Loading Ice With Block & Tackle Gear A 1915 photo from the Huntington Library: https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/collection/p16003coll2/id/15122/rec/64 Description: "Lordsburg Ice Plant - Men loading

PRECO Fan Ownership A question posted on several other groups. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA ++++ Does anyone know who owned the motors that would be attached to reefers to run the PRECO fans while the cars

Photo: N&W Livestock Car 33000 A photo from the Virginia Tech Universities Library: https://imagebase.lib.vt.edu/image_viewer.php?q=NS2780 Click on the photo to enlarge it. Cars were forty-two feet lo

A positive message from a Southern California railroad hobby shop owner: https://groups.io/g/ModelRailroadsofSoCalif/message/16456?p=,,,20,0,0,0::Created,,railMaster,20,2,0,80172809 And a story about

Photos: The Doors Not Jim Morrison and his group, but Pullman Standard doors from the Pullman Library: https://pullman-lib.smugmug.com/P-S-Doors/ Unfortunately, there are no captions for the photos ot

Pacific Electric Agricultural Traffic - 1937 An old post on the PE group from Allen Copeland. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA ++++ PE Hauls Several months ago, while working in the OERM Library with John Smatl

The article on carbon black notes that it is different from soot. This is for the one or two percent of you who may want to know the difference: Carbon black and soot: two different substances - PubMe

Where to inspect the car in R.J. Dial's photos: The Southern California Railway Museum (Formerly the Orange Empire Railway Museum) 2201 S. “A” Street, Perris, CA Map: https://tinyurl.com/y2wzlwj8 (Scr

Thank you, Elden. Many of the improvements to my modeling (still a ways to go) are a result of reading posts on this site. I'm finding satisfaction in making and installing loads in cars. I have a pre

Photo: Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Livestock Car 26127 A photo from the Pullman Library: https://pullman-lib.smugmug.com/Railroad-N-Q/i-3Q24sX5/buy This photo can be enlarged. Use the down arro

I have used chart tape with success on other projects (See photo). This project involves a large boiler on a flat car (See photo). My original plan was to use Yarmouth Model Works etched brass tank ca

Photo: National Car Co. Flat Car 1466 With Milk Tank Container A photo from the Pullman Library: https://pullman-lib.smugmug.com/Railroad-N-Q/i-QN4SFCC/A This photo can be enlarged. Use the down arrow

Photo: National Car Co. Flat Car 1435 With Milk Tank Container A photo from the Pullman Library: https://pullman-lib.smugmug.com/Railroad-N-Q/i-LHG3Fmg/A This photo can be enlarged. Use the down arrow

Photo: N&W Livestock Car 29172 A photo from the Virginia Tech Universities Library: https://imagebase.lib.vt.edu/image_viewer.php?q=ns2778 Click on the photo to enlarge it. Part of series 29000-29749.

Painting Stainless Steel Wire - Suggestions? I have some flat stainless steel wire I need to paint black. This wire will be used to simulate banding straps used to secure loads. Any suggestions as to

Sacramento Northern Boxcar 2346 A photo by Bob Anderson on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/167338649@N03/49700175663/in/album-72157713114728251/ Forty-ton car, part of series 2329-2350 Stencil r

CB&Q Double Door Outside Braced Boxcar A photo by Bob Anderson on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/167338649@N03/49578659522/in/album-72157713114728251/ The car number is obscured. While the pict

Photo: N&W Livestock Car 27603 A photo from the Virginia Tech Universities Library: https://imagebase.lib.vt.edu/image_viewer.php?q=ns2776 Car possibly built in 1914. Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA

Comments On C&BT Boxcars From Jim Sacco in Pittsburgh: "I was one of the people who thought it was a good idea for Dick S. to add molded-in details to his boxcars. I know a lot of folks were upset, bu

Photo: B&O Covered Gondola 355376 A photo from the Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/md0748.photos.086026p/resource/ Larger versions available. Description: "Baltimore & Ohio Rail