Brad Andonian asked: "I cannot locate a file of USRA hoppers with road names etc; I am looking to get confirmation that Susquehenna had these cars.... Any images and data would be appreciated. I have

Ben de Vries asked: "Can anyone of you review the prototype fidelity of subj. cars, especially the Linde and GN car? I would like to avoid buying foobies!" Bill Welch replied: "A link would be helpful

Doug Harding wrote: "It appears only the first 20 pages of the magazine are available. While the text can be seen for the following pages, the images can not. Has Train Life put a restriction in place

Lester Breuer asked: "I was gifted this HO Train-Miniature NP Hopper lettered correctly for the NP and being 35 ft inside inside (rather than 34 ft 9 in as the prototype) it could be reworked into a N

Scott Seders wrote: "Below is a diagram for the woodchip car conversion LV did. Scott, thanks. Interpolating from the diagram, the height from rail to top chord of the pre-wood chip rebuilds is 10 ft

Tim O'Connor wrote: "We have indeed discussed the Hobbyline model in the past - it even has cutouts underneath to clear the wheels. Because it is such a mediocre model, I wonder if a stand-in is not a

Scott Seders asked: "Is the Hobbyline model the best starting point for this LV hopper? I wanted to be certain there isn’t a better model (injection molded plastic or resin) available that I am overlo

Steve Kay asked: "I picked up a nice kit at the Berea Train Show Saturday -- a old, undecorated Red Caboose box car. The label says it is a 40' ACF Box Car, 4-3-1 ends, 8' door, riveted sides and stan

Bill Pardie asked: "As with Gene Deimling’s recent post on revisiting older models I find that I am spending a fair amount of time upgrading some of my earlier models. Early on I built models followin

Elliot Courtney wrote: "I have two 4600 series cars (double sheath with wood door) and one 4300 series car (single sheath with wood door)." The Accurail 4600 series kits model the USRA double-sheathed

Greg Martin wrote: "A good look at Fenton's photo looks like the rib in the center of the flat panels is missing. This has been something that has been debated many times with Pennsy modelers on the X

Elliot Courtney asked: "I have a couple extra Accurail double and single sheath wood boxcars and was wondering if anyone has some good kitbashes to work with these cars. I am modeling 1949 in the Nort

Fenton Wells wrote: "I especially like the finish and the decals with the stencil breaks look very nice. Too bad we haven't figured out how to do those in HO." Not difficult at all. When you paint the

Some of the presentations from the 2019 MARPM held on 20-21 September are posted on the MARPM clinic website. https://www.marpm.org/clinics Some comments regarding my "New York Central System Open Hop

Bob Chapman wrote: "Sitting in the stash are several undec 1944 AAR (10'6", 4-4 improved dreadnaught end) boxcar kits from C&BT. Hard to imagine they have been there 30 years! The carbodies are nicely

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