Photo: CB&Q Flat Car 91665 With Locomotive Load (1941) A photo from the Denver Public Library: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/76860/rec/23 Click on the double-hea

Photo: Chicago, Rock Island & Texas Boxcar 150108/PRR Boxcar 95491 (Undated) A photo from the Denver Public Library: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/34173/rec/432

Photo: Boxcar With Vertical Rib End (1918) A photo from the Denver Public Library: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/20944/rec/51 Click on the double-headed arrow an

This same photo is available for free at the Newberry Library. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

I should have noted this was a model. Sorry. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Photo: Swift & Company Shed A photo from the Denver Public Library: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll21/id/3846/rec/102 Click on the double-headed arrow and then scroll t

Photos: Staley Tank Cars Photos from the Decatur Herald & Review: AESX 355 (Built 1920) https://tinyurl.com/y7ec64kp AESX 628 https://tinyurl.com/ycemkfdo Click photo to enlarge. Bob Chaparro Hemet, C

On another group Larry Olsen asked: "I’m going to be weathering a Tangent General American 8000 gallon insulated tank car. The tank car is silver and has a 1922 built date. I want to weather the car t

Photo: Loading Treated Water Pipe (1935) A photo from the University of Washington Libraries: https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/imlsrailway/id/84/rec/521 This photo can

Photo: Eight Boxcars Of Pork And Beans (1960) A photo from the Norfolk Southern Corporation: https://tinyurl.com/yabb4uqs Click on the photo to enlarge it. Description" "...eight boxcars were ready to

Photo: PFE 23220 (R-30-12) A photo from Trains Magazine: https://ctr.trains.com/photo-of-the-day/2020/08/modern-reefer-of-the-1920s Description: "Pacific Fruit Express was co-owned by Union Pacific an

Photo: Reading Drop End Gondola A photo from the Cornell University Library: https://digital.library.cornell.edu/catalog/ss:20434265 This photo can be enlarged quite a bit to get a good look at the ca

GATX Tank Cars (1960) A photo from the Cornell University Library: https://digital.library.cornell.edu/catalog/ss:20988495 Photo can be enlarged quite a bit. Good top detail on the first two cars. Bob

Northern Pacific RR Potential HO Models Survey I'm just passing this on for those of you who model the Northern Pacific Railroad. This survey is from the Northern Pacific Railroad Historical Associati

Photo: SP Tank Car In Tiburon, CA From the SFGate website: https://s.hdnux.com/photos/01/07/37/61/18742360/5/1200x0.jpg Undated photo. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Photo: ATSF Boxcar 140177 Bx-34 (1940) A photo from the Denver Public Library: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collection/p15330coll22/id/55040/rec/49 Click on the arrows in the upper right

Photo: PRR Boxcar 77827 In The Nevada Desert A Bob McKeen photo. He comments: "While in Carlin, I saw this Pennsy wagon roof box car in a field and managed to get close enough to record it. The build

I've done some research on chalk markings and this is the same information that I have found. The markings varied by yard, crew, placement and years. Sometimes the marks are intuitive but often not. T

I experimented with various marking tools for making white chalk marks in HO scale, using two fine point paint markers and three pencils: Sharpie paint marker Pen-touch paint marker General charcoal w

Silent Film With Santa Fe Livestock Cars & Scenes Courtesy of Steve Rippeteau, here is a link to the 1925 Buster Keaton film, Go West! https://youtu.be/AIEMzrd4LTQ The scenes of interest are at 43-50