models. You should buy the version with brass details if you like to avoid fragile details. The parts making u

Hi Earl I don’t know if you have seen this page with info about DRGW box cars. I think you can fill in some of the gaps in your list. http://www.drgw.org/data/freight/1960/boxcars.htm Roland Levin Väl

Hi I have found black straws here in Sweden. The straight part is about 45 scale feet. Takes away all the problems with painting. You just have to airbrush them with a dull coat. I would be surprised

Hi I saw this modell in the latest Modell Railroader. I have never built or seen any models from them. I'm used to plastic kits from Intermountain, Branschline, Railline, Details ass., Front Range, Du