Friends, Does anyone have any idea what the 1940s update to AB brake layout for 38’ Mather meat reefers may have looked like? The kits come with K Brakes and included history indicate the upgrades too

Randy, Thank you. Knowing my modeling interest they were probably purchased for a B&O project. Bruce D. Griffin Ashland, MD https://bomodeling.com/blog/

Friends, Can anyone assist in identifying a steam era boxcar project for these ends? Photos attached. Thank you. Bruce D. Griffin Ashland, MD https://bomodeling.com/blog/

Friends, Nothing too exciting for experienced modelers in my latest blog post about tank cars on my Modeling the B&O Old Main Line, but I did have success removing printed numbers from Kadee tank cars

Friends, To close the loop on this thread, I ended up just buying a second Kadee ACF 11k insulated tank car with the same number as the first for the same bargain price of $30. I assumed there was a S

Group, I got a bargain on a Kadee ACF 11k insulated tank car lettered for Mathieson Chemicals (SHPX) #2570 stenciled for anhydrous ammonia transport. I am also considering the RCW ACF 8k insulated tan

Nelson, FWIW I can confirm a C-16 was an express car for passenger service and they were coach olive green until early 1947 and then repaints were BandO blue (no gold stripe like other express car cla

Friends, The WP car is coupled to boxcar GN 47384 (see attached photo) from the same photo sequence. They are on a siding headed to the Doughnut Corporation of America, a plant which milled and mixed

Group, John King offered a much higher resolution scan for consideration. The load and gon are much clearer than in the scan I shared at first. The load is headed west from Baltimore in 1952 about 14

Friends, As I continue to pick up Vallejo colors cheap on Amazon, I wanted to offer this comparison. I used NATO Black on a bridge and gondola with good results. It seemed a little light for a diesel

Friends, Attached is a photo of a freight car load on a B&O train I model. It is on a local between Baltimore and western Maryland around 1950. Anyone have an idea what this could be? It for sure look

Group, Let me add one more thing to this conversation about airbrushing freight cars. As I stated I haven’t enjoyed this aspect of the hobby in the past. I watched a video on Trainmaster.TV about airb

Lester, Thank you for sharing your photo, I saved it for reference. Like my photo it is a great place to start. The MRH publication on Post Floquil paints is great and is another resource. I believe I

Ralph, i only found two yellows readily available, but the stock on Amazon changes constantly. Model Air Yellow 71.078 is fairly mustard or golden yellow, while Model Air Medium Yellow 71.002 is a fai

Scott, I haven’t looked at the Micro-Mark choices, thank you for sharing the link, I will check it out. There were twenty browns on Amazon for $5-$7 delivered so I started there. I checked I don’t hav

Group, i am not trying to start another ongoing color war, but since I really enjoy airbrushing Vallejo paints with my Awata double action airbrush (I haven’t enjoyed airbrushing in the past), I thoug

Group, i originally posted the photos and these 500 gondolas were constructed in 1914 for the BR&P and transferred to the B& O in 1932. They stayed in revenue service when the last two were taken off

Group, i think the closest to this prototype is actually the Accurail USRA 55 ton hopper brake lever part. Most of the other parts suggested use a chain at the mechanism and a bell crank at the sill w

Tim, Thank you, I have one to the Proto 2000 cars in the stash. Regards, Bruce