Don Valentine asked: "Can't recall, when did Mather really get its start? This is the first Mather car I've seen that has not utilized commonly available steel channels, angles and such. It appears th

Don Valentine asked: "...what class is the Pennsy #532885 boxcar seen in this photo?" Class X23. Not likely to be mistaken for anything else. http://prr.railfan.net/freight/PRRdiagrams.html?diag=Lines

Dave Lawler asked: "I recently read a James Six blog on weathering where he showed an example of a door and a half conversion on an Accurail SS box car. The company he mentioned that made the add-on h

Don Valentine asked: "Does anyone have enough familiarity with Boston & Albany triple hoppers to comment on the Marklin B&A hopper listed on eBay as Item #372692339988? Not a bad looking car in which

Bob Werre asked: "I have a question regarding express reefers that I hope is allowed on this list. I have too many of them for the size of my layout. Is there evidence of express trains running severa

Jon Miller wrote: "'Yuma Car & Foundry store' 14K Results. A few too many to weed through." Be smarter than the app. Filter your search by "Shops". This gives you 91 hits, with Yuma Car & Foundry as t

Fenton Wells asked: "Looks like I was wrong and it is not mildew but an acid from the tube that it was stored in. It's brown. The freezer and drying it didn't budge it. Not sure it's worth going too m

Eric Hansmann wrote: "Bob Chapman wrapped up an ACL automobile boxcar recently. He shares photos and techniques in the latest Resin Car Works blog post." http://blog.resincarworks.com/acl-automobile-b

Jon Miller wrote: "And I can feel Ben quivering in his boots." Quivering? I could care less. It's your fantasy. Ben Hom

Bill Pardie wrote: "Until something turns up on this I will just have to blink." "Modeling all of the exceptions does not an exceptional layout make." - John Nehrich Ben Hom

Tim O'Connor wrote: "And then there's TYVEK - lint free, pH neutral, tear resistant, water resistant, won't mar or scratch or interact with paint. Only available in rolls from Uline but a single roll

Dave Soderblom wrote: "Please say more so I can understand your point..." Trix invested a lot of money to badly tool (the roofs in particular are really bad representations of the rectangular panel ro

This model violates the cosmic order of things. https://www.ebay.com/itm/TRIX-24902-SANTA-FE-40-THE-GRAND-CANYON-LINE-BOXCAR/362606744899 Ben Hom

Bob Chaparro wrote: Photo: PRR Boxcar 26705 Old but undated photo: http://lists.railfan.net/erielackphoto.cgi?erielack-08-03-19/X7385.jpg Not that old in the grand scheme of things - Class XL boxcar,

Armand Premo asked: "Does that include early post war lettering?" Here's Mont's list of decals. Set number 300 should have what you need. http://www.greatdecals.com/Switzer.htm Ben Hom

Tim O'Connor wrote: "Kadee printed decals for our train club. They're ok, but I'll say that their white lettering is almost invisible on the paper and not as opaque as you may want it to be." Lack of

Peter Ness wrote: "I also worked with Bill Brillinger at pda." Jim Hunter asked: "For those of us who don't understand the abbreviation what is PDA?" It's a typo. It should be PDC, or Precision Design

Ed Bommer wrote: "Also interesting, the chalk marked (?) reporting marks on the roof of the Rock Island boxcar in the foreground. https://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt%3A8223.1292.RR/fr

Al Smith wrote: "Try this source https://hoseeker.net/athearninstructionscars1950/Athearncrane1952.jpg. If that link doesn't work go to hoseeker.net select literature scroll down to athearn click on a

Alex Schneider asked: "I am trying to reassemble this model, and it's not obvious how the large hook, small hook and boom are connected with string to the three [capstans] inside the body. If anyone h