Right on Bruce and Cal Scale it is. Unfortunately these are cast by the lot plastic, instead of lost wax, process and I'm told the mold in which the platic parts were molded has long since worn out wi

But I think Dave may be correct as well,Bill.I seem to remember a Mainline Models kit for the C&IM car only it was a model of a 40 ft. car and not very acceptable as an accurate Mather car. But you ar

Hate to disappoint you, Schuyler, but I believe the regular routing for these boilers from Schenectady to Bath, Me. was up the D&H to the Canadian Pacific, east to Brookport,PQ, then down the Newport

Hello folks, Does anyone have a list of those roads that received and rebuilt their USRA double sheathed cars using Youngstown kits of either 8 or 10 panel steel sides or roads that might have purchas

Who was the firm that offered similar boilers but I believe they were sectional and for ships? Was it Bruce Smith that posted photos of such a boiler as a flat car load some years ago? Those I could e

Hi Dave, Sorry but I don't have a link to anything from Tractor Supply. The two of their stores I've been in have always had a display case fairly close to the checkout counter in which I first found

The Waterloo, Iowa John Deere plant sounds like the home of the "Waterloo Boy" or something like that, another firm that Johns Deer bought out fairly early. The tractors I really liked first began app

Definitely Farmall's Garth of either the "H" of "M" variety and I'd lean more toward the latter. Could it be that the green version did not sell for Walthers so they're having a sale t move them out?

That sounds like the old Rock Island Plow Co.plant in Rock Island Ill., Allen. Frank Hodina would probably know for sure. My Grandfather worked there before coming back east. It was sold to John Deere

Hi Bus, I suspect the distance between the front wheels had a major effect on how tractors were loaded. Are you refering to those with a tricycle wheel arrangement or wide front ends? In 1952 Phil Has

I have worked around, in or for railroads for well over fifty years and have never seen a boxcar in which the inside of the door was painted in any color other than that with which the exterior of the

Someone raised the question earlier this week of when the C&NW began using the "Route of the 400" slogan on box cars. While perusing my 1940 CarBuilders for something else today I ran across a photo o

Please excuse what may be an off-the-wall question for many but may shed some light on things for others. As most of us are aware, many railroads began rebuilding their USRA double sheathed box cars i

Three bay MDC hoppers for the B&LE sounds about right to me, Richard. Some of them were purchased 2nd hand by the B&M and they all had trucks with double clasp brakes. Can't help but wonder who else h

That's a super nice looking load of Farmall H and/or M series tractors, Steve Cordially, Don Valentine

Well, I'm not going to post a color photo of me sitting with my father on the new Ford 8N bought in the spring of 1949 but the tractors on the DT&I flat posted earlier looked a lot more like the succe

You can add B&M, NH and Rutland to your list of black gons for our era, Bill Cordially, Don Valentine

Did not Beaver Creek or some small importer bring in a run of silk cars around 1987? Was not something like that on display at the NMRA National at Eugene,OR that August. Cannot recall what prototype

Am I all wet or are those of us who have stuck with the tried and true flat and/or gloss finishes by suppliers such as Scalecoat and Testors really missing something? From all the complaints viewed he

Hi Tony, Jeez Tony, I thought that's what the made wheel lathes for! I'd like to see a photo of that. Thanks for offering one. Not sure when it was retired but know where to check. The Rutland had one